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fancypants

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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2012, 12:24:04 pm »
I once bought a box-full of brass & bronze medallions from a New Orleans estate , all of which were hung from hooks like those in your pic , KC , for an antebellum home in Moblie , Alabama (not to be contrary) ...
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2012, 12:49:26 pm »
I think a hanger for artwork or pictures !! Nail goes through the loop and into the wall !! I have seen them in historic houses especially in the south !!
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2012, 01:49:46 pm »
http://www.hooksandhangers.com/images/examples/mirrors.jpg   

These are some images of antique picture hangers.
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2012, 02:10:27 pm »
Quote from: greenacres on October 21, 2012, 01:49:46 pm
http://www.hooksandhangers.com/images/examples/mirrors.jpg   

These are some images of antique picture hangers.
I don,t think so G,acre...as the link suggests....i.e. images/examples/mirrors,....and what have we here...mirrors....n o ooks or angers.... :D
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2012, 02:17:40 pm »
Quote from: mart on October 21, 2012, 12:49:26 pm
I think a hanger for artwork or pictures !! Nail goes through the loop and into the wall !! I have seen them in historic houses especially in the south !!
I don,t want to be splitting hairs,...but a nail can,t go through the loop as the loop does,nt hang high of the main body of the hanger, its more of the loop, going over the nail....if you know what i mean.... ::)
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2012, 02:32:24 pm »
That works too !!  Didn`t have my cheaters on !!
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2012, 02:50:17 pm »
At one point I thought it was part of a pendulum.
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2012, 07:18:05 pm »
fancypants, I hope you sold them for a pretty penny or used them!  Wow!  What a treasure!!!
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2012, 07:25:49 pm »
And yes, that's Henry VIII.
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2012, 07:32:10 pm »
Na, looks nothing like Henry the V111....he was a big fat guy,..probably with eating too many pkts of Tudor Crisps....you may have to google the TC,s ;D
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #25 on: November 04, 2012, 08:13:38 pm »
I think , perhaps , as an old friend of mine informed me , that these types of 'medallion' units were used , @ the heights previously discussed/cussed , for hanging temporary decorative elements for festive events (aka 'decking the halls') , such as garlands , wreathes , boughs & such .

We were in his home in NYC , watching a Ken Burns DVD from the 'Civil War' series & lo & behold ... a photo popped up with a room decorated in that fashion ... one of those go-figure moments .
I didn't stay for H. Sandy & hi-tailed it back home , barely getting out of JFK before they shut it all down .
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Re: What and who is this?
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2012, 08:10:19 am »
Wow Fancypants !! Good thing you went home !!
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