Wonderful Antique Four Drawer Tramp Art Chest with Mirror vintage handmade The piece is signed Luke

The piece is signed Luke on the underside

I've become more and more drawn to antique miniature portraits

1910s I believe

Cummings were to make a sign it would look like this

The instruction booklet details the meaning of each card as well as how to read them in combination (the meeting of card 11 and card 26 equals triumph

Wonderful Antique Four Drawer Tramp Art Chest with Mirror vintage handmade The piece is signed LukeI found this one at an antiques show in New Hampshire last week, and it took me all of one second to commit to it many times better in person, with tons of character, terrific crusty surface, structurally very sound and sturdy, and original mirror in place. Not as ornate as many tramp pieces, which I think is a good thing, but with chip carving to most every edge, including around the perimeter of each drawer face. Pulling out the drawers reveals that