19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame ink painting on paper red and black ink and

red and black ink and baby blue ink wash or watercolor on ledger paper and in very good condition

these boxes feature in museum collections around the world

but am confident it too is Danish from the same period

) Included are blocks of several different shapes featuring brick patterns

In addition to the wonderfully worn

19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame ink painting on paper red and black ink andI'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