1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box antique scrapbook drawings whose white buds then bright

whose white buds then bright fruit would make the green seem all the richer

and with its size it could hover like a header over a whole wall

(with an office on Pearl Street in Manhattan an d factory in Greenpoint

very much in the manner of renowned Alebrije creator Manual Jimenez

with scattered small dark marks and one tiny bit of what looks like pink paint--all minor

1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box antique scrapbook drawings whose white buds then brightI've got a real soft spot for inlaid folk art wooden boxes like this one, which, like the best tramp art, embody a combination of skill, individual creativity and lots of patient labor, with the dates on either short end of this one suggesting it took three years to finish! A hundred plus years later it remains in beautiful condition, with just the tiniest bit of loss: two super thin vertical strips at the front corners, super minor, and the wood and