REPENT Old Hand-painted Sign in Black and Gold fireproof box originally made to house cigarettes

originally made to house cigarettes

Quite obviously it is a very old piece

with great color and a flat side worn wonderfully smooth

a wonderful homespun art nouveau moment

I just can't resist the blue of the string

REPENT Old Hand-painted Sign in Black and Gold fireproof box originally made to house cigarettesThe second of two "REPENT" signs I've had this month, which perhaps is the universe telling me (or the collective us) something! I really love the make do matter of factness of this one, looking like wood repurposed from a piece of furniture and with just a little gold edging to the capital black painted letters to add a sense of the holy. Plus a pair of steel loops at either end to allow for it to be very sturdily tethered to something, and a nice