Antique Folk Art Box with Gilded Carved Decoration brown glazed bowl perched on the corner of

perched on the corner of the drafting table of an artist

drawing is 6 3/4" x 5 5/16"

each half 10 5/8" x 8 3/8"

looking askance) a bit different in style than the others

which does not go as far as the painting itself

Antique Folk Art Box with Gilded Carved Decoration brown glazed bowl perched on the corner ofI love a chip carved tramp art box with lots of stacked layers, but I also love a more unusual hand carved box with a tramp y flavor, which is how I think of this one. The interlacing braided lattice pattern is all hand done, quite a skillful and laborious effort, then painted gold, which is still bright but mellowed some over what Id guess is about 100 years. The interior is lined in what appears to be hand printed paper, with a silver and gold