Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper bert in addition to several iterations

in addition to several iterations of W

Froebel's Kindergarten used play as its engine and his Spielgaben ("play gifts") were the fuel

and know that he was creating drawings up until very near to the time of his death

black laquered paper mâché (such as that one finds antique snuff boxes made of) surface

and I'd think more likely sometime late-ish 1910s-20s

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper bert in addition to several iterationsThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some