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CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD CAROUSEL SEA MONSTER
CHARLES I. D. LOOF, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, C. 1895.
WONDERFUL LOOF SEA MONSTER IN AQUA COLORING WITH GOLD ACCENTS, HIGHLY REFINED MUSCULATURE, CARVED MAIN AND TAIL. THE HEAD IS UNMISTAKEABLY POOCH LIKE; A VERY SPECIAL IF NOT UNIQUE OFFERING. DIMENSIONS: 68 IN. HIGH X 76 IN. LONG X 17 IN. WIDE, WITH PEDESTAL. CHARLES LOOF CAME TO AMERICA, ALREADY AN ACCOMPLISHED CARVER, IN 1870. HE WAS SOON AT WORK IN NEW YORK AS A FURNITURE CARVER. HE CARVED CAROUSEL FIGURES IN HIS SPARE TIME, FINISHING HIS FIRST CAROUSEL IN 1875 AND CREATING WITH IT, THE CONEY ISLAND STYLE. HIS WAS, IN FACT, THE FIRST CAROUSEL AT CONEY ISLAND. HE IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST GRAND MASTER OF THE CRAFT, INITIALLY CARVING ALL THE FIGURES HIMSELF, BEFORE TAKING ON SUCH MASTER CARVERS AS CHARLES CARMEL, JOHN ZALAR, AND MARCUS ILLIONS.
CHARLES I. D. LOOF, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, C. 1895.
WONDERFUL LOOF SEA MONSTER IN AQUA COLORING WITH GOLD ACCENTS, HIGHLY REFINED MUSCULATURE, CARVED MAIN AND TAIL. THE HEAD IS UNMISTAKEABLY POOCH LIKE; A VERY SPECIAL IF NOT UNIQUE OFFERING. DIMENSIONS: 68 IN. HIGH X 76 IN. LONG X 17 IN. WIDE, WITH PEDESTAL. CHARLES LOOF CAME TO AMERICA, ALREADY AN ACCOMPLISHED CARVER, IN 1870. HE WAS SOON AT WORK IN NEW YORK AS A FURNITURE CARVER. HE CARVED CAROUSEL FIGURES IN HIS SPARE TIME, FINISHING HIS FIRST CAROUSEL IN 1875 AND CREATING WITH IT, THE CONEY ISLAND STYLE. HIS WAS, IN FACT, THE FIRST CAROUSEL AT CONEY ISLAND. HE IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST GRAND MASTER OF THE CRAFT, INITIALLY CARVING ALL THE FIGURES HIMSELF, BEFORE TAKING ON SUCH MASTER CARVERS AS CHARLES CARMEL, JOHN ZALAR, AND MARCUS ILLIONS.