Trompe l'oeil Carved Wooden Envelope pottery jug allow them to double as

allow them to double as trivets

The fabric

this one was designed specifically for "enabling any amateur movie maker to make professional looking titles in less than half the time it would take an expert

The tacks themselves are long gone

I think it is the transparency that makes this piece really wonderful

Trompe l'oeil Carved Wooden Envelope pottery jug allow them to double asI'm not sure if 3 dimensional objects can actually qualify as trompe 'loeil, but I'm using the term to describe this wonderful carved envelope anyway! First, it is the size of an real small envelope, and second, the manner of the carving in relation to the color and grain of the wood creates the appearance of faux shadows (on top of real ones), crinkles, and the bulk of a letter inside. I'm not good identifying woods, but it seems an ususual one