19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame hand-carved doll painting there and in New

painting there and in New England

Signed in syllabics with disk number on the underside

I loved it already

Structurally very sound

Dimension of cigar box: 6 3/4" x 4 1/8" x 2"

19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame hand-carved doll painting there and in NewI'm not in the least a quilt expert, but I sure do love color and pattern, and this framed piecework block just struck me as a really beautiful thing. Just right I think in this old lemon gold frame, which encourages close looking at its wonderful play of (happily not quite straight) lines and grids in light blue, cream, navy and white, made all the better I think by a few old stains, speaking to its one time function. To me, quite a heartening and