Chess Problems and Master Games, Pair of Late 19th/Early 20th C. Ledgers Turned Chess Scrapbooks wooden brooch and quite a lovely impressionistic/expressionistic

and quite a lovely impressionistic/expressionistic landscape I think it is

or as a cheerful display anywhere--or use them for a party game

hands and feet/legs up to the knees are all super sensitively hand-carved and painted

I've been continuing to keep an eye out for old ex voto retablo

I’ve only turned up only one reference to any Clair Bolic at all—born in Caldwell

Chess Problems and Master Games, Pair of Late 19th/Early 20th C. Ledgers Turned Chess Scrapbooks wooden brooch and quite a lovely impressionistic/expressionisticI'm not much of a chess player, but I love the game as the ultimate strategy sport, and as also as a metaphor. And as a huge fan of Duchamp, a chess devotee whose whole oeuvre can be read as a series of chess moves, all things chess related feel Duchampian to me. So I had to bring these home, ledgers turned chess scrapbooks, which sold me on their covers alone: "Chess Problems, 1892" and "Chess Games Played by the Masters in International Tournaments,