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Mess Hall Rules
Mess Hall Rules
Mess Hall Rules

Mess Hall Rules

NameTramp-art style Frame
Maker Ridgely Sparks
Date1922
Place madeMade in prison (unknown), Maryland, United States, North America
MediumCardboard, gold & silver paint, paper, ink
Dimensions13 3/8 × 11 7/16 × 1 3/16 in. (34 × 29 × 3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2016.19.1
Object numberFA.2016.19.1
DescriptionCardboard tramp art frame decorated with geometric shapes in gold and silver paint. Layered and notched pieces of cardboard carved to make interlocking triangles and parallelograms. Layers are painted in alternating gold and silver paint. In the frame is a piece of paper that says "HALL RULES".