Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist
Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Brooklyn. by Unknown artist

Pair of 19th C American Carousel Polychromed Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Looff from Bro 1880 - 1890

Unknown artist

86 ⨯ 47 ⨯ 22 cm
ConditionVery good
Price on request

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  • About the artwork
    This pair of female torsos presumably decorated a fair stand or an organ in a theme park. Most likely they were part of an immense organ that was intended to entertain the people with its impressive sound. A fairground 80-keyless organ with similar female decorations, made by the brothers Bruder in Waldkirch (Germany), once stood in the center of the large Feltman carousel in Coney Island. The torsos of both women were found in a speakeasy in West Virginia. The artist was clearly inspired for his wooden figures by the classical beauty of the famous Venus of Milo, a Greek marble sculpture from the 2nd century BC. The highly decorative pieces can be a stylish eye-catcher in your interior.
    https://www.mechanicalmusic.org/fullscreen-page/comp-jg05equm/7b25f576-0f73-4c1b-b869-55c65a85d8fa/0/%3Fi%3D0%26p%3Ded3cj%26s%3Dstyle-jg02f953 http://www.historyofcarousels.com/carousel-history/charles-i-d-looff/



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