{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-2713","title":"c1900 American Tramp Art box","description":"c1900 American Tramp Art box 13\" x 7.5\" x 5.5\", some wear as shown, metal feet\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;bent but it sits level. Cool and functional.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Tramp art\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Tramp art is a style of woodworking which emerged in America the latter half of\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the nineteenth century. Some of tramp art's defining characteristics include\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;chip or notch carving, the reclaimation of cheap or available wood such as that\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;from cigar boxes and shipping crates, the use of simple tools such as penknives,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and the layering of materials into geometric shapes through glue or nails. One\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;technique used in tramp art is Crown of Thorns joinery.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;History\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Although widespread use of wooden cigar boxes in the 1850s sparked involvement\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in tramp art, it was most prevalent during the Great Depression. Tramp art was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;made around the world but it prospered in the United States. Examples can be\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;found in every state. The most common forms were the box and the frame and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;although there were no rules or patterns to lend commonality in the artists’\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;work there were objects made in every conceivable shape and size including full\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;sized furniture and objects of whimsy.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Tramp art was a democratic art form made wherever the raw materials used in its\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;construction were found. It appealed to men who might have made an important\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;body of work such as ‘Sunflower’ artist John Martin Zubersky (active c. 1912 –\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1920) or the wonderfully expressive wall pockets by John Zadzora (active circa\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1910) but also to men who might have made one piece in their lifetime. It was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;easy to make and appealed to anyone who had a desire to take a pocketknife to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;wood.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;There were countless men, some women, and even children who historically\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;constructed tramp art.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Origins of the Term\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A 1959 article by Frances Lichten in Pennsylvania Folklife used the term \"tramp\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;work\" to describe crafts constructed from waste materials such as discarded\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;cigar boxes and assembled with a penknife. Contemporary scholars and art dealers\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;such as Clifford A. Wallach have noted that while this art form may have been\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;practiced among America's itinerant population, it was by no means unique to\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;them and was practiced by factory workers, farmers, and laborers in other\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;occupations.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In 1975 Helaine Fendelman published the first book on tramp art, Tramp Art an\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Itinerant's Folk Art. The book acted as a catalog to the first museum show on\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the art form sponsored by the American Museum of Folk Art.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;b30","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46750454776024,"sku":"18539396020_31BB","price":490.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1900-american-tramp-art-boxestate-fresh-austin-957024.png?v=1757926459","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/zh-hant\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-2713","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}