19th C. Paper Thin Brass Architect's Stencils - Rooms and Their Plans wax press and long string leather tail

and long string leather tail

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vertically or diagonally—allowing a player to remove an opponent's man from the game

and a lightly scratched patch of gridded lines on the other with some more numbers above

19th C. Paper Thin Brass Architect's Stencils - Rooms and Their Plans wax press and long string leather tailI've had a handful of old architects draftsman stencils like this, mostly alphabets, paper thin and shining in the light like gold, so lovely. And while hard to get across in photos, I believe these are my favorites of all especially for the ten squarish ones, each, in tiny letters, featuring the name of one room of a house: kitchen, bedroom, dining room, living room, sitting room, attic, and best of all drawing room, parlour, scullery, and wine