Golden Horseshoe with Draped American Flags, Wonderful Old Carved and Painted Standing Folk Art Frame beautiful pin cushion in a black painted period

in a black painted period frame

honey brown calico on one side and red

though very finely rendered in watercolor by an artist clearly in command of the medium

8 5/8" t x 5 1/2"

both as tokens of Taoism (shooing away evils) and with the practical function of brushing away the flies

Golden Horseshoe with Draped American Flags, Wonderful Old Carved and Painted Standing Folk Art Frame beautiful pin cushion in a black painted periodThis 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