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Finest Antique American 1905 Folk Art Pyrography Game Board Hand Painted Signed, 15 inches
$3,500.00
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This is an extraordinarily beautiful 15 inch square antique hinged, hand incised and hand painted wooden Folk Art game board.
The playing surface possesses great detail with images of chess pieces , ornate nouveau floral borders hand painted in a deep red color. The reverse is signed with painted tulips above a pair of contemplative checker players, and the word “checkers” above five round checker pieces. Finally, opposite is finely hand burned a photo of “America’s Champion , C.F. Barker and within the lower burned board “Ralph to Aaron” , -1905- .
Dimensions: 15 inches square x 1/4 inch in depth.
Hand made, hand carved, hand painted, and hand burned using pyrographic techniques
Provenance: Old New England collection.
History of the Pyrography:
py·rog·ra·phy pīˈräɡrəfē/ noun is the art or technique of decorating wood or leather by burning a design on the surface with a heated metallic point. Pyrography was particular popular during the last quarter of the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century
We will be offering more important high quality Folk Art and pyrography works of art in the near future.
Schneible Fine Arts has been collecting and dealing in authentic American folk art and pyrography works of art for more than thirty years. Mr.Schneible has authored informative articles on collecting pyrography and has amassed a fine large collection which is now being deaccesssioned. Write or contact us for more information .
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