19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame hand-carved doll and I have to think

and I have to think the whole thing was carved from one piece of wood

Structurally very sound

I loved it already

Dimension of cigar box: 6 3/4" x 4 1/8" x 2"

representing characters from black life as she saw it in her town

19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame hand-carved doll and I have to thinkI'm not in the least a quilt expert, but I sure do love color and pattern, and this framed piecework block just struck me as a really beautiful thing. Just right I think in this old lemon gold frame, which encourages close looking at its wonderful play of (happily not quite straight) lines and grids in light blue, cream, navy and white, made all the better I think by a few old stains, speaking to its one time function. To me, quite a heartening and