Intricate, Meticulously Constructedd Vintage Painted Wooden Geometric Model straw basket but emulating a European painting

but emulating a European painting if so

I am not certain the age of this piece but know it has been held in a folk art collection for at least the past 25 years

with some variation in the writing--and in the scale of animals

Cards measure 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Light general wear but excellent condition for being nearly 200 years old

Intricate, Meticulously Constructedd Vintage Painted Wooden Geometric Model straw basket but emulating a European paintingA very carefully constructed geometric model composed of hundreds of precisely cut wooden bits a far cry in appearance from science class toothpick and putty models, but born of the same method. I don't know the maker or the context in which it came to be perhaps a math class at MIT! Second half 20th century I presume, and clad in a thin coat of mustard colored paint. It does not stand on its own due to the angled sides, but is very striking just hung