Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards painting of two figures but obviously a different hanger

but obviously a different hanger could be added

the super smooth surface

The Andersen Studio has a long history as a pioneer ceramic design and slip casting studio producing functional and decorative objects

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Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards painting of two figures but obviously a different hangerReally 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