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Very Fine and Rare Standing Carved and Painted Basswood Carousel Figure of an Elephant
Auction: 01/18/2018 - 1/21/2018
Lot: 1330
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Charles I D Looff AUCTION RECORDS
1852 Schleswig-Holstein - 1918 Long Beach, California. Known for: Carousel design and building, woodcarving, painting.
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Charles I. D. Looff. (1852-1918) ~ Inducted 2005. Charles I.D. Looff (1852-1918) is considered the first of the great American carousel builders having created 17 of them during his long career--some... Read full biography
Charles I. D. Looff. (1852-1918) ~ Inducted 2005. Charles I.D. Looff (1852-1918) is considered the first of the great American carousel builders having created 17 of them during his long career--some of which was spent living and working in Riverside, Rhode Island. Charles I.D. Looff was born in... Read full biography
Charles I. D. Looff. (1852-1918) ~ Inducted 2005. Charles I.D. Looff (1852-1918) is considered the first of the great American carousel builders having created 17 of them during his long career--some of which was spent living and working in Riverside, Rhode Island. Charles I.D. Looff was born in the Danish province of Schleswig-Holstein, but by age 18 he was living in New York, working as a woodcarver in Brooklyn and creating and painting wooden animals as a hobby. That hobby turned into a... Read full biography
Charles I. D. Looff. (1852-1918) ~ Inducted 2005. Charles I.D. Looff (1852-1918) is considered the first of the great American carousel builders having created 17 of them during his long career--some of which was spent living and working in Riverside, Rhode Island. Charles I.D. Looff was born in the Danish province of Schleswig-Holstein, but by age 18 he was living in New York, working as a woodcarver in Brooklyn and creating and painting wooden animals as a hobby. That hobby turned into a thriving business when he assembled those animals on a frame and platform built at Coney Island. It was 1876, and his first carousel was an instant success. Having built carousels in Atlantic City and in the beer garden at Feltman's famous restaurant at... Read full biography
Charles I. D. Looff. (1852-1918) ~ Inducted 2005. Charles I.D. Looff (1852-1918) is considered the first of the great American carousel builders having created 17 of them during his long career--some of which was spent living and working in Riverside, Rhode Island. Charles I.D. Looff was born in the Danish province of Schleswig-Holstein, but by age 18 he was living in New York, working as a woodcarver in Brooklyn and creating and painting wooden animals as a hobby. That hobby turned into a thriving business when he assembled those animals on a frame and platform built at Coney Island. It was 1876, and his first carousel was an instant success. Having built carousels in Atlantic City and in the beer garden at Feltman's famous restaurant at Coney Island, Looff opened a factory and hired four carvers to keep up with the demand for more wooden horses for his merry-go-rou... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeRare Carved Basswood Carousel Standing Lion
Charles I D Looff Auction: 01/18/2018 - 1/21/2018Lot: 1331Subscribe or get free alerts
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