Tramp art whimsy table

NameTramp art table

Maker Henry Patrick Nugent (American)

Dateearly 20th Century

(not assigned)Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, North America

MediumWood, metal

Dimensions54 × 24 3/8 × 20 1/4 in. (137.1603 × 61.9126 × 51.4351 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, purchase with partial funds from Eric Zafran, FA.2016.22.1

Object numberFA.2016.22.1a-d

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionDark stain on layers of notched wood. Three boxes seperated by legs with the layered, notched construction. Boxes are decorated with patterns of layered pyramids. Top box has a removable lid with a layered, notched finial supported by four legs, the lining of the box is green velvet. Hidden compartment (accessed by swiveling vertical stem) with round lid on top of second larger box. Third box, the smallest, near the base of the piece has green velvet lining.