The Magic of Geometry
Building Block
1850-1880 (manufactured)
1850-1880 (manufactured)
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Seven painted wooden pieces are used to construct formalised versions of the buildings that are shown on the accompanying 18 numbered cards. There is a key card that shows how the pieces fit together to form the correct shapes. This toy combines the educational use of different geometric shapes with the fun element of puzzle solving.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 20 parts.
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| Title | The Magic of Geometry (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Shaped and painted wood and hand-coloured lithographed card |
| Brief description | Architectural building blocks. Boxed set of blocks and drawings, The Magic of Geometry, made in Germany between 1850 and 1880. |
| Physical description | Seven painted wooden pieces of various geometric shapes Eighteen hand coloured lithographed cards with pictures of buildings, numbered 1 to 18. A guide sheet folded in four with numbered outline drawings of the shape of the eighteen buildings. All contained in a card box the lid of which is covered with paper the the title and a picture of one of the buildings |
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| Summary | Seven painted wooden pieces are used to construct formalised versions of the buildings that are shown on the accompanying 18 numbered cards. There is a key card that shows how the pieces fit together to form the correct shapes. This toy combines the educational use of different geometric shapes with the fun element of puzzle solving. |
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| Accession number | E.1863 to S-1954 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2004 |
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