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"Sukiennice market" and "Kościół Mariacki" [St. Mary's Church] models from building blocks

Andrzej Latos1989

The National Museum in Warsaw

The National Museum in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland

The "Town" wooden building blocks as well as models of historical buildings of Cracow – built by assembling and gluing these blocks together – were manufactured by Andrzej Latos and his wife in their family business. The economic crisis of the 1980s caused raw material shortages, thus the company used simple technology, mostly recycling wooden waste. Each set contains building blocks of different shapes, with which one can assemble tenement houses, bridges, etc. The concept assumed expanding the existing building block sets, in order to include buildings alluding to important Polish masterpieces of architecture.

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  • Title: "Sukiennice market" and "Kościół Mariacki" [St. Mary's Church] models from building blocks
  • Creator: Andrzej Latos
  • Creator Lifespan: 1930
  • Date: 1989
  • Inv. no.: Wzr.d.1413/a-c; Wzr.d 1415/a-c NMW
  • Type: Toys
  • Medium: hand painted wood

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