Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards handmade folk art animal The way the long fingers

The way the long fingers of her left hand spread protectively over her dog's shoulder

The underside of the tails are signed: Rita

but opens and closes no problem

and then the standing girl in profile looking very much like a queen with crown atop her curly hair and big dangling earrings

Gorgeous Double Layer Victorian Parquetry Puzzle in Original Box with Hand-colored Design Cards handmade folk art animal The way the long fingersReally 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