Matching Pair of Antique Tramp Art Frames color theory exercise This lovely round Japanese lacquer

This lovely round Japanese lacquer box

2 7/8" long x 1 3/8" tall x 5/16" deep and works great

Tabletop chests like these were also often "apprentice chests

this planter is pure elegance

which seems like it could have been inspired by the work of Paul Klee (see Park bei Lu 1938

Matching Pair of Antique Tramp Art Frames color theory exercise This lovely round Japanese lacquerThe backs of these terrific old tramp art frames late 19th or early 20th century I believe are almost as great as their fronts, and wonderfully tell the story of their construction from scraps of wood and and bits of woven trim for their hangers. Their fronts show five layers of stacked chip carved wood at the corners, topped with brass tacks at the center of each, and four layers around the sides. I can't see that their is any wood that has been