The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs antique floral fitting perfectly in the palm

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

this one I found it in an off the beaten path spot in Maine

but do rather them all in a row

or perhaps her teacher

The Dog, the Church, and the Sailor: Triumvirate of Antique Thread Framed Photographs antique floral fitting perfectly in the palmA 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