Elaborately notched and layered pyramid and diamond Tramp Art presentation box, of architectural form, with canted corners and squared, graduated feet, the top with raised diamonds and three-dimensional pyramids, with carved and applied initials and year made, 'W.L. 1900,' the interior lined with burgundy velvet; key present.
For similar examples and techniques, see:
Clifford A. Wallach, A LEGACY IN TRAMP ART. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2012, pp. 165, 172, 174.
Laura M. Addison, NO IDLE HANDS: THE MYTHS AND MEANINGS OF TRAMP ART.
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press in Association with the Museum of International Folk Art, 2017, plaTe 41a-b.
Dimensions: Height: 5.75 in. (14.61 cm) x Width: 11 in. (27.94 cm) x Depth: 7.50 in. (19.05 cm)
Elaborately notched and layered pyramid and diamond Tramp Art presentation box, of architectural form, with canted corners and squared, graduated feet, the top with raised diamonds and three-dimensional pyramids, with carved and applied initials and year made, 'W.L. 1900,' the interior lined with burgundy velvet; key present.
For similar examples and techniques, see:
Clifford A. Wallach, A LEGACY IN TRAMP ART. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2012, pp. 165, 172, 174.
Laura M. Addison, NO IDLE HANDS: THE MYTHS AND MEANINGS OF TRAMP ART.
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press in Association with the Museum of International Folk Art, 2017, plaTe 41a-b.
Dimensions: Height: 5.75 in. (14.61 cm) x Width: 11 in. (27.94 cm) x Depth: 7.50 in. (19.05 cm)
