Antique Kindergarten Paper Weaving in Greens stereoscopic plus blue cloth/ ribbon down

plus blue cloth/ ribbon down the center covering the interior binding

Bureau of Mines (1910)

is I believe a late 19th c American printed indigo--which is how I found it

pulled by this terrific row of three black dogs

the Banco Populaire in Puerto Rico

Antique Kindergarten Paper Weaving in Greens stereoscopic plus blue cloth/ ribbon downA lovely example of a late 19th early 20th c. kindergarten woven paper "beauty form" using Froebel's 14th Gift weaving papers. Celadon green paper woven into darker green, and mounted to tan. For Froebel, paper weaving was a means of teaching "counting, progression, method, composition, planning and creativity" [Norman Brosterman, Inventing Kindergarten] as well as, perhaps most importantly, color. 5 1 16" x 4 3 8", very good condition.