{"id":259283,"date":"2018-01-09T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T19:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=259283"},"modified":"2021-12-15T07:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:44:27","slug":"tramp-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/tramp-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Tramp Art, America\u2019s Most Misunderstood Art Form, Is Trending in Interiors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_259353\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259353\" class=\"wp-image-259353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-633x950.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/SimonWatson-1-622x933.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-259353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A collection of tramp art mirrors lines the expressive stairwell in designer Will Merrill&#8217;s North Carolina home. Photo by Simon Watson for <em>House Beautiful<\/em>, courtesy of Trunk Archive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Never institutionalized, the craft of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/collections\/tramp-art\/\">tramp art<\/a> was passed along from person to person, leaving a vast trove of unsigned works and just as many mysteries surrounding this American folk tradition. But now, as collectors and researchers begin to shine light on the curious art form, designers are taking note.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/design-firms\/ken-fulk\/\">San Francisco designer Ken Fulk<\/a> puts it, \u201cI&#8217;ve long been a collector of tramp art \u2014 from boxes of varying shapes and sizes to a prized rare floor lamp. For me, tramp art as a decorative art form is the perfect mix of high and low. It&#8217;s simultaneously primitive yet terribly sophisticated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_265763\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265763\" class=\"wp-image-265763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a.jpg 1781w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a-540x350.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a-950x616.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a-120x78.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/collage-1a-1439x933.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-265763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/mirrors\/wall-mirrors\/french-tramp-art-painted-terracotta-mirror-from-early-20th-century\/id-f_8178003\/\">Painted terra-cotta tramp art mirror, ca. 1920<\/a>. Right: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/lighting\/table-lamps\/wood-tramp-table-lamp\/id-f_5994303\/\">Two-tone painted tramp-art-style table lamp, early 20th century<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One thing we do know is that the name was a contemporary invention and had nothing to do with the craft itself. In other words, tramp art wasn\u2019t called \u201ctramp art\u201d by the people making it. And the people making it, for the most part, weren\u2019t tramps.<\/p>\n<p>In his 1995 book <em>Hobo &amp; Tramp Art Carving: An Authentic American Folk Tradition<\/em>, author and traveling man Adolph Vandertie had this say about the label: \u201cTramps and hobos really should be known for whittling whimsies \u2014 a very popular pastime for them \u2014 not for making tramp art.\u201d By the time he wrote the book, though, the term tramp art had already been tied to the specific type of layered, chip-carved creations seen here.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that nearly all works made in the distinct style \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/folk-art\/mirrors\/antique-19th-century-tramp-art-mirror\/id-f_4927173\/\">mirrors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/folk-art\/more-folk-art\/tramp-art-small-portrait-frame\/id-f_7925263\/\">picture frames<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/decorative-objects\/boxes\/decorative-boxes\/antique-folk-art-handcrafted-gothic-revival-tramp-art-sewing-box-picture\/id-f_7203193\/\">sewing boxes<\/a>, jewelry boxes, wall pockets and comb cases \u2014 were conceived for the domestic sphere further disproves the theory that they originated from itinerant people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_259363\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259363\" class=\"wp-image-259363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy-950x713.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sibyl-colefax-john-fowler-copy-1244x933.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-259363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dark stained tramp art mirror is the perfect foil for the statement-making floral pattern in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/sibyl-colefax-and-john-fowler\/\">London bedroom by Sibyl Colefax &amp; John Fowler.<\/a> Photo by Simon Brown \u00a9 Sibyl Colefax &amp; John Fowler<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A major breakthrough for the misunderstood tradition comes in the form of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmexicoculture.org\/guide\/2017-summer-guide-to-museums-and-historic-sites\/museum-of-international-folk-art-tramp-art\">No Idle Hands: The Myths and Meanings of Tramp Art<\/a>,\u201d on view at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe through September. As the exhibition demonstrates, tramp art spawned from the waste-not-want-not attitude that had its roots in America&#8217;s pre\u2013Revolutionary War period and peaked during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also indicative of a society that venerated hard work and feared idleness. Beginning in the 1850s, when faced with the byproducts of the industrial revolution \u2014 namely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/decorative-objects\/boxes\/decorative-boxes\/tramp-art-box-historical-advertising-art\/id-f_6077973\/\">cigar boxes<\/a> and boards from shipping crates \u2014 amateur artists put their frugality and work ethic to the test in creating their highly stylized, notched pieces. Later generations went on to carve major pieces of furniture, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/desks\/tramp-art-style-top-desk-nautical-design\/id-f_3354362\/\">desks<\/a>, dressers, wardrobes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/storage-case-pieces\/cupboards\/exceptional-tramp-art-mirrored-wall-cabinet\/id-f_5675363\/\">cabinets<\/a>, with tramp art flair.<\/p>\n<p>On how one such object \u2014 namely a thin, wooden picture frame \u2014 wound up in the wildly patterned master bedroom of a London home (shown above) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/design-firms\/sibyl-colefax-and-john-fowler\/\">Sibyl Colefax &amp; John Fowler<\/a>, design director Emma Burns says, \u201cThis mirror was sourced from a wonderful shop in Barnes, in southwest London, called Tobias and the Angel. It found its way serendipitously to this room, as when installing, I realized it would be the perfect piece. It stands up to the ravishing and strong fabric on the walls, suits the atmosphere of the place and sits happily over a writing table by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/jacques-adnet\/\">Jacques Adnet<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_260063\" style=\"width: 742px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260063\" class=\"wp-image-260063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1-270x350.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1-732x950.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1-92x120.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1-1183x1536.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/hb_72_mountain_ave_30-06-16_0218-1_300-1-719x933.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-260063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer Michael Maher positions a well-proportioned tramp art mirror above an antique sink in the potting shed of his 1850s New Jersey home. Photo by Luke White<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_269803\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-269803\" class=\"wp-image-269803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrampArtCollages10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrampArtCollages10-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrampArtCollages10-1-582x350.jpg 582w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrampArtCollages10-1-950x571.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrampArtCollages10-1-120x72.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrampArtCollages10-1-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-269803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/folk-art\/outsider-self-taught-art\/folk-art-american-tramp-art-cabinet-burlington-vermont\/id-f_5223523\/\">Tramp art cabinet, early 20th century<\/a>. Right: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/folk-art\/mirrors\/tramp-art-mirror-original-glass\/id-f_2082762\/\">Tramp art mirror, ca. 1910<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>House Beautiful<\/em> prominently featured tramp art in its April 2017 issue, which showed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housebeautiful.com\/design-inspiration\/house-tours\/g4387\/michael-maher-new-jersey-home\/\">1850s New Jersey home of designer Michael Maher<\/a>. Inside the property&#8217;s potting shed (above), earthy and rustic elements, like sage-green beadboarding and an antique zinc sink set on two iron sawhorses, compliment the generously proportioned mirror. Another <em>House Beautiful<\/em> story, from February 2013, had photos of tramp art in the playfully eclectic North Carolina mountain home (top photo) of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willmerrill.com\/\">designer Will Merrill<\/a>, who is an avid collector.<\/p>\n<p>As Merrill enthusiastically shares, \u201cI remember buying some of the biggest and the most elaborate tramp art pieces in Paris. I used to go there every year or so and always went to the flea market. Then I bought two of my best ones, with paintings set in them, in an antique shop on the Rue de l&#8217;Universit\u00e9. The collection just grew! I have in the warehouse a fairly large group of tramp art boxes and small chests. I don\u2019t have room for them all in this house!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_259303\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259303\" class=\"wp-image-259303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/KenFulkTrampArt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/KenFulkTrampArt.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/KenFulkTrampArt-258x350.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/KenFulkTrampArt-89x120.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-259303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/design-firms\/ken-fulk\/\">San Francisco-based Ken Fulk<\/a> created his own version of a tramp art mirror. Photo by Douglas Friedman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, designers like Ken Fulk are making furnishings that are directly inspired by tramp art. \u201cFinding good tramp art pieces \u2014 especially ones of any significant scale \u2014 is challenging to say the least,\u201d Fulk says. \u201cTo help alleviate that endless search, I designed a beefy mirror that was reminiscent of the early tramp art pieces I so loved but also would feel right at home in a contemporary setting.\u201d This, he did for his most recent collection for Pottery Barn. 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