Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali linen textile possibly original to the piece

possibly original to the piece and visible only when turned upside down

used for sprinkling cinnamon or sugar on muffins

leather club chairs and maybe a fireplace ( wafting cigar smoke

I really love the form and texture of this contemporary basket

I've now learned that frogs carved from Chinaberry roots are a thing

Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali linen textile possibly original to the pieceThese wooden animals dogs, I'd think? feel so familiar, but I haven't been able to figure out their maker. Certainly they bear a very strong resemblance to the animals of Swiss toy designer and maker Antonio Vitali (who also designed many toys produced by Creative Playthings), and there is a Made in Switzerland sticker on the underside. At any rate, I think they make a pretty great modernist pair to sit on a shelf somewhere and also indestructible