Mess Hall Rules

NameTramp-art style Frame

Artist or 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".