Rare Chestnut Oak Hitty Rockbridge #5 Old 1790's Cabin Wood

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This is the fifth Hitty Rockbridge that I have carved using this very old chestnut oak from a cabin in the 1790's in Virginia. Hitty is 6 and 5/8 inches tall. She wears a dress made of cotton fabric that fastens in back with 2 snaps. Her white cotton apron is a separate piece that ties in back. Underneath her dress she wears pantaloons. She has been sealed with tung oil and painted with acrylic paints. Hitty has little flaws in her wood due to the age of the wood, which just adds to her unique look. She will stand by herself but is sometimes stubborn about that and needs a little encouragement. The following link will tell you much more about the history of this tree and the great effort being made to restore the American Chestnut tree in our country. /articles/rebirth-of-the-american-chestnut-tree/ Here are the specifics about the wood: The wood for the dolls came from a cabin is located in RockbridgeCounty, Virgina. The cabin was originally built in the 1790's as somesort of well-to-do government official's homestead. This cabin wasabout twice the size of other log-hewn cabins of the same era. It hadextremely large hand-laid stone chimneys on either end with a total offive fireplace openings to heat the rooms. The kitchen was a separatecabin separated by a breezeway. The wood for the dolls came frominterior floor beams taken read more
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