Is the mark a minerva head? Hard for me to tell? Looks French - possibly older Baccarat. Find your mark here...
can you provide close ups of the carving? Hard for me to see the furniture. Thanks!
She also did oil on board......https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Anna%20Sophie%20Gasteiger&sort=-relevance&status=archive
Meriden B Company (Britannia) did a lot of these. I can't remember if this is one of the older marks from late 19th?
Good quality! One of my dealers who sold high end Chinese furniture told me you never want to purchase Chinese furniture with screws, nails, etc....
could be peridot, amethyst, citrine and garnet or glass......
I wonder if this is Mexican? I know the Native American textiles do not have fringe.
So the ones that I have handled with the studded (tacked) leather and scrolled stiles have been Spanish or Italian in walnut. I guess it could be...
Just my 2 cents, but when cataloging for an auction house here in the states, the respected term is chaise lounge because the term fainting couch...
Any chance you can turn it on its side and remove the fabric ticking underneath to get a better view?
Late Victorian chaise lounge.....I am bad with wood - does it scratch easy like pine? Maybe stained oak....love the feet!!!
I wonder if it is Bohemian like Harrach? Looks like Aventurine glass....lovely!
RJ Horner did some similar however I don't remember seeing barley twist stiles or turned legs headed with patera block supports? Screams more...
Howdy from the South!!!!
I just heard back from the artist. Original painting on d’Arches paper, deckle edged Medium, acrylic. Title: Odalisque. What a nice guy!...
I know! I have just contacted him to ask about a title and date. Interesting artist. I thought he was French and he is from Tennessee but...
UPDATE: I have been told that this a Paul Harmon piece. Be careful when you go searching for his art......lots of erotic stuff. Glad this one...
Lovely - have sold a couple similar at auction and I cataloged them both as Black Forest style from the area of Brienz in Swizerland. Yours is...
Not hand carved - machined and post 1950.....
Usually when I see this color palette with the peonies and the gold numbers on the bottom I think of Japan......
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