Graphic c. 1940s Tramp Art Wall Pocket with Gold Painted Details antique grimaud 6 5/8" t x 5"

6 5/8" t x 5" w when open

and the red sure seems to me as if it has always been there

Really a special book

and street artist in the East Village during its heydey in the early 80s

I really like whoever made these

Graphic c. 1940s Tramp Art Wall Pocket with Gold Painted Details antique grimaud 6 5/8" t x 5"This is not a delicate little wall pocket made of thin cigar box wood; rather, it is quite a solid and sturdy wall box that could hold some weight (like, say, a collection of old wooden kitchen spoons.) The gold paint that highlights every chip carved notch on the stacked layers gives it a really nice graphicness and also enhances its sense of volume 10 stacked layers on the front, 6 on each side. C. 1940s I believe, brown stained with a little