Could be either. I got the name from a reference book I hardly ever reference. Frankly, I would expect better from Gardiner.
Or Ukrainian @Natasha
Korniloff Brothers?
Pretty darn fancy! Very impressive.
This is the picture I had in mind: [ATTACH] But I don't know who posted it, or when, and I doubt that the photo in this thread would add anything...
She was not popular, though even Napoleon said she got a raw deal. An even bigger factor was the affair of the Queen's necklace, an elaborate...
I understand that there is a language difference involved. I was trying to clarify, not criticize. For me, $100 would be a lot.
Say that it is painted on board. Admittedly, a wooden board was once part of a tree, but it is distracting, and inaccurate, to say that it is...
That's an interesting picture, not just because of it's connection to this family, but also because, a while ago, someone was asking about a...
There's more info here (but not more pictures):...
Could be 19th C, mid-1870s - 1880s. That was the time when Heinrich Schliemann was doing his excavations at Hissarlik (Troy from Homer's Iliad)...
Sotheby's auction of the Bourbon-Parma royal jewels scheduled for November....
This thing is stuffed with paper or straw or somesuch... excelcior? You can feel it crunching around.
The painting is "Matador e Femme Nue". That image doesn't seem to be clipped, but the few Ludwig posters I saw online do have borders all round,...
Yeah, for some reason my camera had trouble with the color. His outfit is definitely bright red. Caught it better with a flash, but flash...
The maker is "Best Made Toys Ltd." of Toronto (label in English and French). [ATTACH] I tried looking them up a few years ago, but it's not a...
The white trim and beard are shaggier than the red, more faux-fur like. The beard is bib-like. Here's a close-up of its backside: [ATTACH]
Thanks for all the input. I like "shaggy plush". That will probably do the trick. His beard is the same shaggy material (or so it seems to me)....
It's hairier than what I would think of as plush, BWDIK. It's more like faux fur (which had not occurred to me), except for the colors. Maybe...
This is big: about 36" tall. [ATTACH] Question is: what do I call this shaggy fabric? Just... shag? [ATTACH]
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