Mixed Lot of Shaker Paper Labels, 19th Century to Later 20th dollhouse sofa and the evocation of waves

and the evocation of waves cresting across it

which has me thinking about the decorative potential of pins stuck in all sorts of things

though as the feet of two of the boots (one per figure) are missing

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Mixed Lot of Shaker Paper Labels, 19th Century to Later 20th dollhouse sofa and the evocation of wavesI purchased these as a lot from a vintage antique paper dealer in southern Maine, from whom I've bought some interesting things of late (including a beautiful mid 1800s example of cross writing sold a month or so ago). This is a mixed lot for sure, with the Witch Hazel and Extract Bitter Root labels antique ones, as is the small ticket for "Franklin's Lecture. On the Mental Constitution" which is not explicitly Shaker, but was included with them, and