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From the Garden Pavillion to Ancient GreeceWe’ve had a very interesting find recently regarding this center table from the Octagon, of the Garden Pavilion, Buckingham Palace, London. The table, which appears to be the…
August 27 2010, 6:39pm | Comments »
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Such Stately Seating!This pair of armchairs formed part of a suite which furnished the State Room on the first floor of the Archduke Karl’s Palace in Vienna (now the Albertina). …
June 8 2010, 10:50am | Comments »
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An Eclectic English Work TableThis English work table, circa 1815, is a curious fusion of the refined neoclassicism of Robert Adam and the exotic eclecticism which emerged during the Regency period. The…
June 1 2010, 11:13am | Comments »
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Sitting on Family HistoryThis chair belongs to a group of seating furniture known as “Vierlander” chairs. These chairs originated in Prussia in the 18th century in the province of Vierlande in…
April 8 2010, 2:52pm | Comments »
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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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