Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 21 cedar-lined Line pulled from the reel

Line pulled from the reel (which still holds some line

It consists of four pieces of wood

This tabletop chest of three drawers--mid to late 19th century

Nice and heavy

Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 21 cedar-lined Line pulled from the reelI just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous. They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 21; the highest number of them is 43, so there were once a whole lot of these). My guess is that they were a (well done) art design school exercise, but at some point, also in pencil, prices ranging from 60 (. 60) to 1. 75 were added at top right, reiterated with hand