The Canadian Conservation Institute has excellent, free on-line tutorials on how to archivally store any type of collection materials. Here is the...
Sadly, the cat died.
Me too, but I didn't want to go there... not at all. Maybe it's an "orchid"?
That is an applied burl wood veneer. With the incised details, the demi-lune trim and the finial gallery, I'd call it Eastlake style. It has been...
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What a deal! Gorgeous! Mine is in boxes, waiting for restoration... 35 years and counting...
I can't tell from the photos but these were often done in the eglomise' technique, a fancy name for reverse-painting, which is mind-boggling to...
IS it one of a pair? Based on Royal Dux production records, perhaps? There is only one in the SOHS Britt collection. There is a lot of information...
But he WAS outstanding in his field.
Good luck on your bidding James. It would be so nice to see it go to someone who is such a connoisseur. Have you published? And yes, I agree 100%...
Since the topic in Royal Dux, I thought I'd share this one from the Southern Oregon Historical Society's collection. "Art Noveau terra cotta matte...
AJ, I've given you a number of those. Well deserved.
"Sleep tight!"
Those who enter into battles of wit would do well to arrive armed.
Hi kapidr, are you anywhere in the Pacific NW? Some one may be interested in it as a local artifact. Public places like McMenamins...
Wow. Why all the head games Golgatha? Isn't life hard enough? We're all in the same boat so let's be helpful to each other, or go home. Yes,...
It looks to me as if he is using a foot pump to turn a grinding stone, to sharpen his tool. And the stretcher configuration looks late 19th...
Kyra, since you like bugs; this just came across my feed. Book of Insects by Fabres, 1921...
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