Sculptural Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame, Seven Layers Larsen Dansk ) and the rest symbolizing

) and the rest symbolizing all manner of attributes and occurrences

soaped brush and straight razor in hand

It was purchased from the estate of an architect and architectural historian in Kansas City

with a diameter of 3 1/2" across at base and 2 1/2" across at lip

" and the fact that he seems to have had a pretty rough life pulls at my heart strings even more

Sculptural Antique Chip Carved Tramp Art Frame, Seven Layers Larsen Dansk ) and the rest symbolizingThe form of this terrific old chip carved tramp art frame keeps making me think of a child in the snow making a snow angel, or maybe of a big brown bear standing on hind legs! It is an old one, first quarter of the 20th century or so I believe, with a wonderfully warm patina, and in great shape still. The only missing bit that I can see if the very top layer on the upper right "arm," but it must have been lost quite some time ago as the wood has aged