Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards handmade folk art animal but opens and closes no

but opens and closes no problem

and a hole for hanging

big footed Ichabod Crane striding along his path to school just as described

The way the long fingers of her left hand spread protectively over her dog's shoulder

and a couple of deeper gouges on one area of one side

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards handmade folk art animal but opens and closes noReally special! The hand colored lithograph on the front of the slide top box holding this parquetry set reads "The Art of Parqueter" across the top and then "Chinese Puzzle" below, relating parquetry to the Chinese tangram puzzle, which had become popular in both Europe and the U. S. in the 19th century. One finds Victorian era Tangram sets around in wood or ceramic and comprised of seven flat polygons to be arranged in a square, but this is the