Doorstop

This door stop, made by sewing a covering of heavy cloth over a house brick, reminds me of similar ones I have seen in convents. The number of nuns has decreased, and the practice of brick wrapping might have died out altogether, if it were not for the growth of house museums.

Taken 13 April 2004. Filed under architecture and things. Click the photo to go to the previous photo.

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