I'm a sucker for nice old wooden blocks
or as snow shovels for dolls
They appear to be handmade--perfectly imperfect
This one is certainly that
with the silk still held very taut all the way around
Antique Kindergarten Paper Weaving in Greens landscape painting with man I'm a sucker for niceA lovely example of a late 19th early 20th c. kindergarten woven paper "beauty form" using Froebel's 14th Gift weaving papers. Celadon green paper woven into darker green, and mounted to tan. For Froebel, paper weaving was a means of teaching "counting, progression, method, composition, planning and creativity" [Norman Brosterman, Inventing Kindergarten] as well as, perhaps most importantly, color. 5 1 16" x 4 3 8", very good condition.