Hmmmmm, it looks like Frisian carving, which is Dutch in origin, not sure though. Let's ask @Any Jewelry , she should know.
Oh Boy, sorry, NOT A CLUE! and no idea who might provide you with information. :sorry:
Not really no, as usual you've gone down the rabbit hole, slate was available in the colonies, though maybe not in large commercial quantities...
Let me translate all that, the MET has NO CLUE how or why these Swiss tabletops were imported to America and apparently, neither does anyone else....
Here is what the MET says about their slate top table. Slate Tabletop Switzerland C 1720 Most Furniture used in Colonial America was made here,...
Yeah, GOOD IDEA! It looks like something went wrong there with newer finish, it didn't appear to "stick" to the old. If going to recover anyway,...
LOL, not a bad place to be! I am puzzled by these slate tops, why? I mean it's not as though we didn't have slate or slaters to work it. Was it...
YIKES! Hopefully not alive!
Agrees, something weird happened there.
UPDATE! I have been looking into this slate top table thingy off & on since i got TORCHED on the table that started this thread. Early american...
lol, Well no, not that kind of old brown furniture, this kind [ATTACH]
Agrees, ozone will remove ANY organic odor, period. Thing is, unless familiar with it, i would advise to let a cleaning company handle this for you.
An ozone machine would probably work but are dangerous to use, you might check to see if any contractors in your area offer this service.
Well, that is mostly true however, I just lost a piece of "sad old brown furniture" yesterday that WAS adored by someone, it sold for over 25k....
Hopefully, I have completely confused everyone by now! :happy::hilarious::confused:
No, not at all, WELCOME ABOARD! Well, i wasn't trying to imply a true carved "linenfold" decoration which would require a much larger space but, I...
I do not know but, given what is happening today in American higher education, i would bet it WAS a Staff member, probably of the...
It's actually worse than that, many auction houses now charge an additional 3% if you pay with a CC/Debit card, not to mention they ALL charge...
Well, it's obvious the auction house had no idea what they had but, that is not unusual, they are mostly "generalists" they know a little about a...
Interesting link on Tiffany and company history, thanks for posting it Wink.
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