Antique Tramp Art Keepsake Box - Shippable

Antique tramp art keepsake box with carved & notched motif from the early 1900's. Some damage on bottom. Shipping available.
Dim: 8"H
What is Tramp Art?
Tramp art is an art movement found throughout the world where small pieces of wood, primarily from discarded cigar boxes and shipping crates, are whittled into layers of geometric patterns having the outside edges of each layer notch carved. The artists used simple tools such as a pocketknife to carve the recycled wood.

It was popular in the years between the 1870s to the 1940s after which the art form started to decline. It was made in prodigious numbers. The most common forms were the box and the frame. Although there were no rules or patterns to lend commonality in the artists’ work there were objects made in every conceivable shape and size including full-sized furniture and objects of whimsy.
Cited from: http://www.trampart.com/history-of-tramp-art/

Notes: some damage on bottom

AS-IS

8H"

18%

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