Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base eclipse The basketry on all is

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

and there is an iron hook near the front

at an estate sale this past weekend I snatched up a handful

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

Crisp and Sharp Vintage Match Stick Tramp Art Lined Box with Inlays and Pedestal Base eclipse The basketry on all 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