Saturday, November 16, 2024

Black Forest Girl

I found a slightly sad condition "Black Forest" carved wooden picture frame yesterday. And even though some of the flowers and leaf tips are broken in a few places, the oval-shaped, Victorian design still manages to form a magical framework for the lovely, hand-tinted, flower-haired young lady in my original nouveau era postcard (which I reluctantly cropped to fit into the frame.)

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  1. Even in a broken state, that really preserves its charm. Really good cropping of the picture, too, it's a perfect framing.

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  2. I think the minor damage adds to its provenance, showing it has survived some difficult times over the years but is still here to be admired.

    The addition of the lady enhances the overall effect.
    If you hadn't mentioned the lady was an addition, I would have thought it came with the frame in its purchase.

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  3. It's so tiny! That is a really lovely frame.

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  4. It was kind of painful to cut up that gorgeous old postcard, but I also didn't want to just put a color copy of her face within the frame... it somehow feels like cheating when it's not all 100% authentic

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