This frame was made in what is known as Tramp style, where several smaller pieces of wood, traditionally from cigar boxes and the like, were carved into geometric shapes and formed into the layout of an art frame in folkart styling.

Weight (lbs): 2
Height (In.): 31
Width (In.): 24.75
Depth (In.): 1.5
Size: 31.0 x 24.75 x 1.5"
Maker: Unknown
Material: Wood
Date: C. 1920
Provenance:
Condition: Some rubbing, tackiness to the surface. No noticed breaks.
History: Tramp Art was an art movement found throughout the world where small pieces of wood, primarily from discarded cigar boxes and shipping crates, were whittled into layers of geometric shapes having the outside edges of each layer notch carved, or in the technique of a Crown of Thorns. It was popular in the years between the 1870s to the 1940s when the art form started to decline.
Condition: Some rubbing, tackiness to the surface. No noticed breaks. History: Tramp Art was an art movement found throughout the world where small pieces of wood, primarily from discarded cigar boxes and shipping crates, were whittled into layers of geometric shapes having the outside edges of each layer notch carved, or in the technique of a Crown of Thorns. It was popular in the years between the 1870s to the 1940s when the art form started to decline.