Folk Art Carved Frame with Cabinet Card of Handsome Man with Umbrella and Stalagmite! miniature workbench and a sweet cloth mend

and a sweet cloth mend on the binding

which verges into the realm of total abstraction

I'm not quite sure what use one would have for the secret codes of the Knights of Pythias from a hundred years ago or so

with an especially nice top view punctuated by brass tacks (they look to me like upholstery tacks) at center and corners

Folk Art Carved Frame with Cabinet Card of Handsome Man with Umbrella and Stalagmite! miniature workbench and a sweet cloth mendSold just as found, an old folk art standing frame with antique cabinet card of handsome young man in suit and vest and boutonniere, umbrella in hand and resting the other on what looks like a stalagmite but must be carved wood. I really like how the umbrella and whatever that is at his right form a triangle with his head at top, all pointing up toward the peak of the frame and altogether evincing a sort of vernacular holy trinity. With pinprick type