Menthols Forever, Vintage Folk Art Cigarette Pack Wreath boudoir photo and pips showing pretty paper

and pips showing pretty paper watermarks

to be mine

Imagine a time when people--women

Nicely done inlay decorating all sides of the exterior of the box

Menthols Forever, Vintage Folk Art Cigarette Pack Wreath boudoir photo and pips showing pretty paperI believe the cigarette packs intricately folded to make this tramp art prison art wreath were Salem's, which bore the phrase "menthol flavor," visible here as they form the white perimeter stripe. Whether or not the current administration with follow through on banning menthols is unknown, but whatever the case certainly a folk creation of a lost era. Probably made as a garland of sorts for an ashtray set in the middle, but rather festive as a minty