Wonderful Early Grain Painted Pennsylvania Folk Art Frame, Original Glass and Wood Backing otter Two hooks at bottom

Two hooks at bottom

with just a little dryness/light cracking to the wood

Another terrific old cat with a lot of attitude

who shared that two generations of children in the family had played with them as children

and the juxtaposition and interplay between the two about as graceful and elegant as could be

Wonderful Early Grain Painted Pennsylvania Folk Art Frame, Original Glass and Wood Backing otter Two hooks at bottomI pretty much never come across such a wonderful, early frame as this, and as I don't currently have something quite worthy of it in hand, I'm offering it up to be used for the precisely perfect thing which I'd say would be a Pennsylvania fraktur watercolor! I know from the seller it came from Berks County, PA, and based on a fair bit of comparison with early grain painted early PA frames out there, I believe it dates to the 1830s 40s. Beautifully