Print: Hand-Colored Photo, Mother & Daughter Reading "M is for Mother" - Art Deco Border, Antique 1920s

A mother. A daughter. A fireplace. A book. The Art Deco border says everything about the decade that produced this.

• Maker: Unknown (marked A302)
• Materials: Heavy paper, hand-colored photograph print
• Dimensions: 16" × 14" (portrait)
• Origin: USA
• Era: Antique, 1920s (dated by Ina Claire Bob hairstyle and Art Deco border)
• Condition: Very good antique — folded corner; minor tears at top edge. Both frameable without significant loss. Unframed. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

Titled "M is for Mother" and marked "A302, Made in U.S.A." on the print. Depicts a mother and daughter reading together by the fireplace, hand-colored in the warm, muted palette of the 1920s, framed by an Art Deco border in brown and white abstract florals. One available.

A wonderful piece for a 1920s Americana collector, a lover of Art Deco design and hand-colored photography, or anyone who understands that M is, in fact, for Mother.

Hand-colored photograph prints were the primary form of decorative wall art in American homes before color photography was widely accessible — a photograph taken, printed large, and then carefully hand-colored to give it the warmth and intimacy that pure photography could not yet achieve. This one carries two clear signatures of the decade: the mother's "Ina Claire Bob" hairstyle, the defining cut of the early 1920s, and the geometric Art Deco border that places the design squarely in that era.

The companion to our "Bed Time" print (U2116) — the two make a beautiful pair for a bedroom, a hallway, or any wall devoted to quiet moments between mothers and daughters.