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Gift No. 5

Learning Toy
1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Froebel-Kan Co., Ltd (manufacturers)
Friedrich Froebel (designer)
Place of origin
Japan (manufactured)

Set of building blocks with box. There are three types of blocks: cubes and two different types with triangular profiles. All are made from smoothed wood. The box has a removeable sliding lid with a finger grip at one end. The base has a printed paper label attached at one end. Both the lid and base are varnished.

Object details

Categories
Learning (Development) Toys
Education & Learning
Children & Childhood
Object type
Learning toy
Parts
This object consists of 41 parts.

  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Lid
  • Box
Titles
  • Gift No. 5 (manufacturer's title)
  • Froebels' Third Building Blocks (generic title)
  • Froebel's Gifts (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wood, printed paper
Wood
Paper
Sanding
Varnishing
Printing
Brief description
Froebel's Kindergarten Gift No. 5, third building blocks, Froebel-Kan Co., Japan, 1992
Physical description
Set of building blocks with box. There are three types of blocks: cubes and two different types with triangular profiles. All are made from smoothed wood. The box has a removeable sliding lid with a finger grip at one end. The base has a printed paper label attached at one end. Both the lid and base are varnished.
Dimensions
  • Cubes height: 30mm
  • Cubes width: 30mm
  • Cubes depth: 30mm
  • Triangular blocks [1] height: 30mm
  • Triangular blocks [1] width: 30mm
  • Triangular blocks [1] depth: 40mm
  • Triangular blocks [2] height: 30mm
  • Triangular blocks [2] width: 30mm
  • Triangular blocks [2] depth: 20mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'FROEBEL'S / Kindergarten Gifts / GIFT NO. 5 / Froebel's Third Building Blocks / froebel-kan co., ltd.'
Historical context
Froebel's Kindergarten gifts are based on a series of apparatus designed by Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852). Called 'Gifts' they were designed to teach the child about unity and symmetry in nature, whilst helping them to develop manual dexterity. There are seven 'gifts' in all, the first six consisting of solid shapes, whilst the seventh is comprised of flat geometric shapes known as 'tablets.'
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.1095-1992

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1124113/gift-no-5-learning-toy-friedrich-froebel/
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