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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 10175476, member: 76316&quot;]The frame is 4&quot; by 3&quot;, its window is 3 1/8&quot; by 2 3/16&quot;. The rear panel an&#039; its stand were once covered in mohair or simply red velvet, now reduced to the bare fabric except where protected; it was for its time a moderately costly item. The maker&#039;s logo is a wavy pennant on a staff with the characters F&amp;B within; pattern #2684 after Sterling.</p><p>The woman wears a hairstyle an&#039; dark garment that may point to a fairly specific period; last quarter of the 19th C would be my guess, an&#039; I&#039;ll risk assuming of American rather than European origin.</p><p>Her gaze, though not directed towards the viewer, is uncommonly bland, but apparently serene...hard to read, remote.</p><p>An ID of the frame maker would be sweet, an&#039; all of your other observations an&#039; comments are most welcome...thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508924[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508926[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508927[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508929[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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