This easel has been in my life as long as I can remember, and I’m approaching 70! The paper scroll still works from beginning to end, with only one small hole in the paper.
An offset lithograph of a 1794 Ukiyo-e woodblock print titled The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Shigenoi, the Wet Nurse by Toshusai Sharaku. The print features the actor in a white and pink dress against a blue background. There is a signature and chopmark printer in-plate to the lower left. Presented behind glass in a beveled frame with brass corner brackets; ready to hang.
I bought this at an estate sale. The back has a tag from Homer Brothers. And it has a lot#. I have no idea where it’s from or what era. I just know that it is antique.
German woman was given two chairs some time between 1960 and 1964. Her American husband was stationed in France. She helped another American couple pack for their return to the states. The chairs were given to her as a thank you. She reupholstered them one time with a vintage fabric. She doesn't know anything more about them.
