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<p>[QUOTE="Jane Henry, post: 1841405, member: 11599"]Yes, located in USA. The dealer is located in CT, but specializes in both European and American pieces. </p><p>It had been previously stripped actually. Someone else tried their hand at “refinishing” it. They surely sanded, but it seems as if they must had damped it with water to dissolve the gesso. I wouldn’t dream of removing original. The stripper I used only removed the latex paint. No other under paint came off as it was either a tinted gesso or other water based pigment over gesso, unaffected by stripper. There were definitely remnants of some decorative lines painted along mouldings (blue over red). </p><p>thank you so much for your input.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jane Henry, post: 1841405, member: 11599"]Yes, located in USA. The dealer is located in CT, but specializes in both European and American pieces. It had been previously stripped actually. Someone else tried their hand at “refinishing” it. They surely sanded, but it seems as if they must had damped it with water to dissolve the gesso. I wouldn’t dream of removing original. The stripper I used only removed the latex paint. No other under paint came off as it was either a tinted gesso or other water based pigment over gesso, unaffected by stripper. There were definitely remnants of some decorative lines painted along mouldings (blue over red). thank you so much for your input.[/QUOTE]
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