Striking Old Black and White Froebel Kindergarten Paper Weaving vintage lid up toy England artist William Burgess (1805–1861)--

England artist William Burgess (1805–1861)-- a painter and drawing master

and have not found another like it

and one can very much feel the care invested in making them (and

Clearly the pumpkin-red color of the Red Quill above was its most important attribute

this excellent old solid brass one bearing a perfectly rendered hourglass

Striking Old Black and White Froebel Kindergarten Paper Weaving vintage lid up toy England artist William Burgess (1805–1861)--A couple more old Froebel Kindergarten paper weavings today, as I never tire of them, and can never get enough and what a gorgeous field of black crosses against white here! Super graphic and very modernist feeling, and also pretty iconic. Earlyish 20th c. I believe and quite elegantly done, likely by a teacher. Paper size: 7" x 7". Weaving: 7" x 5". The white strips are not glued down to the paper so drape forward just a bit when stood on end. Ideal