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Jenny Lind

Let’s Put The Jenny Lind Theory To Rest

December 10, 2009

I’m thinking that maybe a 16th century sofa can end this Jenny Lind rumor for us, but let’s review the ground we’ve covered on this topic for a moment.
In this first post (yes, long ago), I announced a contest asking everyone for their own theories on the female heads carved into Renaissance Revival furniture.  The [...]

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John Jelliff Neo-Grec VSA Article

June 24, 2009

I recently “met” Roberta Mayer virtually through this site when she saw my posts on Jelliff and the “Jenny Lind” carved arms.  She made me aware of an article she had written on the same topic several years ago for The Victorian Times for VSA.  Roberta is an accomplished and widely published author and presenter [...]

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The Helen Of Troy Theory

May 28, 2009

(Continuation from Part I and Part II)
I’ve been talking a lot about Jenny Lind lately and here’s the impetus for my resurgent interest in solving the mystery of who the carved-arm females are meant to depict:

The owner of the sofa had recently put it up for sale on Ebay and an intriguing story came with [...]

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Carved Bust Arms Not Jenny Lind

May 20, 2009

If you haven’t read the first part of this series on proving/disproving the Jenny Lind association with the carved arms on Renaissance Revival furniture, you can read it here.
This may take a few posts to get through, so let’s discuss why the majority of people I’ve communicated with recently agree that these arm carvings are [...]

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Jenny Lind She Ain’t

May 16, 2009

I’ve longed referred to these female busts as “Jenny Lind” due to the prevalance of this belief in the marketlplace. People know which arms you are referring to when you describe them as Jenny Lind carvings.  It has never sat well in my stomach to be completely true and I’ve always wanted to know [...]

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