Antique Folk Art Oval Frame with Much Flourish! sterilized horsehair brush I believe this piece was

I believe this piece was made prior to that year

and which is screwed to the thick wooden base

especially on the backside

Really a pretty special one I think

but no losses to the wood

Antique Folk Art Oval Frame with Much Flourish! sterilized horsehair brush I believe this piece wasA Pennsylvania German tramp art frame, I presume, feeling to me to nod a bit to Black Forest or at least those corner flourishes make me think of Black Forest cuckoo clocks, and the carved disks at the corners of hex stars, too. Very much the right frame for a portrait of one's mother or grandmother or most beloved and feeling as if ready to carry them to Heaven, if they're not there already! 10 3 8" t x 8 1 2" w. Frame sight: 3 1 4" x 2". Excellent