EXTREMELY RARE CARVED AND PAINTING CAROUSEL WHITE TIGER E. JOY MORRIS, PHILADELPHIA, C. 1902. BLACKED STRIPED TIGER, WITH RED, BLUE AND TAN SADDLE, WITH INTERTWINED CHEST STRAPS, THE LION CARRIES THE TRADITIONAL SCROLLED BLANKET WITH MERMAID FIGURE BEHIND THE SADDLE. INCLUDES PEDESTAL RESTORED AND PAINTED BY PENNY MEYERS, THE TIGER WAS LAST AT THE CIRCUS CIRCUS CAROUSEL IN LAS VEGAS. DIMENSIONS: 55 IN. TALL X 70 IN. LONG X 16 IN. WIDE. EDWARD JOY MORRIS CREATED LESS THAN TWO DOZEN CAROUSELS DURING HIS SHORT CAREER. HE EMPLOYED MASTER WOOD CARVERS SUCH AS CHARLES LEOPOLD AND SALVATORE CERNIGILARO TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVE MORRIS STYLE WHICH SET HIS APART FROM THE CREATIONS OF THE NEARBY DENTZEL FACTORY. THE WORKS ARE ONES OF ENDURING GRACE AND BEAUTY AND ARE AMONG THE MOST FINEST MADE DURING THIS GOLDEN AGE OF CAROUSEL FOLK ART.
EXTREMELY RARE CARVED AND PAINTING CAROUSEL WHITE TIGER E. JOY MORRIS, PHILADELPHIA, C. 1902. BLACKED STRIPED TIGER, WITH RED, BLUE AND TAN SADDLE, WITH INTERTWINED CHEST STRAPS, THE LION CARRIES THE TRADITIONAL SCROLLED BLANKET WITH MERMAID FIGURE BEHIND THE SADDLE. INCLUDES PEDESTAL RESTORED AND PAINTED BY PENNY MEYERS, THE TIGER WAS LAST AT THE CIRCUS CIRCUS CAROUSEL IN LAS VEGAS. DIMENSIONS: 55 IN. TALL X 70 IN. LONG X 16 IN. WIDE. EDWARD JOY MORRIS CREATED LESS THAN TWO DOZEN CAROUSELS DURING HIS SHORT CAREER. HE EMPLOYED MASTER WOOD CARVERS SUCH AS CHARLES LEOPOLD AND SALVATORE CERNIGILARO TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVE MORRIS STYLE WHICH SET HIS APART FROM THE CREATIONS OF THE NEARBY DENTZEL FACTORY. THE WORKS ARE ONES OF ENDURING GRACE AND BEAUTY AND ARE AMONG THE MOST FINEST MADE DURING THIS GOLDEN AGE OF CAROUSEL FOLK ART.
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