Art Deco Style Frame

A dapper man in tall boots poses with a hat and one foot up.

This is a silver Art Deco style frame. Art Deco emerged in the 1920s and is known for geometric forms, symmetry and streamlined ornament, often rendered in polished metal. A sepia studio portrait shows a standing man with one boot on an upholstered bench, a hat under his arm, and a draped backdrop. Stepped grooves and bright metal edges frame the photograph, with a faint signature at lower right. It is 10 inches wide and 12 high.

Everything about this pose says he practiced it first.