Stunning, Large 19th Century Chip Carved Frame With Original Back and Hanging Chain (and New Mirror) striped damage upon damage

damage upon damage

but I don't know any more about it than that

never fully coming into view

and was found just as it is now

1832-1935)

Stunning, Large 19th Century Chip Carved Frame With Original Back and Hanging Chain (and New Mirror) striped damage upon damageSometimes 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