Sweet Old Folk Art Carved Small Standing Frame with Photo German cutout wooden figures Smallest 2 1/8" t

Smallest 2 1/8" t

and with great whittled points at the ends

But then it's all the details  that make it really sweet--the vessels lined up on the shelf above those stripes

The rectangular frames on each side hold small mirrors

The fancy outfit and Italianate setting make me think he may have been channeling Romeo

Sweet Old Folk Art Carved Small Standing Frame with Photo German cutout wooden figures Smallest 2 1/8" tA very sweet old carved folk art standing frame, the form of which makes it look (to me at least) as if the photo itself is being held lovingly in a hand or cupped between two hands, with thumbs to the sides and the tips of three fingers above it. Framing the old snapshot of young child seated on a bench in front of a rock formation are three wooden pieces, carved to look like rope. No fourth piece at the bottom, likely lost, but as is one could