{"product_id":"mother-extra-folky-old-match-stick-tramp-art-box-with-polka-dot-interior-and-rich-patina","title":"MOTHER, Extra Folky Old Match Stick Tramp Art Box with Polka Dot Interior and Rich Patina","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are neat and crisp match stick boxes and then there are soulful old folk art boxes constructed of matchsticks, and this is very much the latter. I know match sticks creations were often made in prisons, though not exclusively--this one, with cross at center and dedicated to MOTHER, has the feeling of prison art to me, but I don't know for sure. An old one and a very folky one whatever the case, with those flowers to either side of the the T in Mother just completely the right embellishments, all the better for being rendered in tar-like black. (It almost looks like those letters and flowers and diagonal lines were rendered in ash\/soot collected from burning the matchsticks then varnished over???) With interior lined in the best polka dotted cotton fabric too. Teeming with warmth and character. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 3\/8\" x 6 1\/4\" x 3 3\/16\" t. Good, warm, loved condition. It does not appear there were ever a hinge connecting the lid, but I am not completely sure; now it lays flat on top, fitting just right in the recessed edges as constructed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48531692191998,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_8605_ffdb0f0c-d81f-436a-9550-42663ac1ea01.jpg?v=1783009220","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/mother-extra-folky-old-match-stick-tramp-art-box-with-polka-dot-interior-and-rich-patina","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}