Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame baby plate and cup set with a bit of unraveled

with a bit of unraveled thread at one end of the red bow tying the valentines

the function of which I'm not quite sure of but they're very sweet

but he was nonetheless was willing to sell it to me

The wonderfully painted

a couple with writing on both sides)

Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame baby plate and cup set with a bit of unraveledThis one's about both the frame and the cabinet card for me, and the lovely combination they make together and I do believe they have been together for quite a long time. The pretty flowers and vines repousse frame iI believe s late 19th c. period to the photo and I believe made specifically as a cabinet card frame, with welded easel leg on the back to stand it. And then this young man, looking so much the sensitive dreamer, who I especially love for