Marvelous Old Folded Paper Tramp Art Lidded Box magnetic wooden puzzle Cubes are 1 1/16" each

Cubes are 1 1/16" each side

mid-century or so I believe

made by someone a hundred years ago or so with a great aesthetic sensibility I think

with an additional 3 inches of  fringe on either end

made of cotton I believe

Marvelous Old Folded Paper Tramp Art Lidded Box magnetic wooden puzzle Cubes are 1 1/16" eachI believe I have NEVER seen another folded paper wrapper box I like as much as this one; the color on this is truly fantastic. I'd guess it is a mix of different sorts of wrappers that were used, folded one by one around bits of cardboard arranged in strata, and whoever made it had a really great eye in addition to investing a great deal of labor and care into every inch of it. I mostly pass these sorts of boxes as they can feel sort of one note, but