This is another view of the White House style chair, according to this website: https://www.williamtellantiques.com/tell-city-chair-history.html...
If your Father bought it directly from the company that made it, it may be the same style/model that Jackie purchased, but not an actual chair...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I think this little miniature mask/pendent is a West African brass lost-wax casting. Compare the form with this Guro antelope...
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"The only difference between chert and flint is color: flint is black or nearly black and chert tends to be white, gray, or pink and can be either...
The fur looks like seal.
OK, I lied. One more comment. The character of the ink lines is more consistent with something like a rapidograph pen (invented in 1953), rather...
There also was a new biography of Andre Chenier published in 1970, by Gabriel D'Aubarede. It may be that Thiers is cited there. At any rate, it is...
It seems that the phrase "despair of genius" was not directly attributed to Chenier. Curiously, it appears in an article titled "Death Scenes of...
Have you looked for a watermark on the paper? Hold it up to the light and see if there is a manufacturer's name or logo visible. That may yield a...
In a German wikipedia entry for Michael Ryba, the artist and cartoonist, it notes: "His work is characterized by a rare diversity, so it includes...
Yes, the "upside down" wings are attached with one nail - but very firmly. I don't see any evidence of glue, but it is not out of the question. I...
Great. Now I have to dig him back out and rotate his wings. Ouch.
One nice thing is that I now know where this smaller one, that has been sitting in my cabinet of curiosities for several years, comes from. I had...
Try looking at the entries for lithography and offset lithography on this website:...
I would assume it to be a recent Chinese production, incorporating/imitating several different Japanese styles.
Interesting item. Looking at the closeups, it may be a lithograph rather than an ink drawing.
It is an etching, and the tone is not unusual. The artist can vary how much of the ink is wiped from the plate before printing.
Sort of like this - [ATTACH] https://www.etsy.com/listing/1032286106/japanese-vintage-plaster-doll-boy...
Glad to be of help. :)
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