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Garvan Carver
Jesse Bair at Sotheby’s
A high chest that sold at auction in New York this week is perhaps Jesse Bair’s masterpiece of restoration carving. The base of the high chest was first illustrated in 1935. The grasses appliqué on the carved shell drawer were missing then. The upper case was not illustrated at that time with the base as … Continue reading Jesse Bair at Sotheby’s
Every Picture Tells A Story
Just not the whole story. These two photos of the same carved ornament from a high chest of drawers made in Philadelphia c. 1765, were both made by professional photographers more than a decade apart. In the first image the photographer laid the cartouche flat on its back surface, placing the film plane parallel with … Continue reading Every Picture Tells A Story
In Proportion to the Trouble 