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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 9577304, member: 33&quot;]I&#039;m using the book <i>Fixed in Time</i> by Sean Nolan (3rd edition, 2017). The mat (the flowery decorative part) is listed as manufactured by Dean &amp; Emerson between <b>1863-1866</b>. Nolan divides mats by the size of the image. The most common sizes were sixth plate and ninth plate. I won&#039;t go into the explanation of size differences here. But this mat is pictured on pg. 75 of the book, in the section on oval sixth plate mats. There could have also been a ninth plate version but I don&#039;t see it in that section.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t find that exact preserver style in the book, but there are a couple of very similar ones from the same period in the 1860s.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay! Also, I may have been incorrect about thermoplastic cases not having gold trim. Will check into that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word for the pressed paper coverings that I was looking for was papier-mâché --</p><p><br /></p><p>Need to leave home soon, so will hope to see the case at a future date![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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