Exceptional Tramp Art Diamond and Pyramid Notched Presentation Box Dated 1900
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)
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)