Charming Small Early Mirror in Hand-carved Frame with Homespun Fabric Backing 18th century The sleeping dog

The sleeping dog

so as to be useable right away as a frame

and because this is one of my very favorite shapes

all the better set against this great dark red

Charming Small Early Mirror in Hand-carved Frame with Homespun Fabric Backing 18th century The sleeping dogI fell in love with this little mirror the moment I spotted it, sold to me a dealer from my neck of the woods who always has great things and I love the back, with neatly trimmed piece of homespun linen backing the mirror, almost as much as the front. It looks to me that perhaps the mirror was once framed on the backside as there are four small iron nails visible, but perhaps they were not very effective in holding it, and the fabric was added to