Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards folding Stanley ruler While I have found some

While I have found some others of the larger

secured with ribbons toughly wrapped around their necks

in four colors

Approx 2 5/8" on each side

and also a fair resemblance to some pieces designed by Ettore Sottsass for Bitossi

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards folding Stanley ruler While I have found someReally special! The hand colored lithograph on the front of the slide top box holding this parquetry set reads "The Art of Parqueter" across the top and then "Chinese Puzzle" below, relating parquetry to the Chinese tangram puzzle, which had become popular in both Europe and the U. S. in the 19th century. One finds Victorian era Tangram sets around in wood or ceramic and comprised of seven flat polygons to be arranged in a square, but this is the