19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame ink painting on paper which identifies the subject as

which identifies the subject as a member of the Kikuyu tribe (also known as Agikuya) a Bantu tribe native to Central Kenya which comprises about 20 percent of the Kenyan population

) Included are blocks of several different shapes featuring brick patterns

clementines

The smallest cards are divided into question and answer cards

but am confident it too is Danish from the same period

19th Century Piecework Block in Lemon Gold Frame ink painting on paper which identifies the subject asI'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