Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame antique ventilator grate floor to ceiling built-in shelving

floor to ceiling built-in shelving with a big section dedicated to nothing but interesting little pottery vases like this one (kind of like good rocks--satisfying on their own

and there are a couple of dark spots on the wooden handle

and these great swinging arms to make knocking them down all the more dramatic

I plucked him from among several siblings--a bit sad to leave the rest behind

and I think its lines are just terrific

Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame antique ventilator grate floor to ceiling built-in shelvingThis 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