editor and art director of early fashion magazines “Le Style Parisien” (making Parisian fashion accessible to consumers in New York and London) and “Gazette du Bon Ton” (a higher brow “journal of good taste”)
I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it
The only apparent flaw is a very fine hairline crack in the base of one vessel (pictured) which appears to have no structural impact
and there is an iron hook near the front
The basketry on all is finely done with sweet grass and ash splint
Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base eclipse editor and art director ofIt 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