Cool Target Patterned Old Linocut Roller antique british drawing and really lovely

and really lovely

I only recently learned of the work of Hans Teppich

I've found just a few other Odd Fellows hooked rugs from the late 19th and early 20th century

Based on one similar that I have found

The zip-line itself appears like a pair of faint threads pulled through the sky

Cool Target Patterned Old Linocut Roller antique british drawing and really lovelyI am not certain whether this roller was made for patterning wallpaper, or fabric, or for the printmaking studio, but I guess really it's all the same, and it seems it could be used now for all of the above and more. It looks to me that the roller cover is made of linoleum, mounted on a wooden roller with wire handle. It does require some pressure to get it rolling smoothly, and I have not inked it up to try it, but it certainly seems like one should