Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base eclipse And this I think is

And this I think is just a wonderfully evocative image

I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it

The basketry on all is finely done with sweet grass and ash splint

which I find really very elegant and just right in every possible way

Woman measures 2 1/4" r

Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base eclipse And this I think isIt has been a while since I found a match stick tramp art prison art creation I really liked, but then this handsome dresser box, found in Maine, which someone took great care making and feels like quite a proud thing. Feels almost classical in its aspirations, between those precise inlays and that pedestal base, with four feet attached to underside too, and then a clean, crisp navy blue fabric lining. (The lining seems original to me but I can't say