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This large and heavy French Art Nouveau wooden building set u201cConstruction Monstre` in its original box dates from around 1900. The wooden box has parts of its original metal clasps left, but they do not work anymore.
On the lid is beside the ornamental frame u201cConstruction Monstre` stencilled, u201cmonstre` obviously referring to the size of the construction set! (I placed a banana for scale in one of the photographs!)
The French box contains two layers of wooden building blocks, bricks, pillars, and arches, it seems to be nearly complete as you can see in the photographs!
Perfect shabby chic decoration and every antique toy collectoru2019s joy!

Itu2019s a rare antique collectible; box and contents both in extraordinary good vintage condition!
The box measures 44 cm / 17 1/2inches by 30 cm / 11 u00be inches and 9,5 cm / 3 u00be inches tall.
The blocks and arches are of various sizes, pillars are 14 cm / 5 u00bd inches tall and arches exactly as wide.
The box is very heavy, weighing several kilograms!

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*Please notice: This antique building set belongs not into the hands of children; it may not fulfill the safety standards for toys in our time! So, it is not a childrenu2019s toy, though an adult collectoru2019s & vintage toy loveru2019s item for display and decoration only!

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