1941-42 French Froebel-esque School Notebook Full of Cut Paper Designs east 19th century 8 1/4" t x 2

8 1/4" t x 2 5/8" widest

It measures 3 1/2" tall x 4 1/8" in diameter

Quite a lovely and interesting thing

what they definitely managed to do was to create a very singular copy of a ubiquitous utilitarian sign--a gorgeously painterly version that as such also (re)invests the language of the sign with new and heightened meanings

Sold as found in a double paned /double sided frame

1941-42 French Froebel-esque School Notebook Full of Cut Paper Designs east 19th century 8 1/4" t x 2My personal favorite find of the week, this one came from a seller in France, completed by a Roland Vigneron 1941 2. Not sure what grade young Roland was in when he did this, but it definitely feels Froebel kindergarten inspired, with can array of cut paper weavings and forms adhered to its pages, all executed in what I find quite a sophisticated, and also very French, sort of palette. Primarily abstract shapes and patterns achieved through