19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater I've become very enamored with

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

but knew it was quite an exquisitely made thing

and in great structural shape

) The drivers in their hats with their horses further animate and also give definition to the lay of the land

19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater I've become very enamored withIt 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