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Message:: [QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4291575, member: 5170"]Now that I have your attention....Yes, I know this is furniture, but I posted it in the general Antiques forum in hopes of getting a wider audience. Just bought this game table this weekend at an estate sale in a beautiful Italianate mansion built in 1860. Yes, it's a (very) old fashioned game table, Rococo Revival ca. 1850-60, roses and botanicals carved by a master out of walnut. The distinctive thing is that the game surface is covered in a tapestry that was evidently made just for the table. It's a woman pushing a putto in a garden swing, with birds flying about. I thought to myself: What an odd choice for a gaming surface! It seems like it would be destroyed in no time. But no, it's remarkably intact, with just a small paint stain from some idiot in the past. So what did I mean by the B-Word? Belter, of course! John Henry Belter, whose New York City shop turned out the finest carved furniture of the Victorian period, some say in all of furniture history! There were many furniture superstars in the 19th century: J and J Meeks, Louis Marcotte, Alexander Roux, Herter Brothers, Pottier & Stymus, and several more. But lovers of that era agree that Belter was the the finest. In fact, his shop was so lavish with their skill that they put themselves out of business; they just couldn't make any money after spending all that time carving. Talk about love before money! Anyway, pitch in and give me your opinion. Could this be by Belter? It was not sold to me that way, but could it be? The roses match his level of accomplishment and style, for sure! How about "in the manner of" or "attributed to?" [ATTACH=full]345640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]345641[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]345642[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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