Antique French Dore Bronze 7.5" Square Easel Back Bow Top Frame, Appliqués and Silk bread tray an American chemist

an American chemist

The workmanship is magnificent

The outer frame appears to be in mahogany and the glass appears original though who really knows after all of these years (I see no waviness or tiny air bubbles which would have been an obvious sign)

There is a flaw on the front cover

Antique French Dore Bronze 7.5" Square Easel Back Bow Top Frame, Appliqués and Silk bread tray an American chemistI have a zillion beautiful old French frames, and am finally beginning to work them up to sell. If you're wanting to put together a tabletop or piano or desk grouping of your favorite photos, these are splendid grouped in various sizes and shapes, all sold separately. Almost all are c. 1850 1880, "Napoleon III" era, mid Victorian in age. A few are earlier, none later. This one is a gorgeous square large sized frame, 7 1 2" square plus extended bow