Stunning, Large 19th Century Chip Carved Frame With Original Back and Hanging Chain (and New Mirror) paibntbrushes especially the camouflage mottling of

especially the camouflage mottling of the lower wing of the one at top

showing its construction--with cut paper templates used to form each facet of the blocks

and then this excellent tightly belted garter

but as I started photographing them I realized they are maybe even better for building tabletop sculptures

lending it some extra aura

Stunning, Large 19th Century Chip Carved Frame With Original Back and Hanging Chain (and New Mirror) paibntbrushes especially the camouflage mottling ofSometimes I forget not to buy anything large and heavy, but I saw this, my heart jumped, and so here it is, purchased from a great dealer in Lancaster County, PA, from whom I've purchased a handful of really wonderful things over the past few years. It is an old one, 19th century for sure, with the sort of beautiful softening to the edges of the chip carved layers, and weathering to the painted surface (milk paint I believe) that only happens over