Trompe l'oeil Carved Wooden Envelope for the kids room Embodying many hours of careful

Embodying many hours of careful and dexterous labor

2 pages of annotation

approximately 10 inches at longest (from front end of base to tip of extended back leg) and 3 inches across

which this one does not--rather

toward a number then open the little window at the other end of the arrow to reveal the result of multiplying the two

Trompe l'oeil Carved Wooden Envelope for the kids room Embodying many hours of carefulI'm not sure if 3 dimensional objects can actually qualify as trompe 'loeil, but I'm using the term to describe this wonderful carved envelope anyway! First, it is the size of an real small envelope, and second, the manner of the carving in relation to the color and grain of the wood creates the appearance of faux shadows (on top of real ones), crinkles, and the bulk of a letter inside. I'm not good identifying woods, but it seems an ususual one