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Organ Loft Antique Shop

MakerCarved by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Date1990-2000

MediumLinoleum block; residual black printer's ink and black pen ink on carved linoleum on particle board

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 x 12in. (20.3 x 30.5cm)
Other (block height x width x depth): 9 x 12 x 7/8in. (22.9 x 30.5 x 2.2cm)

ClassificationsEquipment

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionPartially carved linoleum block depicting the exterior of the Organ Loft Antique Store, probably located in Clinton, Connecticut. Outside of the store, a variety of items are pictured, including lamp posts, signs, furniture, a sleigh, and a wheeled cart advertising saddle bags and boots topped with an umbrella. On top of the roof on the left is a flagpole flying the American flag and what appears to be a horse weather vane.

Object number2011.465.69

MarkingsLeft side of the block, stamped in black ink: "SPEEDBALL 9 X 12 / Print[illegible]"InscribedThere are ink lines remaining on the block where the linoleum was carved slightly outside the lines, and ink lines at the bottom where the linoloeum was not carved.NotesSubject Note: The only reference to an antique store named the Organ Loft in Connecticut was found in a digitized telephone directory from Clinton in the years 1954-1959/60.

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