I'd say "sagged" rather than "warped" - looks a tad off-kilter. And agree that the mark is cancelled. Pretty extreme, rendering the piece unusable.
Some people used blind stamps - like a notary public might use. That's been going on for hundreds of years as well. Certainly makes an indelible...
Sounds like you've already decided.
Check the names... maybe someone went on to be famous.
A company named Dennhorn produced trays in this fashion. I have read online that the ceramic was produced by Villeroy and Boch. They probably...
I think some one will have to check Walter's books for that one. ******* Possibly Dal Pra, Nove, Italy. The problem is that the Dal Pra mark is...
So long as you're satisfied.
I still can't tell. Does the mat lift so you can see the so you can see the edges of the painted sheet?
Is this the end of the Roadshow? Not exactly a climate for assembling crowds and wont be for a long time. Do you think that this might help some...
If it's easily unmounted then yes, I would take it out of the frame at least to replace the mat. Getting it out from behind the glass will also...
I did find Edward Swan pictures online that said watercolour and pencil. Also said still active, postwar, and contemporary. I can't tell from...
I wouldn't take it apart. Looks like a coaching print, or fragment thereof. Probably just a bit of fabric someone liked and thought would look...
Is this one Fairfax-Cameron as well? Looks similar.
I found references to a Fairfax-Cameron as a Yorkshire water colorist, but no biographical info. What little I could see looked comparable. One...
Is there writing cross the bottom? Looks like a title or caption.
That's very interesting. I would guess it's mid-20th century, but the image looks pre-Raphaelite. Could be a decoratively printed cloth that a...
In Toronto there is the Bata Shoe Museum. Don't know if they'd be willing to help or not, but you could ask: http://batashoemuseum.ca/
It looks entirely Victorian (or from that period) to me. There's one listed currently on eBay Italy, framed, for 49.9€:...
Interesting that it's in English.
How do you know the box and the fabric go together? Maybe the box was just a convenient size for storage. Is the fabric printed? It looks like...
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