Antique Red Bud, IL Figural Hand-Painted Wooden Trade Sign antique homestead narrow drawers

narrow drawers

The Denbigh Engineering Co

this piece is both attractive and functional

holding packages of wafers against a rich blue ground

MM - 15700 - 090425

Antique Red Bud, IL Figural Hand-Painted Wooden Trade Sign antique homestead narrow drawersPrimitive figural sign carved in the shape of an arrow or boat like directional marker, hand painted in black lettering over a varnished wood surface. Though weathered and partially obscured, the text appears to reference Red Bud, Illinois, a small southern Illinois town with a long history as a rural trade center. The sign's hand hewn plank construction, pointed form, and uneven script lettering suggest it was locally made and used as a functional