Japanese peach: [IMG] https://www.citysuper.com.hk/en/citysuper/foodpedia/japanese-peach
Wow! Great provenance. But it makes you wonder where all of the rest of the objects are.
I was reading the long handled tools as sledge hammers, but they could be wooden mallets. Can't really tell what the heads are made of. Plenty of...
Some whips for comparison: [IMG]...
The whip (if that is what it is) looks like it has multiple strands, but it may have just been moving during the photo. The exposure was so long...
The fellow in the center may be holding a coach whip, which might mean they are wagon / coach makers. Such work would involve both woodworking and...
These are some older examples that show what I think @komokwa is talking about - more detail and care in execution: [IMG]...
So, it was the method for inserting that particular page of advertisement. There were probably a variety of add insertions depending on when and...
I am not real familiar with South American woods, but it looks like this was carved from a fairly small diameter log. The lighter sapwood is...
The printing process for a plate such as the portrait on the frontispiece (the page facing the title page) sometimes requires a different type of...
I think it may be a miniature from Mata Ortiz, Mexico. Similar to San ildefonso / Santa Clara Pueblos technique (burnished, with matte slip and...
On the symbolism of the whisk: In ancient times when a Daoist disciple would leave their temple to travel as a wandering monk, their master would...
http://www.thefolkartgallery.com/arpilleras.htm
Peruvian, applique textile. Might also be called "trapunto", with the stuffed figures. Those are llamas along the bottom. [IMG]...
Looks like a horsetail fly whisk: [IMG] https://www.trocadero.com/stores/tretslbj/items/787803/China-Antique-Fly-Whisk-Zitan-Horse-Tail-19th
Some questions: Do you want to use the chair? Or are you trying to preserve potential value as an original antique? If you want to preserve value,...
Any large object made of cast iron and meant for outdoor use (such as bridges, architectural elements, and garden furniture) would have been...
I am with @moreotherstuff , that they look like lithographs rather than engravings. I suppose the one on liveauctioneers may have been...
Yes, a woodblock for printing on fabric. The 2 holes on the back would have been for attaching the handle, which is now missing. Probably from...
I would agree with Figtree3. The suit in the first photo looks 1910-1919 - just pre-WWI. The second looks right around the turn of the century,...
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