1911 Tramp Art Box with Chip Carved Stacks and Green-Gray Velvet sewer tile I love that there is

I love that there is a printed note inside the box noting that wood expands and contracts

including the English translation of Hesse's introduction and reproduction of all pages

what a fantastic old wooden box

which looks hand-dyed to me

she stands steady and I think remains quite a charmer

1911 Tramp Art Box with Chip Carved Stacks and Green-Gray Velvet sewer tile I love that there isI typically go for old tramp art boxes completely covered with chip carved layers, but I really like the velvet on the exterior of this one, which appears to be a soft gray green on a few of the sides and more of a gray blue elsewhere, but I think it is probably all the same fabric which just sun faded in different ways, very much to the good in my opinion. I think it all makes for a nice combination of Victorian and folky, but with nice clean lines