Beautiful Antique Hand-sewn Leather Folk Art Frame wooden nutcracker Stands square and steady on

Stands square and steady on its own

It seems the name of its owner

with the arcs of their necks almost forming a heart and the negative space between the feet and the base rather like a keyhole

mostly around the belly

and I love the perfectly round form of this one echoed in the perfectly round loop of a handle

Beautiful Antique Hand-sewn Leather Folk Art Frame wooden nutcracker Stands square and steady onI love the back almost as much as the front on this antique folk art frame, with all of those hand stitches against brown paper telling the story of its composition of hundred of bits of brown leather. Like a leather workers version of a cigar box wood tramp art frame, but much rarer to find in my experience.(Also feels a bit like a precursor to folded cigarette pack frames.) Lovely, with a rich, warm patina to the leather. 8 1 2" x 7 1 2" and in good