1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings round brush This Latvian real photo postcard

This Latvian real photo postcard captures a wonderfully delicate

16” x 12”

I really love the graphic nature of this one

A fabulous little pair of modernist chairs for the shelf

actually together formed a complete set

1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings round brush This Latvian real photo postcardAs I've learned more about kindergarten inventor Friedrich Froebel and the series of "Gifts" he created to give form and structure to discovery based learning, I now know that these yarn drawings were product of Gift #12, some made on pre punched cards, as here, others make by punching points through a gridded template. Looking at these, it should not seem too surprising that Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian were both products of early kindergarten. I