Beautiful Early Set of 81 Color Cubes in Original Box with Custom Lid miniature painting in daguerreotype frame and think the folky combination

and think the folky combination of shapes and patterns on these is great

it seems to me both about the materiality and constructed/illusory nature of painting itself and also about the subject himself

they are in good used condition with wear documented in  photos

and possibly Tutsi

5" x 4" and in very good condition

Beautiful Early Set of 81 Color Cubes in Original Box with Custom Lid miniature painting in daguerreotype frame and think the folky combinationAs I always say, I will never tire of these; each time I find a beautiful old box of them I fall in love all over again. This is a luxuriously large early set, made by the Embossing Co. (Albany, NY), 81 blocks in their original wooden box bottom, and with a custom made wood and cardboard lid to boot. (The original cardboard lid is still here too, split in half but handy for all of the suggestion designs the underside provides.) With the most beautiful