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A picture frame includes a frame with a decorative cover thereon. The frame has an opening through which a picture can be viewed and the cover extends from a top of the frame and around an interior edge of the opening to a bottom of the frame. The picture frame has an annular substrate that has an i

A picture frame includes a frame with a decorative cover thereon. The frame has an opening through which a picture can be viewed and the cover extends from a top of the frame and around an interior edge of the opening to a bottom of the frame. The picture frame has an annular substrate that has an interior peripheral wall with plural steps ascending from the substrate and extending into the opening, where a riser of a top step abuts the interior edge of the opening to hold the cover between the riser and the frame, and where a flat of a bottom step abuts the bottom of the frame to hold the cover between the flat and the frame. A removably attachable back that holds a picture is provided in the opening.

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1. A picture frame comprising:a frame with a cover thereon, said frame having an opening for a picture, said cover extending from a top of said frame and around an interior edge of the opening to a bottom of said frame;an annular substrate having an interior peripheral wall with plural steps ascendi

1. A picture frame comprising:a frame with a cover thereon, said frame having an opening for a picture, said cover extending from a top of said frame and around an interior edge of the opening to a bottom of said frame;an annular substrate having an interior peripheral wall with plural steps ascending from said substrate and extending into said opening, a riser of an upper one of said steps abutting the interior edge of said opening to hold said cover between said riser and said frame, a flat of a lower one of said steps abutting said bottom of said frame to hold said cover between said flat and said frame; anda removably attachable back for holding a picture in said opening. 2. The picture frame of claim 1, wherein said interior peripheral wall has a slot therein and said back has a tongue that is removably received in said slot when said back is in said opening. 3. The picture frame of claim 1, wherein said substrate and said interior peripheral wall are a single piece of metal. 4. The picture frame of claim 1, wherein said plural steps are defined by a first elevated wall that extends from a top surface of said substrate and has a top that defines a first ledge, and a second elevated wall at said top of said first wall and that extends into said opening, a bottom of said second wall defining a second ledge within said opening for supporting a picture in said opening, an exterior face of said second wall being said riser of said upper one of said steps and said first ledge being said flat of said lower one of said steps. 5. The picture frame of claim 1, wherein said substrate has plural holes therethrough that are in registration with corresponding receptacles in said frame, and further comprising fasteners that extend through said holes into said receptacles to attach said substrate to said frame. 6. A picture frame, comprising:a substrate with a first elevated wall that defines a first opening in said substrate for receiving a picture, said first wall extending from a top surface of said substrate and having a top that defines a first ledge, a bottom surface of said substrate being a back of the picture frame;a second elevated wall at an interior side of said top of said first wall and that extends into said first opening, a bottom of said second wall defining a second ledge within the first opening for supporting a picture in the first opening;a frame and a decorative cover on said frame, said frame having a second opening through which a picture supported on said second ledge is viewed, said second wall being within said second opening and abutting an interior edge of said second opening so that a portion of said cover on said interior edge of said second opening is held between said second wall and said frame, and said frame resting on said first ledge so that a portion of said cover on a bottom of said frame is held between said frame and said first ledge; anda removably attachable back that is received in the first opening to hold a picture between said second ledge and said back. 7. The picture frame of claim 6, wherein said first wall has a slot therein and said back has a tongue that is removably received in said slot when said back is received in the first opening. 8. The picture frame of claim 6, wherein said substrate is planar, said first wall extends perpendicular to said substrate and said second wall extends parallel to said first wall. 9. The picture frame of claim 8, wherein said first wall has an interior side to which an exterior side of said second wall is affixed. 10. The picture frame of claim 6, wherein longitudinal axes of said first and second walls are parallel to each other and displaced from each other. 11. The picture frame of claim 6, wherein said substrate and said first and second walls are a single piece of metal. 12. The picture frame of claim 6, wherein said cover extends over a top of said frame and around said interior edge of said second opening onto said bottom of said frame. 13. A m ethod of making a picture frame, comprising the steps of:placing a cover on a frame with an opening through which a picture can be viewed, the cover extending from a top of the frame and around an interior edge of the opening to a bottom of the frame;casting a single-piece annular substrate having an interior peripheral wall with plural steps ascending from the substrate and extending into the opening;connecting the substrate to the frame so that a riser of an upper one of the steps abuts the interior edge of the opening to hold the cover between the riser and the frame and so that a flat of a lower one of the steps abuts the bottom of the frame to hold the cover between the flat and the frame; andremovably attaching a back in the opening. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plural steps are defined by a first elevated wall that extends from a top surface of the substrate and has a top that defines a first ledge, and a second elevated wall at the top of the first wall and that extends into the opening, a bottom of the second wall defining a second ledge within the opening for supporting a picture received in the opening, an exterior face of the second wall being the riser of the top step and the first ledge being the flat of the bottom step.