George Washington, Presumed Antique Chromolithograph with Over Glazing transfer decorated beautifully stained from use

beautifully stained from use

He was a surveyor

button holes

I'm also not quite sure what is was made for--perhaps for spools of thread and thimbles

Each cufflink is marked 585 on the stem

George Washington, Presumed Antique Chromolithograph with Over Glazing transfer decorated beautifully stained from useI believe this is a chromolithograph that was given a painterly varnish or similar, lending it the appearance of a painting, and making this George Washington seem as if he's been hanging around for a very long time. (I do think this is at least a hundred years old.) Though certainly flawed, as we are all, I'm feeling pretty nostalgic about our founding fathers right about now, and thought it good to have a George near at hand. 7 3 4 x 5 5 8 and in