Late 1800s Prang's Drawing Models "Tablets" Set wooden stand magical feeling things

magical feeling things

8 1/16" long (plate) x 2 7/8" d x 1 1/2" w

the lamp beside her bed but what is it she holds in her other (apparently armless) hand

Great red comb and yellow beak and polka dotted legs too

and perhaps the perfect gift for shoe hound--or an avid walker

Late 1800s Prang's Drawing Models "Tablets" Set wooden stand magical feeling thingsNo geometric solids in this late 19th c. Prang's "Drawing Models" box, but nearly all of the flat "tablets" or flat cardboard shape templates are present, plus original ruler, scissors and a few colored sticks, too. I think these are interesting to play around with and use in all sorts of ways as stencils but also as means of building patterns and compositions and just thinking visually. (Spreading them out and moving them around makes me at least