Fun with Scissors or Paper Pictures

Paper-covered box with lid, with 5 compartments, 13 x 10.5 x 1.75 inches; 5 interior compartments. Box in Good condition: one corner of box and lid functionally restored with gummed kraft tape, graphic lettering still intact. Rubbing and mild chipping in areas, but stable and secure. With original 8pp instruction booklet with 4 pages of illustrations, in good condition with some insect nibbling and archival tape repair to a persistent 2.5" closed tear at the foredge. CONTENTS: 10 woven paper mats, most completed in yellow/gray and black/green schemes, folded to fit the compartments; 7 pattern sheets with paper cuttings, traced from the back, 4.5 x 7.5 inches (6 called for, this copy has 2 of one design); 9 unused 4x4 squares of Bradley's colored paper; an assortment of small paper cuttings, card forms, and scrap material. Milton Bradley began manufacturing materials for Froebel's gifts after becoming acquainted with Elizabeth Peabody, education advocate and founder of the first English