19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater Cards measure 3 1/2” x

Cards measure 3 1/2” x 2 1/4”

I've become very enamored with antique folk art painted tintypes

and is great both standing on end or laying horizontally

and because I feel like one can never have too many nice old sets of wooden building blocks at one's disposal

) The drivers in their hats with their horses further animate and also give definition to the lay of the land

19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater Cards measure 3 1/2” xIt is the two squirrels with black eyes and bushy tails facing each other at the top corners of this antique beaded frame that completely sold me on it uncommon and just wonderful. And while I don't always love Iroquois Mohawk beadwork made for the tourist market around Niagara Falls, this is I think a very fine and lovely and relatively early example (c. 1860s 80s I believe) and frames are pretty rare to find. Just right, and just the right size for