They say English is the most difficult language to learn, but I'm glad I don't have to read Chinese.
The scene might be from the far east, but I'm also not getting the sense of color laid down in the technique that would be expected from that...
I think that 1st dibs description sounds good - 3rd quarter 19th C. Those sprigs of grass at the neck have an aesthetic/Japonism vibe. The...
That chop doesn't look like any Chinese writing I recognize, and it doesn't look like a stamp... it looks painted. For all that it looks Chinese,...
Fauteuil is a specific type of chair. Without arms, it would simply be a chaise. If the sides were upholstered, rather than open, it would be a...
The style is called fauteuil (for what that's worth). It's based on rococo chairs, but I don't think it's period (could easily be wrong). There...
Pieces marked "foreign" are most commonly Japanese, sometimes German, and after WWII. It was a time when naming those until-very-recently-enemies...
Very impressive.
I do like the illustration. I can easily see a collector of cruise ship memorabilia or menus being very interested.
One of the problems with something like this is that it was never intended to be framed.
I don't think even double matting would work with that frame
Can't you take it out of the frame and just sell it as a menu? Emphasize the illustrator and cruise ship. I don't think the current frame works...
Here's my take on the mark: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
It's nicely done. I don't recall seeing it before, and it is memorable.
It's great that you got what you wanted and that it included a bit of original manuscript that means something to you. If these books were...
Slightly different from Leo Tolstoy as well. [ATTACH] Darwin is even more of a reach. It comes down to a prevalent style.
This had got me thinking: I wonder what the editorial stance is on things like poetry, or sermons.
On a piece like that I think it's safe to say that if it's not marked sterling, it's not sterling. Meriden Brittania of Connecticut did stuff...
A collection of letters, or diaries, might fill that definition, but for a collection of published works, the editing would already have been...
I don't know what you mean by manuscript editions. Manuscript facsimiles? To me, the manuscript is what the author writes and what the publisher...
Separate names with a comma.
