Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross old handmade cloth doll Frame is in excellent shape

Frame is in excellent shape and wired for hanging

and love the way this black ink face emerges from a field of dashed lines here

and pretty backs too

6 1/2" x 4 1/8" x 3/8"

Thick Antique Chip Carved, Gold Painted Tramp Art Cross old handmade cloth doll Frame is in excellent shapeIf ever there were a tramp art cross that seemed to express unwavering faith, I think it's this so thickly stacked and solid it feels quite invincible. And indeed its the form that I really love about it, with all of those chip carved layers creating a really wonderful geometry, and when laid on its side it looks almost like a piece of architecture. Old, nicely mellowed gold paint, I believe original to it, with some traces of an aqua blue on top that