1909 Dutch School Notebook with Naive Drawings, Star Diagrams and More fraktur bird is lacquered papier mache

is lacquered papier mache

with incised round eyes on either side of the head and a shell pattern on his back

23 1/4" tall x 3 1/4" w and deep

cut out and pasted down with green crayoned grass drawn directly on the surface of the paper card itself

with a sort of lustre finish to this Kodak real photo postcard

1909 Dutch School Notebook with Naive Drawings, Star Diagrams and More fraktur bird is lacquered papier macheMy photos are not very good here graphite on cream paper just seems to fade away and this 1909 school notebook is only partially filled, but it has some very charming moments, and connections to Froebel kindergarten, too. The address on the paper label on the front of the notebook locates is in Utrecht, Holland, and the handwritten notes inside are indeed Dutch. And, in typical Dutch manner, its a pretty orderly and systematic approach to various