Sweet 1930s Kindergarten Lot: Yarn Drawings, Paper Weaving, More valentinr hand-dyed wool on handwoven linen/cotton

hand-dyed wool on handwoven linen/cotton (one can glimpse it along the edge on reverse) finished with handwoven wool cloth backing

though I'm not the least bit religious

and the Sanskrit word nandi has the meaning of happy

What a tiny wonder is this exquisite hand-sewn Asian doll

striking sculptural presence

Sweet 1930s Kindergarten Lot: Yarn Drawings, Paper Weaving, More valentinr hand-dyed wool on handwoven linen/cottonI've been sorting through piles of paper acquired over the last number of years and turned up this bunch of kindergarten works all done by one young person in the 1930s. These exemplify several different Froebel kindergarten exercises: yarn drawing, paper weaving, and paper folding, with a freeform torn paper axe, too! All as pictured, very happy things. Cross of dots: 9" x 9". Paper weaving 7" x 5". All pictured included, all in good condition, with