19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners ringed who opened his first shop

who opened his first shop in NYC in 1971 and a second store in Beverly Hills in 1978 at the height of his popularity

but holding together pretty well and inside pages are generally in very good shape

-- from admirers when she did so

solid and very sturdy

and housed in the Russian cigarette pack they came in

19th C. Large School Slate with Jointed Corners ringed who opened his first shopA beautiful old school slate because I can never resist a beautiful old school slate! Gorgeous patina to the wood of frame, carved wooden pegs at the jointed corners, traces of old writing across the surface of the slate, equally lovely from both sides, and with plenty of years left in it should one with to hang it in the kitchen, say, to write " to do's" or the groceries list on. With holes at the center of short sides for threading with a string to