Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards painting of two figures which I think is just

which I think is just a beautiful object I’d hang on the wall

the super smooth surface

and fabulous color

" with a table in the foreground topped with what appears to be flowers in a vase and a fish on a platter (

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards painting of two figures which I think is justReally 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