Matchsticks Tramp Art Trivet / Tray / Wall Hanging vintage lacquerware Japan in the 1950s

Japan in the 1950s

I can think of nothing more beautiful to wrap up in than this gorgeous textile-- indigo dyed cotton Ikat from Sumba

and the curves of the double banded rim that tops its neck

Dating from the 1920s-30s

And the extraordinary skill

Matchsticks Tramp Art Trivet / Tray / Wall Hanging vintage lacquerware Japan in the 1950sWhat a lots of time, care, and patience must have gone into creating this fantastic tramp art large trivet or tray! Signed by a Linda Hyda and dating to the 1930s 1940s, it is composed of matchsticks: burned at their tips, arranged in a precise geometrical formation and glued to a solid wood panel. The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips, together with the way they are cut to different lengths and lined up