Victorian Standing Frames

Containing dragons, wrestlers, pith helmets, and Mughal bling…

Some intricately carved wooden and wood-effect frames and a pair of leather carte-de-visite frames. There’s also a Frenchman in a monocle wearing a leather trenchcoat…what’s not to love?

Wooden, leather, and velvet frames with one containing six unmissable portraits of bandsmen by Swensson of Linköping, Sweden. 

Glass and mirrored frames, some inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The metal mechanism for opening these frames and inserting the photographs is often rusty and jammed and so the frames frequently break with handling. These are some rare survivors…

A selection of leather and velvet frames containing several strongmen, an acrobat, a sculptor and a chef wielding his knives.

Leather and cardboard standing photograph frames, featuring some extraordinary Austrian headgear, a carved deer and a strongman from Belgium.