Grab an 8 oz jar of the "sample" paint at Lowes. Three bucks, nice colors. Or you can use plain white latex paint - Lowes cheapest is around...
Hmm...torn edges on that lining suggest to me it's printed.
It's got too much nap depth and sheen for cotton. But it seems kind of early for acetate (post-WWI, pretty much). Can you get to the back side of...
1890s. I'd do a burn test on that velvet to see if it's mohair or silk (both will smell like burning hair). I love the (faux?)-ikat lining. Sell...
1915 is way too late for everybody's clothing. However, I have a class photo of my great-great Uncle Bill and his sister in 1901, and he and Aunt...
Three copies available on used.addall.com, ranging from $35-50. I think you're OK.
Chalk paint. One-third cup each of Plaster of Paris and water, stirred into a cup of whatever paint you've got on hand (satin, flat, gloss,...
Okay, let's assume it's silk. We're talking WWI or thereabouts, certainly pre-1927. You know, if you got this at an estate sale you could do a...
Chinese or (originally) Filipino manton, 1920s, hand embroidered in silk on silk satin or sometimes crepe or charmeuse. This is what flamenco...
That's an interesting way of putting it :) Japanese, postwar, souvenirs, is what I'd bet. #1 is....disconcerting.
Oh, and just a thought: From the meticulous piecing (usually string quilts are pretty zany), anachronistic (c.1880s) embroidery and the fact that...
Yeah, I'm an expert in "obscure cultural styles" all right :wacky: Thanks for the kind words. Now if I can only figure out what the origin was...
That inro needs to head in my direction.
"String" crib quilt, original design, 1900-WWI fabrics, "chicken scratch" embroidered embellishment. Doesn't make much difference whether it was...
But you ate Grandma's chicken?
And those silk-shaded floor lamps are classic 1920s.
Exactly, Wendy.
Looks like sealskin. Why that should be more bothersome than any other animal is lost on me. Sealskin, because it's so soft, would be...
Oddly, the painting seems to be of Napoleon at Waterloo, talking to a goose girl.
I love how the legs taper down to those little bitty feet.
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