Beautiful Antique Hand-sewn Leather Folk Art Frame wooden nutcracker with the arcs of their

with the arcs of their necks almost forming a heart and the negative space between the feet and the base rather like a keyhole

It measures 3ʺ in diameter and 4

His arms can be moved to some extent and will hold in place

and I love the perfectly round form of this one echoed in the perfectly round loop of a handle

Stands square and steady on its own

Beautiful Antique Hand-sewn Leather Folk Art Frame wooden nutcracker with the arcs of theirI love the back almost as much as the front on this antique folk art frame, with all of those hand stitches against brown paper telling the story of its composition of hundred of bits of brown leather. Like a leather workers version of a cigar box wood tramp art frame, but much rarer to find in my experience.(Also feels a bit like a precursor to folded cigarette pack frames.) Lovely, with a rich, warm patina to the leather. 8 1 2" x 7 1 2" and in good