Big Old Metal Tool Box with Chippy Red and Cream Paint Cappel MacDonald Boston Museum of Fine Art

Boston Museum of Fine Art

rich brown

used to dye the lacquer (while the other colors have sometimes been used

The paper shows wear

Big Old Metal Tool Box with Chippy Red and Cream Paint Cappel MacDonald Boston Museum of Fine ArtTo me, this is about as perfect as an old tool box gets, large enough to hold anything and everything, and with a hard working life behind it but many years of use in it yet. But what really makes it is its fantastic surface, with red over cream over gray chippy paint on the front and top, and cream on the back and sides, with stenciled numbers too, and rust creeping in around the edges. Yum. The front latch still closes tightly, with room for a lock