Red Wooden Tabletop Photo Frame with Floral Still-Life Print

A cheerful portrait-format photo frame in glossy cherry-red stained wood, with a wide, softly bevelled border. The wood grain shows through the colour, which glows orange at the edges. Inside is a dreamy, soft-focus still-life photograph of blue and purple flowers with two pink blooms in a glass bowl, next to a cup of tea. It has a fold-out easel stand and turn clips on the back, so it's easy to swap in your own photo or postcard. It suits a desk, bedside table or bookshelf, and it's in good condition.

Frames have been around far longer than photographs. The earliest are thought to be the stucco frames around the Fayum mummy portraits of Roman Egypt, lifelike faces painted on wooden boards. Wooden frames like this one took off in Italy around the 13th century. Painters then carved the centres out of wooden panels so the raised edges formed a built-in frame.