posted on November 26, 2000 06:28:01 PM new
Do you know what kind of paint was used on fabric in 1900?
I have an absolutely gorgeous greeting card written on what I think is satin. The colors are mostly black, red, and yellow. The penmanship is beautiful. It's so amazing that this could be done by hand.
It's so hard to get a scan to show the beauty of bright colors. It's also 18 inches long and I can't get the whole thing on the scanner.
It may be hard to part with. I'm thinking of framing it and keeping it for myself.
posted on November 26, 2000 06:45:27 PM new
Oh gosh. (First of all, it's quite flattering that you'd ask!) My guess is that it's probably some sort of tempera, but I'd have to take a look at it to give a more SWAG
Hand-painted....well, everything was quite popular back then. China-painting was widely practiced (and quite nicely), and even average penmanship was close to what we'd consider calligraphy today. Someplace, somewhere, I have several Christmas cards my great-grandfather made for my grandfather back before 1915 or thereabouts. Great-grandpa was an accountant, not an artist, but these are gorgeous! Anyway, see if you can post at least a segment of it here so we can get a better look.
IMHO, if you can afford to do so, keep it until you get tired of it - then sell it. You'll enjoy it meanwhile, and you can always justify it in your mind as an "investment"
posted on November 26, 2000 07:01:37 PM new
HCQ, thank you for your fast response. I'll try and post a picture but I've never done it on a board.
I know the "ladies" then spent many hours doing craft's. It's still something though to make the letters the same size and almost perfectly spaced.
I almost threw it away. It was folded up and put in a regular envelope. The envelope is yellowed with age with a few tears. I think the folds in the fabic may be permanent, it's been folded so long.
Of course, I would ask you. I value your opinion on this and many other subjects.
posted on November 29, 2000 09:33:47 PM new
Shar well I didn't quite give it to her. She took it! I usually try and hide things from her but this time I wasn't fast enough.
Just like on Thanksgiving when I was at her house. In her china cabinet were my five handblown glass fruits that she said she had liked when she came to the flea market.
I missed selling at the flea with my son the following week. But, the next flea market I saw they were gone. I was so happy and asked my son how much he sold them for. He said, "oh, the price you had on them."
posted on November 30, 2000 05:56:51 AM new
Chocolate,
I can understand that. We have a hard time buying without our children and DIL telling us how they wished they had that and see their longing and we usually end up giving it to them or grandbabies but they would never just take. Sometimes I have to secretly give dh a pinch when I think his hand is reaching for that piece.:lol
They all love and admire glass as much as we do. (okay son can see $ signs at the thought of auctioning some of it but not much.) It even kept him from having a secret party when we would have to leave him at home alone when he was a teen. Overheard a friend jokingly suggest a party to son when we left and son replied, "are you nuts! Not with all this glass in the house!
