I have a 1929, Japanese, lacquered, wooden, Ihai, otherwise known as a spirit tablet or ancestral tablet. Does anyone out there in cyber space know what it was worth?
This is a double light fixture. The electric component was located in the ceiling in the middle of two hooks. The lights are attached to gold/brass chains which rested on the two hooks. The lights themselves are a white glass (not see-through) and I would consider them textured. There is a gold pattern on the globes--maybe a berry type. It was in perfect shape until my husband dropped a tool on one of the globes after removing it. It now has a one inch hole in it (but we kept the glass that came out; very clean cut and may be repairable). We are wondering if it's worth saving or if we should just toss it, as we replaced it.
I recently saved this item from the trash. I know nothing about it other than I was able to look up a patent number found on the metal structure of the back adjustments. The pantent was applied for in 1936 by the bassick company and was called posture-chair. The finish is worn and it has some nicks but nothing major. The seat part has tried to separate slightly but is still sound. All the components work as they should and all the metal only has surface rust. The caster wheels are severely flat spotted and need replaced and none of them match eithe so they have been replaced before. The hardware attatching the seat back also seems to have been replaced at some point in time.
