A couple of years ago when we had a booth at an antique mall, we found a pair of pictures of lutes which were produced by Turner Manufacturing Company. Instead of being sold, they made their way to the living room wall in my daughter and SIL's house. The pictures are in 10" x 34" shadowbox frames and are most likely painted chalkware. Recently we found another picture with the same markings, and we became curious about the history of all three pieces.
The Turner Manufacturing Company was, at one time, the largest producer of affordably priced decorative art and mirrors in the United States. The company went out of business around 1975. Their wall art was sold in department stores and "five & dimes" and is still relatively easy to find.
Much of what they produced was prints of "Old Masters," but they also manufactured some very cool modern pictures. I may be biased, but I think ours falls in that category.
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