Double Sided 19th C. Mensuration Notebook Page with Watercolor Diagrams in Period Frame heavy chain and one imagines these farm

and one imagines these farm boys feeling about as trapped as these birds

is one area around the lip of the lid where a couple of loops of ash splint have been lost

someone would shovel it into a bushel container

with a little staining/toning/foxing evident around the border

though the bottom half remains sturdy for holding/storing them

Double Sided 19th C. Mensuration Notebook Page with Watercolor Diagrams in Period Frame heavy chain and one imagines these farmI just can't resist a pretty diagram, all the more so in watercolor on the page of an earlyish 19th century mensuration notebook, and even better in a terrific period frame holding two pieces of glass, so as to make the flip side with more diagrams visible on reverse. Lovely just to look at, but also nice to be reminded of how to calculate the area of a square, draw an angle from a quadrilateral, etc! Framed as found: 10 1 8" x 8 11 16 x 3 4. Paper: 6