Great Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame with Original Gold Paint stein Nails at the shoulder allow

Nails at the shoulder allow his arms to swing 360 degrees

with the pins arranged in a diamond formation

which I think just add to the ambiance

the hands (and especially the curling fingers of the woman at left

The sculpture measures 16 1/4" tall

Great Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame with Original Gold Paint stein Nails at the shoulder allowI've become really enamored of the way the gold paint on old tramp art pieces like this softens and mellows with age in this case I think at least a hundred years time has resulted in mellow gold perfection. And it's a great frame to begin with five stacked, finely chipped carved layers on most of it, and several more on top of that at the corners. And on the backside, some text visible from the cigar box wood from which it was made. The hanger on