The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs antique floral and a small loss to

and a small loss to the bottom right corner

with the caged ball like a precious stone at the center

and I can't look at this terrific Fire Exit sign now without wanting to write about it in conceptual terms

or perhaps her teacher

fitting perfectly in the palm of the hand with fingers wrapped around it

The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs antique floral and a small loss toA group of three wonderful antique thread framed photographs found together near the Hudson River Valley clearly all made by the same person, and a sort of triumvirate of touchstones: dog, church, and (the largest) young sailor, son I presume, though perhaps husband. I come across thread wrapped photos every now and then, but rarely ones as colorfully framed as these, and don't think I've seen ones with thread framing anything other than human