I think it's a lot older than MCM. Thonet did his bent plywood thing in the 19th C. This chair has a shape similar to Victorian "captain's"...
I'd email the Glasgow Museum as a starter
Hm. Heavy or light? Cold or warm? Looks almost like a cross between a damascene and niello techniques.
That Toledo Ware one is an unusual shape. Agreed on wannabee amber:I've a few of those, nice enough copies.
Not as an amateur. That sounds like veneer is lifting a bit. A pro might iron them out or even slit them and reglue.
Don't sand it! The coffee rings will come out with half a walnut rubbed on it. Give it a gentle clean over - I'd even use a damp cloth. Then a...
Those aren't ecclesiastical paintings, though. The images look like the Scottish Highlands.
There are many many people of Italian heritage in Brazil, I met a fair few. Many also still have Italian citizenship, and have hence ended up in...
They aren't horse brasses, and I suspect pure decoration. Let me go have a think.
Try a burn test, if you can find an odd thread.
It may be a printed tile. Shape looks fine.
Heavens, keep your wife away from that. Do the panels feel cold to the touch? They may be painted/enamelled porcelain, I've seen inserts like...
14K Plat means 14K gold with a platinum head, rather than plated. I agree with Holly, this is fixable.
Snake chain, and I agree it's later. Looks 1950s to me. I'd test for Bakelite.
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Woven means produced on a loom, using a shuttle to weave threads in and out. Tapestry is stitched using a needle into fabric.
My first thought was radio.
Your signature is in Arabic. Looks woven, rather than tapestry. I suspect it's from Egypt.
Interesting. It would sell here at £70 all day long. He's selling in a shop, by the way, not Ebay.
Absoutely a swizzle stick, Pa had one almost identical. A more useless thing, he said, he'd never seen.
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