Charming Old Chip Carved Tramp Art Tabletop Chair Mottahedeh dog with the gray paper on

with the gray paper on board

Lovely hand-colored title page

and with a presence that far exceeds her diminutive stature (she feels rather like a tower of calm and composure

but also for the fact of its "subjects" nearly disappearing amidst all those trees--good camouflage for an afternoon tryst

Charming Old Chip Carved Tramp Art Tabletop Chair Mottahedeh dog with the gray paper onI found this very sweet old tramp chair in Deerfield, MA, and doubt it had travelled very far over the course of its 100+ year life. With chip carving to all of its edges, including to the perimeters of the diamond shapes inlaid in its back and sides. Great form, great patina, great all the way around. (I especially love its lines viewed squarely from the side.)There is an old repair to the seat looks like first repaired with a couple of nails, and