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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1534111, member: 111"]Definitely a matter of personal taste, but if I were to buy a Lefkara tray (can remember these sold for 1980s 'Victorian Revival' decor), would prefer this one at half the price, with a less awkward shape, and to my eye, a more attractive motif, though just embroidery rather than lace: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wooden-Tray-Embroidered-Floral-Design-Under-Glass-Pink-Yellow-Green-Handles/123926649707?hash=item1cda9a9b6b:g:axQAAOSwKVZdlQh5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wooden-Tray-Embroidered-Floral-Design-Under-Glass-Pink-Yellow-Green-Handles/123926649707?hash=item1cda9a9b6b:g:axQAAOSwKVZdlQh5" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wooden-Tray-Embroidered-Floral-Design-Under-Glass-Pink-Yellow-Green-Handles/123926649707?hash=item1cda9a9b6b:g:axQAAOSwKVZdlQh5</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one in a frame like yours, with label on the same backing, sold on Goodwill's site: <a href="https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/75593693" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/75593693" rel="nofollow">https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/75593693</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've sold a number of these frame-trays over the years, sometimes replacing a damaged interior with a nice piece of lace or needlework - have also made them from repurposed picture frames, not a new idea, it was suggested as a home craft in the 1920s, when similar commercially produced pieces were very popular, the center with various decorative materials. I kind of like this old piece: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1920s-Painting-Flapper-Woman-Under-Glass-Wooden-Two-Handled-Tray/372898696721?hash=item56d27e8e11:g:y1QAAOSwfEJeDPlQ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1920s-Painting-Flapper-Woman-Under-Glass-Wooden-Two-Handled-Tray/372898696721?hash=item56d27e8e11:g:y1QAAOSwfEJeDPlQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1920s-Painting-Flapper-Woman-Under-Glass-Wooden-Two-Handled-Tray/372898696721?hash=item56d27e8e11:g:y1QAAOSwfEJeDPlQ</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And always kind of like the milkweed-fiber backed pieces if they haven't deteriorated badly with age: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MILKWEED-DRIED-FLOWERS-BUTTERFLY-GLASS-TOP-WOOD-FRAME-OCTAGON-TRAY/382587169343?hash=item5913f8ea3f:g:4xMAAOSwkIdbviYt:sc:USPSPriority!32789!US!-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MILKWEED-DRIED-FLOWERS-BUTTERFLY-GLASS-TOP-WOOD-FRAME-OCTAGON-TRAY/382587169343?hash=item5913f8ea3f:g:4xMAAOSwkIdbviYt:sc:USPSPriority!32789!US!-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MILKWEED-DRIED-FLOWERS-BUTTERFLY-GLASS-TOP-WOOD-FRAME-OCTAGON-TRAY/382587169343?hash=item5913f8ea3f:g:4xMAAOSwkIdbviYt:sc:USPSPriority!32789!US!-1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We buy what appeals to us, so no one can tell you that it's a good or bad choice - that you like it is what's important..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1534111, member: 111"]Definitely a matter of personal taste, but if I were to buy a Lefkara tray (can remember these sold for 1980s 'Victorian Revival' decor), would prefer this one at half the price, with a less awkward shape, and to my eye, a more attractive motif, though just embroidery rather than lace: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wooden-Tray-Embroidered-Floral-Design-Under-Glass-Pink-Yellow-Green-Handles/123926649707?hash=item1cda9a9b6b:g:axQAAOSwKVZdlQh5[/URL] Here's one in a frame like yours, with label on the same backing, sold on Goodwill's site: [URL]https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/75593693[/URL] I've sold a number of these frame-trays over the years, sometimes replacing a damaged interior with a nice piece of lace or needlework - have also made them from repurposed picture frames, not a new idea, it was suggested as a home craft in the 1920s, when similar commercially produced pieces were very popular, the center with various decorative materials. I kind of like this old piece: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1920s-Painting-Flapper-Woman-Under-Glass-Wooden-Two-Handled-Tray/372898696721?hash=item56d27e8e11:g:y1QAAOSwfEJeDPlQ[/URL] And always kind of like the milkweed-fiber backed pieces if they haven't deteriorated badly with age: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MILKWEED-DRIED-FLOWERS-BUTTERFLY-GLASS-TOP-WOOD-FRAME-OCTAGON-TRAY/382587169343?hash=item5913f8ea3f:g:4xMAAOSwkIdbviYt:sc:USPSPriority!32789!US!-1[/URL] We buy what appeals to us, so no one can tell you that it's a good or bad choice - that you like it is what's important.. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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