Mission Arts & Crafts Style Frame w/ Motawi Tile This frame is handmade by me, a Wisconsin Cheesehead. It is made from locally cut and milled Quartersawn White Oak.   This frame is built with the traditional joinery found in Mission/Arts & Crafts furniture. The top and bottom rails are joined to the side stiles with pegged mortise-and-tenon joints. In the pegged mortise-and-tenon joint, the peg passes through both the mortise and the tenon, preventing the tenon from backing out of its mortise. This method of joinery insures that this frame will stay as sturdy a hundred years from now as it is today. The finish consists of a custom stain blend, two coats of amber shellac-hand rubbed to a matte finish, followed by a coat of hand rubbed Carnauba Paste Wax, buffed out to a beautiful lustre. This process adds to the antique look and visual appeal of the Quartersawn Oak frame. Each Motawi tile is skillfully crafted by a staff dedicated to beauty and quality.   Every tile is pressed from an original plaster mold and glazed by hand in the Motawi Studio. This handmade process gives each Motawi tile its own unique character  while still being an accurate reproduction of the original relief tile design.  The tile featured is the 8x8 'Boy Reading' from the Motawi's Storybook collection. This incredibly detailed and unique tile is based on the original art of the Victorian artist and illustrator Walter Crane. The overall dimensions of the frame are 11-1/2" wide by 14" long