Golden Horseshoe with Draped American Flags, Wonderful Old Carved and Painted Standing Folk Art Frame terms of endearment when power and proclamation is

when power and proclamation is so much on the mind

she has a well stuffed cotton body

I believe and all the more charming in person

I only purchase these when I find a really lovely old one with great presence

sensitive looking subject of the daguerreotype has such smartly coiffed hair

Golden Horseshoe with Draped American Flags, Wonderful Old Carved and Painted Standing Folk Art Frame terms of endearment when power and proclamation isThis is a small frame but it feels rather monumental in impact and resolve! It took me a minute to realize those carved drapes inside the horseshoe are painted to represent American flags patriotic banners, with fields of stars at the top, and stripes hanging down. They also look to me a lot like ladies legs to me, such that the whole frame could perhaps be read as a sort of double entendre. All to quite dramatically set the stage for a portrait