Rare Antique Amana Society Wool Flannel Fast Black Twills Salesman Sample Board white marble Froebel Gifts 2 through 6

Froebel Gifts 2 through 6 (aka "the Building Gifts") are wood blocks in various shapes and quantities

but the addition of the claw with three spikes of its own makes it a hundred times better

likely a book page

and to my eye really the perfect stool to use as a pedestal for a few favorite objects

Not very much of an issue (I'd keep the lid up anyway

Rare Antique Amana Society Wool Flannel Fast Black Twills Salesman Sample Board white marble Froebel Gifts 2 through 6A very rare one to find a sampler of wool flannel textile samples from the Amana Society (1867 1932), Amana, Iowa, early 20th c. I believe. Manufacturing textiles for sale was a significant source of income for the religious community, which this sample board, with handwritten notations ("27 Inch Fast Black Twills"; then each sample numbered) embodies. From the website of the Hamilton College Library, which holds a collection of archival materials