Antique Folk Art Painted Box With Tree, Flowers, Vines miniature table and chairs In addition to being wonderfully

In addition to being wonderfully primitive

with works including "A Soldier's Dream

It was purchased from the estate sale of a multi-generational family of artists near Boston

and the alternating light and dark panels of the umbrella

or past and future

Antique Folk Art Painted Box With Tree, Flowers, Vines miniature table and chairs In addition to being wonderfullyA total charmer of a box I think, with dovetail jointed hinged lid, brass clasp on front made to hold a small lock, original creamy white paint, and this marvelous, exuberant leafy tree, flowers and vines painted in dark green and gold on the top looking vlike just the sort of antique school girl drawing I'd jump on immediately, but all the better for being attached to a functional object! Large enough to hold some tools or sewing supplies or all