Pair of Victorian Era French Gutta Percha Cabinet Card Frames, 2, 10.5" Tall tortoise by the way

by the way

A sweet Victorian panel of needlepoint in red

The hair is virtually weightless

but an original

Clasp has hinged tongue and both sides of the clasp are marked at 18k gold

Pair of Victorian Era French Gutta Percha Cabinet Card Frames, 2, 10.5" Tall tortoise by the wayOffering this matching pair of c. 1870 80s French made gutta percha frames made for the old cabinet card photos of that period. Gutta percha was a very early cartable material of rather mysterious content. I've read it was super fine sawdust in a suspension of proteins like casein and perhaps other blood products, as well. It was perhaps the world's first "plastic", and was moldable into the fine detail you see here, in a time when hand carved wood