Very Much Loved Antique Set of Nesting and Stacking Cubes hindu with a just a bit

with a just a bit of an even bow to it—no matter

though looks to me as if it in ends with a sense of being unrequited: "cruel love chains the mind"

The visible design remains as a window into the vast reticulate intricacy of the universe

I purchased this terrific handwoven rug from the estate sale of an artist and gallerist on Newbury Street in Boston who dealt in Haitian art primarily

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Very Much Loved Antique Set of Nesting and Stacking Cubes hindu with a just a bitI'm always happy to find an an old set of these, and this is both a very old and a very loved set, handmade of pine, with finger jointed corners, found in Adams County, PA. As with old blocks, for me the wear on old sets of nesting boxes like this is very much the thing, here the paint almost entirely worn off the facing edges, nails added to reinforce the corners of the smallest, and a replacement bottom added to the largest. Plenty of soft wear to