A Quintessential Victorian Scrap Album including Froebel's Kindergarten Art
- 1880
1880. Back strip detached from body of book. Browned pages - brittle with some edge chips.. If you are looking for an all inclusive Victorian scrap album, this album may fit the bill. It includes valentines, a reward of merit, a punch paper ABC cross-stitch, a pencil drawing of the state of Massachusetts complete with major cities, silk fringed greeting cards, two (2) hand made valentines, four (4) printed Greenaway prints that have been painted in watercolor by the child, greeting cards, album cards and miniature scraps throughout to decorate most pages. What makes this particularly interesting is the include of hand crafted Froebel's Kindergarten Art. There are 48 specimens interspersed throughout the album. They include both simple and complex paper weavings, folded paper cutouts, sewing cards, folded paper, nature drawings, pin prick and animal silhouettes. Over 125 items included in the album. Twenty-eight leaves/56 pages. Housed in a stamped Victorian album titled "Card Album"..
Measures 11" by 9
Measures 11" by 9