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<p>[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 3329644, member: 16674"]Hello, and a my best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 2021 to you all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this wall plaque with a view to it being hung in a gite. It only cost me €1. So I just looked at with a view to the impression it gave. Now I am framing it (at least three years later) I am surprised at the degree of detail, and wonder how it was produced, and when.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is made of resin, when tapped with a fingernail there is a dull response. The mould would have needed to be flexible or something like the lost-wax process, as there are thin edges, and delicate patterns. I don't know how easy it will be see but in particular the sculturer's dress, apron and hair, the cushion on the stool, and the tableau on the wall. I don't know the period of her clothes (this is France).</p><p><br /></p><p>The final photo, does, I think, have some writing that I cannot distinguish. The whole floor looks as if it has been written on, perhaps it was part of a spy network.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any of your thought would be welcomed; thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299195[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299196[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299197[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299198[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299200[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 3329644, member: 16674"]Hello, and a my best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 2021 to you all. I bought this wall plaque with a view to it being hung in a gite. It only cost me €1. So I just looked at with a view to the impression it gave. Now I am framing it (at least three years later) I am surprised at the degree of detail, and wonder how it was produced, and when. I think it is made of resin, when tapped with a fingernail there is a dull response. The mould would have needed to be flexible or something like the lost-wax process, as there are thin edges, and delicate patterns. I don't know how easy it will be see but in particular the sculturer's dress, apron and hair, the cushion on the stool, and the tableau on the wall. I don't know the period of her clothes (this is France). The final photo, does, I think, have some writing that I cannot distinguish. The whole floor looks as if it has been written on, perhaps it was part of a spy network. Any of your thought would be welcomed; thank you. [ATTACH=full]299195[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299196[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299197[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299198[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299200[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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