Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame celebrity drawing in a distinctive period frame--

in a distinctive period frame-- the needlework under glass in an inset frame

but with not a lost stitches or notable hole that I can see

with a reactive glass that shows a mix of greens and browns

A bit of ink smearing to the the "r" in Floor but overall very good condition

Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame celebrity drawing in a distinctive period frame--(Photos do no justice, this is all about presence, and all those layered bits of leather are much more beautiful in hand.) Anyway I had to live with this special one for a while; I had a deep, very visceral response to it when first I saw it, and still do as much a thing to feel as to look at it. (And smell that leather, too!) Our pink cheeked fellow is forever enclosed here (I want to say encrusted, too), with leather bits overlapping the cased