Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame man and bear with an opening of 7/8"

with an opening of 7/8" across

with craquelure

5/8" thick when closed

which I couldn’t resist because the old paint on the parrot’s head is so good - dark green with orange beak and creamy white around the double ringed eye

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Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame man and bear with an opening of 7/8"This one's about both the frame and the cabinet card for me, and the lovely combination they make together and I do believe they have been together for quite a long time. The pretty flowers and vines repousse frame iI believe s late 19th c. period to the photo and I believe made specifically as a cabinet card frame, with welded easel leg on the back to stand it. And then this young man, looking so much the sensitive dreamer, who I especially love for