Tramp art box

Very nice and large tramp art box with its key, dressed in a beautiful deep red velvet, it is in excellent condition. Tramp art (literally "art of tramps" or "art of vagabonds"), is an example of popular art mixing wood carving and woodworking that appeared in the united states during the second half of the nineteenth century, and more particularly from the 1870s. It lasted until the 1940s, before declining. There are also traces of this art in europe during the same period. Many men, women and children, mostly from the working or middle class and almost all anonymous, have engaged in this type of folk art. This folk art is characterized by carving and carving small pieces of wood with notched edges made of recycled materials, including cigar boxes and crates, to achieve simple geometric shapes and patterns. These small pieces are then assembled, then glued or studded into successive thin layers to give birth to everyday objects, such as jewelry boxes, boxes, frames, ...

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