Beautiful Antique Hand-sewn Leather Folk Art Frame

Regular price $150.00

I 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 condition, sturdy and not fragile. A few small losses to the leather here and there, minor and not noticeable unless one is really looking for them. I would stitched a loop of thread to the back and hang it on the wall just as it is.