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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 34964, member: 111"]Personally, see no reason to think this is other than an early 20th century piece, most likely sold as a glove box, as Fig suggested, it's a factory-burned piece, the design done with a stamp rather than by hand. With that dainty nose and languid eyes, does appear to be a 'Gibson Girl', so should be by Thayer & Chandler, who held the rights, Flemish Art held the rights to the 'Christy Girls', who tended to have stronger features.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like pyrography (or pokerwork), have even done my fair share, it's not particularly easy to do <i>well</i>, even with modern burners, but unless they're <i>original</i> work, have a hard time seeing them as anything other than decorative items - but who knew that paint-by-number 'art' would ever have value? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 34964, member: 111"]Personally, see no reason to think this is other than an early 20th century piece, most likely sold as a glove box, as Fig suggested, it's a factory-burned piece, the design done with a stamp rather than by hand. With that dainty nose and languid eyes, does appear to be a 'Gibson Girl', so should be by Thayer & Chandler, who held the rights, Flemish Art held the rights to the 'Christy Girls', who tended to have stronger features. I really like pyrography (or pokerwork), have even done my fair share, it's not particularly easy to do [I]well[/I], even with modern burners, but unless they're [I]original[/I] work, have a hard time seeing them as anything other than decorative items - but who knew that paint-by-number 'art' would ever have value? :rolleyes: ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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