There's a folk-painting style called 'rosemaling'. I'm not sure if it's exactly the same as tole-painting, but it's quite similar.
> From: aph4...@aol.com > Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:28:47 -0400 > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Decorated Gem > > > In a message dated 4/10/11 6:06:47 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > vinyl.visi...@live.com writes: > > By the way, what is "toll painting"? > In the 50's-60's - "toll painting" took a "toll" on your health, because > paint contained lead. :) > > > > OK. Since I knew that you made that bit of information up--I went and > Googled "toll painting". > It's is actually spelled "Tole painting" and it's a form of folk art with > examples showing flowered designs very similar to that on the Gem phono. > Who knows when it was painted?? I'll bet in the 1960s when it was popular. > --Art > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
