SOLD Antique German Wooden Parquetry Blocks in Original Box, Double Layer (Near Full) hand-painted slides Surface wear as pictured

Surface wear as pictured

(I purchased it in Western Mass

With fantastic craquelure to the varnished surface

a happy surprise

who can pose in a variety of ways

SOLD Antique German Wooden Parquetry Blocks in Original Box, Double Layer (Near Full) hand-painted slides Surface wear as picturedThese 19th century parquetry sets are hard to find, and I think very beautiful, so I always jump on them when I come across them. This is a bit of a curious one with the square designs pictured on the paper label on the face of the lid impossible to create inside the rectangular format of the box, and with a lot of square tiles, matching the woods of the rest, but not really corresponding to the ways in which the rest work together. Perhaps a merger