Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards folding Stanley ruler Columbia University

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I'm including one photo of them paired with a mauve glazed arts and crafts vase listed separately as I love the color combo a lot

and also a fair resemblance to some pieces designed by Ettore Sottsass for Bitossi

It appears to be signed along the right edge with what looks like Hymniak

secured with ribbons toughly wrapped around their necks

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards folding Stanley ruler Columbia UniversityReally 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