Block, Wood

Artifact

Accession Number:
2015.1.140b
Description
**Picture block - T&G technique is used to join the wood together to form a rectangular block** Front: Stained red with a relief outline of a fair scene along the bottom of the block. Startig from the left edge, about 9.9cm from the bottom edge is a 28.4cm wide carousel. From top to bottom it measures 13.8cm, not including the flag that is on top. To the right is some kind of zigzag ladder shape with a curved top. It measures 10.3cm tall and 2.9cm wide. To its right is a relief circle 2.5cm in diameter. From here to the right edge, the relief wood fills in sections of tents and stripes on the tops of them. Below this relief scene there are outlines of a crowd. Above the tent on the right, a diagonal relief line and circle at the bottom of it begin the picture of a ride where two compartments are swung around by the two poles. The first pole is on a downward right angle and is 5.0 cm long, and the second one is 10.0cm in diameter. The third is 4.9 cm in diameter and on the left edge. Above this there is a 9.8 cm long semi-circle in the middle. Side: There is a label stuck to the top side with the previous temporary number written on it. Back: There is a piece of masking tape along the right side enar the bottom with "DAG 338" wriiten on it in red permanent marker. "Red" is handwritten in pencil across the middle. "No. 96" is stamped in purple ink near the top.
Materials
Wood (basswood or pine)
Measurements
65.7 cm L x 41.5 cm W x 1.9 cm H
Marks/Labels
Back at top Stamped No. 96 Stamp;"No. 96" is stamped on the back near the top.
Category
Printing T&E