1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings veiled portrait Of a nice substantial size

Of a nice substantial size at 10 7/8" t x 6" w x 6 1/8" d

give me a shout

but I cannot make them out

with some wear to the leather and plastic strips and I'd guess some loss of bristles

remain always a bit of an elusive character--the best sort

1901 Froebel Kindergarten Thread Drawings: Set One, 4 Drawings veiled portrait Of a nice substantial sizeAs 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