Yeah, paperclip type of thing was my first thought - and with the centuries old pounds and pounds of family papers I have gone through during the...
Particularly in Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town! Chicago, the city that Billy Sunday could not shut down. On State Street - oh wait, nothing...
Mylar is a polyester material (the name Mylar is copyrighted) used to produce OTHER fabrics, plastic sheeting, etc. So actually calling a fabric...
Sorry I can not help with your painting - but this seems top be the week for ships to come into port - see this thread elsewhere on the forum:...
I think that was his very first post?
I do think the frame is older - manufactured more recently and the mirror would have been a single piece and the interior parts of the fame would...
TRY THIS AT YOUR RISK!!!!! I had the same issue with a table top some years ago. It was suggested at that time that I just put a piece of glass...
Definitely another painting - the topic was very popular. But I think your may (MAY) have been inspired by the Grant painting.
Mine as well - I have a feeling that his photos are hosted elsewhere and the connection is no longer in place. I still don't understand why folks...
Laughs? You've found LAUGHS? Where? Where are these LAUGHS you speak of? I thought all and sundry amusements and off topic postings were...
I have to agree. Though I would not use it to conclusively date an object, I certainly use it as a starting point if I have no other. And I have...
It ALMOST looks like a copy of Gordon Grant's painting of Old IronSides (?), with slight variations. I have an old and tired print here: [ATTACH]
Good luck with that...............the last time I had the same conditions (there was stuff you had to pay to recycle, but enough other stuff for a...
I think I am seeing red sizing, which is what wood was treated with before it was gilded, so there should be traces of gold as well.
You can try and "bump" it to the top - which is as simple as posting a reply (even if it is your own thread), bringing the thread to the top of...
I would assume that this was designed/intended as a home storage piece and not as a travel piece? Those insubstantial bracket feet would not last...
I retract what I wrote about Lyndhurst - I just looked at your photo again and I recall that the gallery at Lyndhurst is much wider and the door...
Not sexist in the least.....the woman decided it would be that way, so it IS that way................no point in arguing if you want to continue...
Most of the built-in oak "hutches" in the circa 1900 bungalows and flats in Chicago use this system.
They are being truthful, that's all. Unless they KNOW it is Formica (a copyrighted name), it is laminate.................ask Velcro, they'll...
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