Huge Old Crown of Thorns Whimsy Garland in Red, White, Blue and Gold, (in Two Parts) 1930s pattern I learned it was a

I learned it was a memento from the recent filming of Stephen King's Salem's Lot in town a year or two ago

the texture of the wood panel and effects of time on the paint have asserted themselves

I think my favorite of these I've found (this one in PA)

the penciled "G" showing through the "T" in painting) makes it seem anything but an effective advertisement for a "job painter"--I think I would quite like the person who made it

And the postures and various configurations of young women all around

Huge Old Crown of Thorns Whimsy Garland in Red, White, Blue and Gold, (in Two Parts) 1930s pattern I learned it was aI recently learned that some wooden wreaths constructed of interlocking carved wooden bits were Scandanavian in origin, used for the preservation of yeast in beer and mead making. This is not one of those, but I have to imagine the former informed the construction of later "crown of thorn" type frames and whimsies or garlands like this one, which I might guess was fraternal (Masonic or Odd Fellows?) in origin, earlier 20th century. Definitely it was