LATE 19TH C ORIG FRENCH ARTIST'S WOODEN PAINTING PALETTE, W/OLD CAKED OIL PAINT

Description

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[Absolutely untouched & estate fresh. Found on the
South Shore of Massachusetts]
(Circa 1885-1915)
Late 19th to early 20th century
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antique original previously used/discarded
artist
painter's wooden palettes
DIMENSIONS:
13 1⁄4" Width x 9" Height
Weight:
1 lb. 7 oz.
DESCRIPTION:
Recently discovered in a finely appointed estate on the
South Shore of Massachusetts
(just south of Boston) is this absolutely untouched and in original antique condition,
late 19th to early 20th century
Fr
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or
European
painter's wooden palette,
complete with thumb hole and completely covered with old, dried, caked, textured oil paint. The colors graduate from warm to cool and light to dark along the curved perimeter margin of the antique wooden palette. The paint is also built up in specific areas, like mounds, which would have been the 'stations' where the artist would apply more oil paint to the palette from nearby lead wrapped oil paint tubes, most likely held in the cubby of the painter's wooden easel. The palette has signature and characteristic
Fr
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and
European
styling and appears to have been made from
mahogany tropical hardwood,
being able to withstand being constantly soaked with the oil from the paint and from oil painting medium.
Not just for art lovers. Like a painting itself! Truly amazing and as if it was frozen in time or hermetically sealed for over a hundred years in a vacuum chamber. Incredible original, authentic, untouched condition. Now, which accomplished painter who may have used this, is anyone's guess. Extraordinary.
CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall antique condition.