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Sylvia Hood Original Pasadena Ca Chalkware Mi
Sylvia Hood original vintage Pasadena Ca Chalkware harvest couple chalkware figurines one man and one woman. These Iconic figurines bear her logo indicating their rare authenticity.
They are comprised of Extone (a material much like chalkware, invented by her husband Allen Hood) and have been hand painted in beautiful colors of orange, yellow, red, and black.
Circa 1960-1965.
Sculpture sizes man and woman:
• Height 11.5 inches
• Depth woman 3.5 man 2.75 inches
• Width woman 3.5 man 5.25 inches
• Base diameters woman 4.25 man 4 inches
• Weight 4.6 pounds both
Boxed size couple:
• Height 15 inches
• Width 13 inches
• Depth 8.5 inches
• Weight 7.6 pounds.
Sylvia was a true midcentury artist. She decorated sets for “77 Sunset Strip” and a few other shows in California and she did a little “dabbling” in interior design. She was a painter, a sculptor, and loved driving her MG all around the streets of Pasadena. Her grandson told that she loved the song “The Little Old lady from Pasadena” By the Beach Boys and that she was “Just sure” it was written about her! Her logo gives a clue to some of the work that is rarer.
She lived in Pasadena California in the early 1960’s when she began sculpting with a material known as Extone. It is comparable with the chalkware but according to her grandson, this was a material her husband Allen had developed for his work in aerospace. It is comprised of plaster of Paris, latex paint, and white glue, and perhaps a little sand. He used it for aerospace patterns, Allen Hood oversaw quality control for the Apollo 15 Command Module for North America/Rockwell. He had many top-secret projects he worked on such as Norden Bomb Sites in the Empire State Building.
Holiday or every day, the Harvest Couple is an exceptional conversation piece for your dinner table, kitchen shelf, breakfast nook, or anywhere you need a splash of color.
They are sure to be just the right touch anywhere you place them. You need these, make them yours!!
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