19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater and I believe produced by

and I believe produced by Grimaud sometime between 1855-1875

and because I feel like one can never have too many nice old sets of wooden building blocks at one's disposal

and in great structural shape

I've become very enamored with antique folk art painted tintypes

19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater and I believe produced byIt is the two squirrels with black eyes and bushy tails facing each other at the top corners of this antique beaded frame that completely sold me on it uncommon and just wonderful. And while I don't always love Iroquois Mohawk beadwork made for the tourist market around Niagara Falls, this is I think a very fine and lovely and relatively early example (c. 1860s 80s I believe) and frames are pretty rare to find. Just right, and just the right size for