Charming Antique Folk Art Miniature Crate Wood Chest in Original Decorative Paint antique carvong When I found her she

When I found her she immediately made me think of Donatello's Mary Magdalene

which fits inside all of the others

imparting him with a bit of a tramp art feel (which the green felt glued to the underside rather amplifies

very readable

wheel 2 5/8" in diameter

Charming Antique Folk Art Miniature Crate Wood Chest in Original Decorative Paint antique carvong When I found her sheI found this little chest in Upstate New York and was am totally charmed by it, with an exuberance to the painted surface that feels one part grain painting, one part schoolgirl watercolor, and one part Jackson Pollock! It is made of crate wood cigar box wood, with black stenciled lettering showing in a couple of places on the interior of the drawers, and with what look to me to be mostly old hand cut copper nails holding it all together. With a great