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Regions of Excellence: The Steel of Tula, RussiaTula is an industrial city in Russia, most famous for it’s production of applied arts in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The craftsmen of Tula became renowned…
March 16 2010, 9:17am | Comments »
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Musical Chairs!Highly unusual lyre-back armchair. English, circa 1795. Carlton Hobbs LLC. The use of the form of the ancient lyre in the square back of a chair was an…
March 9 2010, 7:40pm | Comments »
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February 5 2010, 1:12pm | Comments »
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Massive Mirrors on the WallThe design on which these remarkable mirrors are based was officially registered by the cabinet maker George Sims of 50-152 Aldersgate Street, London, in March 1878 and survives…
February 5 2010, 9:57am | Comments »
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Chinoiserie ItalianoThe Italian fashion for Eastern decoration, manifest in the present pair of mirrors, began with the expansion of trade with China, leading to intensified taste for chinoiserie throughout…
January 30 2010, 12:19pm | Comments »
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Re-Hache-ing the SemanierJean François Hache represents the fourth generation in a family of famed cabinetmakers from Grenoble, France, who worked throughout the end of the 17th century and the entirety…
January 19 2010, 6:23pm | Comments »
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Reef Madness!Figure 1: Jacques Linard; Still Life with Shells and Coral, and a Box; 1640. According to the Ancient Greeks, after Perseus cut off Medusa’s head, he wished to…
August 26 2009, 3:23pm | Comments »
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“Heroes in a Half Shell”Figure 1: Carved Walnut Center Table. Probably German, circa 1710. Carlton Hobbs LLC. The tortoise has been represented in art throughout history and across the globe, from its…
August 19 2009, 11:50am | Comments »
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‘Shell’ we take a seat?Neoclassical armchair, probably Russian, circa 1805. Carlton Hobbs LLC. From the 16th century onward, grottoes were constructed as fanciful retreats from reality. They appeared throughout Europe, from the…
July 10 2009, 1:40pm | Comments »
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Great Example of Chinoiserie PenworkIn her recent book, Penwork: A Decorative Phenomenon, Noël Riley explores the techniques, influences, and social contexts from which the art developed. An invention of the 17th century,…
July 1 2009, 5:20pm | Comments »
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Girl Power!, 18th century-styleFigure 1 Our recent acquisition of a set of chairs after a model by an Italian female carver, has piqued our interest in the activity of 18th century…
June 19 2009, 11:51am | Comments »
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