Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1960.001.037 |
Object Name |
Frame, Picture |
Title |
Twisted Wire Photograph Easel |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Date |
Late 19th-century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
One of two wire picture holders (photograph easels). One of them has three braided wire pieces at the top, bent into three shapes for decoration at the top. The lower front area has two wire hooks to set one's photograph on. The twisted steel wire is slightly rusty now. One is slightly bent out of shape. |
Makers mark |
None |
Provenance |
From the farm home of Minnie (neé McKay) and James R. Givens, of the Massie area of Holland Township, Grey County. Last belonged to Jean Reid (née Givens), b.1900-d.1965, who married William G. Reid, and they resided in Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Wire |
Dimensions |
H-24 W-15.2 D-7.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Givens, Mary Ann Givens, James Reid, Jean |
Subjects |
Photographs Parlors |
Search Terms |
Massie |
Function |
A photograph easel allowed one to display an un-framed cardboard-mounted photograph on a parlour table or fireplace mantel. |