Made: Spain, c. 1920s
Material: Card, lithographed paper, marbled-paper box
Dimensions: W 38 x D 28.5 x H 5 cm
Cubes: 4.5 cm each
Condition: Good
Honest wear — marks and patina. Everything visible is photographed.
Small card cubes faced in lithographed paper, each cube carrying a fragment of a different map, so turning the whole set over gives you six maps in turn — España y Portugal, Africa, Europa, Asia, América and Oceanía. It comes in its original marbled-paper box with the Spain map printed on the lid, along with the loose guide sheets a child would have worked from. The guide for España y Portugal is missing; that map survives on the lid.
The patina is the pleasure of it — soft yellows, pinks and a pale sea blue gone chalky at the corners where small hands wore the paper back, all printed in a register no modern press bothers with. The place names date it: Congo Belga, Transvaal, and Mongolia and Tibet drawn as separate territories, which puts it between 1920 and 1930.
Assembled into one of its six maps and set into a deep frame, it hangs as well as anything you could buy.
Photographed honestly, in natural light, exactly as it is. No surprises when your new favourite thing arrives.
Everything we sell is 100% authentic. No reproductions, no replicas.
PS. We ship worldwide. For delivery outside Australia, contact us and we'll come back within a day with the best way to get your new favourite piece to you.
Made: Spain, c. 1920s
Material: Card, lithographed paper, marbled-paper box
Dimensions: W 38 x D 28.5 x H 5 cm
Cubes: 4.5 cm each
Condition: Good
Honest wear — marks and patina. Everything visible is photographed.
Small card cubes faced in lithographed paper, each cube carrying a fragment of a different map, so turning the whole set over gives you six maps in turn — España y Portugal, Africa, Europa, Asia, América and Oceanía. It comes in its original marbled-paper box with the Spain map printed on the lid, along with the loose guide sheets a child would have worked from. The guide for España y Portugal is missing; that map survives on the lid.
The patina is the pleasure of it — soft yellows, pinks and a pale sea blue gone chalky at the corners where small hands wore the paper back, all printed in a register no modern press bothers with. The place names date it: Congo Belga, Transvaal, and Mongolia and Tibet drawn as separate territories, which puts it between 1920 and 1930.
Assembled into one of its six maps and set into a deep frame, it hangs as well as anything you could buy.
Photographed honestly, in natural light, exactly as it is. No surprises when your new favourite thing arrives.
Everything we sell is 100% authentic. No reproductions, no replicas.
PS. We ship worldwide. For delivery outside Australia, contact us and we'll come back within a day with the best way to get your new favourite piece to you.
