19th Century Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting of Flower Bouquet in Great Original Frame parts tin but this is like an

but this is like an early wallpaper box except in book form

Approximately 56 inches wide x 85 inches long

which makes its back stand up straight (and perhaps it once made a squeak

and was probably made as a weight of some sort (it resembles some mat weights and scroll weights

I managed to gentle separate them

19th Century Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting of Flower Bouquet in Great Original Frame parts tin but this is like anA sweet and lovely old folk art reverse glass tinsel painting, c. 1870s or so I believe, found in upstate NY near Albany, forever enclosed in its original, painted frame, wood back nailed on. With metallic foil backing the glass (in this case all silver), these were made to be viewed by by candlelight, such that the foil would shimmer and lend the painting a three dimensional effect. (Site responsive context activated 19th c. folk art!) I especially