Tramp Art Clock190071 × 19 × 21"Carved wood case, paper face with watercolor decoration, metalAnonymous gift1982.10.101531691406Seth Thomas Clock CompanyFurniture/FurnishingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24258United StatesThree Dimensional Works
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgTramp art is characterized by three features: chip carving, the shape determined by shape of tool, layering of wood by gluing or nailing, use of cigar store boxwood. Applied and inlaid decoration also common. Cigar store boxes came into use ca. 1850s. Early 19th century Scandinavian and German immigrants with carving and chip carving traditions came to America, settled in PA and NY which were large production areas of cigar boxes. Second wave of immigration later in century settled in same areas continued tradition with cigar boxwood as itinerant art.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24258http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24258http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2425819001900 1982 10 1
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgTramp art is characterized by three features: chip carving, the shape determined by shape of tool, layering of wood by gluing or nailing, use of cigar store boxwood. Applied and inlaid decoration also common. Cigar store boxes came into use ca. 1850s. Early 19th century Scandinavian and German immigrants with carving and chip carving traditions came to America, settled in PA and NY which were large production areas of cigar boxes. Second wave of immigration later in century settled in same areas continued tradition with cigar boxwood as itinerant art.