Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame antique ventilator grate 5 3/16" t x 1

5 3/16" t x 1 5/8" wide standing up

It seems Albin Yeaw established himself as a daguerreotype artist in the mid 1850s

Solid brass (I believe brass rather than bronze)

and I think its lines are just terrific

and am adding a few new sets of what I believe are quite old ones

Young Man in Folk Art Chair, Antique Cabinet Card in Period Repousse Easel Frame antique ventilator grate 5 3/16" t x 1This one's about both the frame and the cabinet card for me, and the lovely combination they make together and I do believe they have been together for quite a long time. The pretty flowers and vines repousse frame iI believe s late 19th c. period to the photo and I believe made specifically as a cabinet card frame, with welded easel leg on the back to stand it. And then this young man, looking so much the sensitive dreamer, who I especially love for