Actually, I'm a bit surprised that this wasn't painted long ago................in the 1920s-30s many paint companies advertised that you could...
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My first clue was the melon carvings....obviously laminated of more that one piece of wood......in the original period it would have been crafted...
Which, under the right circumstances, may be what you are...................oh! never mind................I didn't realize that I was typing what...
you don't mention a width, but my mother had a number of long cloths such as this that were used as "clothes covers" - when her maid laid out her...
Grandmother had a zinc lined oak tank one in her bathroom until the 1960s - the one in the service bath had been replaced with a porcelain tank,...
I wonder if they were printed with a 3D printer.....................
That's what the opening post mentions..................though the bit about it being the right was omitted..................... COULD not resist...
Yeah, I agree - Mrs. Claus' transportation was furnished with a sleigh.............. Just kidding...............not looking to word spar, just...
I too have purchased one (whole room size) - and the first pleasant surprise was the reasonable cost! I was thinking HUNDREDS, but it was actually...
It is probably archaic, but my Grandfather and Grandmother would use the term "furniture" for anything that "furnished" a place or space or...
I once use shells such as these for a variety of seafood appetizers, not only caviar. They can be quite pricey..............which is why I no...
A relative who cultivated bonsai gifted me once....along with a 4 page typewritten set of "instructions" for the care and...
The country has changed its name from Siam to Thailand and back again a number of times since around 1932. The mark Siam has been, and is still,...
Bummer on one hand, Congrats on the other VintageKaren!
Welcome Sherry! I've been around all of the usual spots in Tennessee, but have always wanted to visit Paris and see the Tour...
And I still rent/sell to local theatre groups.............get in good with the prop master that handles a few troupes and you can get some good...
But it is time well spent - informative and amusing - and we'd HATE it if you found other things to do with that time................
The rim reminds me of a particular flower.............and of course I can not remember WHICH flower................some sort of orchid, I...
Napoleon III reigned during what was termed the Second Empire period in France - 1852 through 1870. Much of the design (particularly clothing and...
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