Sculptural Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame, Seven Layers set of lacquer plates ” an innovative weekly that

” an innovative weekly that was especially pioneering in its extensive use of photography

with pencil (and some erasure marks) underneath

Really a lovely and interesting piece to live with--or a great gift for the runner or Existentialist in your life

and with a hard-working life behind it but many years of use in it yet

Sculptural Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame, Seven Layers set of lacquer plates ” an innovative weekly thatThe form of this terrific old chip carved tramp art frame keeps making me think of a child in the snow making a snow angel, or maybe of a big brown bear standing on hind legs! It is an old one, first quarter of the 20th century or so I believe, with a wonderfully warm patina, and in great shape still. The only missing bit that I can see if the very top layer on the upper right "arm," but it must have been lost quite some time ago as the wood has aged