Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gifts 3 and 4, c. 1900 antique spokeshave with a checkerboard patterned linsey-woolsey

with a checkerboard patterned linsey-woolsey weaving stretched behind her almost like an op art painting

and one corner that is slightly off square but does not wobble--the piece is very structurally sound

and wonderfully hand-painted

5ʺ in very good condition

I’d probably just prop this piece in the window

Milton Bradley Froebel Kindergarten Blocks: Gifts 3 and 4, c. 1900 antique spokeshave with a checkerboard patterned linsey-woolseyThese are the first of their kind I have come across in real life, and was super excited to find them in part because they are great looking blocks sets, but especially because of their historical significance and rareness. There is a terrific website dedicated entirely to these www. froebelblocks. com from which I've lifted to the following text, written by Scott Boltman: When Friedrich Froebel established the first system for educating young