Huge c. Late 19th Century American Froebel Kindergarten Album: Pin-pricking and Yarn Drawing saratoga history the fifty games and themes

the fifty games and themes detailed possess a wonderful weirdness and specificity that makes for great reading and imagining

There are eyelets to the hinges that one could thread or hanging directly from

) Held together at the center with a black stained wooden handle

A quick search will turn up lots of drawings of wild cats drawn by Arthur Wardle (1860-1949)

Huge c. Late 19th Century American Froebel Kindergarten Album: Pin-pricking and Yarn Drawing saratoga history the fifty games and themesNot one but two complete Froebel kindergarten albums today, which I chose to list side by side as they complement each other wonderfully this one American, c. 1890s, showcasing (very beautifully and very extensively) the exercises of paper pricking and thread drawings; the other German, c. 1880s I believe, showcasing paper weaving. Both are clearly the work of kindergarten teachers, showing mastery of the exercises and materials, and tremendous