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A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD CAROUSEL SUPREME OUTSIDE ROW STANDER
MARCUS CHARLES ILLIONS, NEW YORK, C. 1925.
THIS CLASSIC ILLIONS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAROUSEL HORSES WE CAN IMAGINE, WITH GOLD LEAF MANE AND TAIL, THICK NECK STRAP, BRIDLE HEADPIECE, SADDLE AND OTHER CLASSIC ADORNMENTS. APPROXIMATELY 60 JEWELS ADORN THE TRAPPINGS. DIMENSIONS: 62 IN. HIGH X 68 IN. LONG X 13 IN. WIDE. WONDERFULLY RESTORED BY JON LAYTON. MARCUS ILLIONS BEGAN WOOD SCULPTING IN LITHUANIA AT THE AGE OF 7. AT 14 HE TRAVELLED FIRST TO GERMANY AND THEN TO ENGLAND WHERE HE CARVED FOR THE RENOWNED CAROUSEL AND AMUSEMENT MAKER, FREDERICK SAVAGE OF KING'S LYNN. REACHING THE U.S. IN 1888 HE SOON CAME TO WORK FOR CHARLES LOOF, ADAPTING THE LATTER'S STYLE TO CREATE THE VIBRANT, DYNAMIC WORKS WHICH EPITOMIZE THE CLASSIC CONEY ISLAND CARVINGS. A BRILLIANT AND INNOVATIVE ARTIST, ILLIONS WAS CREDITED FOR BEING THE FIRST TO USE GOLD LEAFING, A PRACTICE QUICKLY COPIED BY COMPETITORS. EVENTUALLY HE LEFT LOOF AND STRUCK OUT ON HIS OWN. THE SON OF A HORSE TRADER, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR ANATOMY AND MOTION ALONG WITH HIS HIGHLY REFINED SCULPTOR'S SKILLS LENT TO HIS CREATIONS THEIR REALISTIC, DYNAMIC STYLE. THE 'SUPREME,' AN EXEMPLARY OUTSIDE ROW EXAMPLE OF WHICH IS OFFERED HERE, WERE THE LARGEST AND FINEST MADE.
MARCUS CHARLES ILLIONS, NEW YORK, C. 1925.
THIS CLASSIC ILLIONS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAROUSEL HORSES WE CAN IMAGINE, WITH GOLD LEAF MANE AND TAIL, THICK NECK STRAP, BRIDLE HEADPIECE, SADDLE AND OTHER CLASSIC ADORNMENTS. APPROXIMATELY 60 JEWELS ADORN THE TRAPPINGS. DIMENSIONS: 62 IN. HIGH X 68 IN. LONG X 13 IN. WIDE. WONDERFULLY RESTORED BY JON LAYTON. MARCUS ILLIONS BEGAN WOOD SCULPTING IN LITHUANIA AT THE AGE OF 7. AT 14 HE TRAVELLED FIRST TO GERMANY AND THEN TO ENGLAND WHERE HE CARVED FOR THE RENOWNED CAROUSEL AND AMUSEMENT MAKER, FREDERICK SAVAGE OF KING'S LYNN. REACHING THE U.S. IN 1888 HE SOON CAME TO WORK FOR CHARLES LOOF, ADAPTING THE LATTER'S STYLE TO CREATE THE VIBRANT, DYNAMIC WORKS WHICH EPITOMIZE THE CLASSIC CONEY ISLAND CARVINGS. A BRILLIANT AND INNOVATIVE ARTIST, ILLIONS WAS CREDITED FOR BEING THE FIRST TO USE GOLD LEAFING, A PRACTICE QUICKLY COPIED BY COMPETITORS. EVENTUALLY HE LEFT LOOF AND STRUCK OUT ON HIS OWN. THE SON OF A HORSE TRADER, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR ANATOMY AND MOTION ALONG WITH HIS HIGHLY REFINED SCULPTOR'S SKILLS LENT TO HIS CREATIONS THEIR REALISTIC, DYNAMIC STYLE. THE 'SUPREME,' AN EXEMPLARY OUTSIDE ROW EXAMPLE OF WHICH IS OFFERED HERE, WERE THE LARGEST AND FINEST MADE.