Decorative Arts

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• Dark Day Picks

  
  Venetian Red — Authority: 121
  On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are traditionally closed. Dark Day Picks highlights current exhibitions, new installations, books, and art world tidbits. Get a jump on a week filled with art.MOAD, 685 Mission Street, SF—The Art of Richard Mayhew. Mayhew ...
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• Brûle-parfum en néphrite avec son couvercle ajouré. Travail dExtrême-Orient vers 1850-1860, pour le marché russe.

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  Brûle-parfum en néphrite avec son couvercle ajouré. Travail dExtrême-Orient vers 1850-1860, pour le marché russe. reposant sur piédouche, cerclé sur le dessus dune bande florale ajourée et appliqué sur la base dun décor à la feuille dor, en partie disparu. Porte au dos deux étiquettes: « O.N. Villa » ...
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• Rare candélabre à trois bras de lumière, en ivoire très finement sculpté.

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  Rare candélabre à trois bras de lumière, en ivoire très finement sculpté. Le fût central, architecturé, présente à la base quatre marches circulaires, enchâssées dans un piètement tripode à griffes et feuilles dacanthe. Les côtés présentent des nic hes soulignées dencadrements à cordage, volutes ...
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• Important Furniture, Silver & Ceramics @ Sothebys London

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  A magnificent large gilt-bronze-mounted chinese bleu-turque porcelain vase and cover. Louis XV, circa 1765. Est. 600,000 - 1,000,000 GBP. Photo Sothebys On the 8th December, the Sotheby’s Highly Important Furniture, Silver and Ceramics Sale, will offer two magnificent treasures from Woburn Abbey, the seat of the ...
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• Flora Delanica: Art and Botany in Mrs. Delany’s “paper mosaicks”

  
  Venetian Red — Authority: 121
  by Christine CariatiMary Delany, Pancratium Maritinum, 1778Collage of colored papers with watercolorBritish MuseumFor much of her long life, Mary Delany (1700-1788) was in many ways a typical 18th century society woman of accomplishments. She was an excellent “amateur” artist and also mastered the arts of ...
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• What do we collect?

  
  National Heritage Museum — Authority: 117
  Established in 1975 by Scottish Rite Freemasons of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States , the National Heritage Museum tells America’s story. For over thirty years, the museum has collected, by gift and by purchase, objects that help tell that story. Today, the collection numbers over 16,000 ...
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• Brigitte Penicaud: East-West

  
  THE BLUE LANTERN — Authority: 467
  Recently, in Oribe we saw surprisingly modern looking ceramics from 16th century Japan. Of course, influence runs the other way. As Alexandra Munroe showed when she curated The Third Mind for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City earlier this year, western artists have admired and learned much from Asian arts. ...
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• New Medieval and Renaissance Galleries Open at the Victoria & Albert Museum

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  LONDON.- The V&A ’s new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries opened, housing one of the world’s most remarkable collections of treasures from the period, including the Becket Casket, Gothic altarpieces and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. There will also be an outstanding collection of Renaissance sculpture ...
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• designslinger: Word of the Week

  
  designslinger — Authority: 125
    [ Terra cotta bas-relief panel (ca. 1880) Lincoln Avenue building facade, Chicago, July 10, 2009 /Image & Artwork:  designslinger] terra cotta (TER-uh-KOT-uh) n . hard fired clay especially that which is used in architecture or in decorative art of a large scale;   [ Color, glazed terra ...
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• Take a seat…

  
  bloggers@brooklynmuseum — Authority: 410
  Starting on December 2nd, that’s exactly what you’ll be able to do in the Museum’s Fourth Floor Schenck Gallery —in a handcrafted replica of our 17 th -century, American, Wainscot Chair.  The detailed carving, turning and mortise-and-tenon joinery of the original chair were masterfully replicated by Peter ...
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• Venetian Red Bookshelf: 2009 Picks

  
  Venetian Red — Authority: 121
  Most every Venetian Red post cites a book or two related to the topic at hand. Occasionally we review books at length. Many readers have commented with appreciation, and we decided that more in this department just might be better. Today we introduce Venetian Red Bookshelf, a periodic round up of books, favorites from ...
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• Sothebys London Sale Of Rediscovered Fabergé Totals $11.6 Million

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  Fabergé Jewelled and Two-Color Gold-Mounted Silver Cigarette Case. Photo: Sothebys LONDON.- From a busy saleroom opened to capacity, with two banks of 60 telephone lines reserved to execute bids on behalf of potential buyers, clients enthusiastically competed to acquire a piece of Russian Imperial history in ...
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• Exhibitions Tokyo. Luxury in Fashion Reconsidered. Museum of Contemporary Art. The Curated Object

  
  The Curated Object — Authority: 112
    Dress (robe à la française, detail ） Mid 18th Century, Italian, Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Taishi Hirokawa   Heels, French, c.1925, c ollection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by TaishiHirokawa   Indian Evening Dress, detail ...
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• Exhibitions London. David Chipperfield: Form Matters. The Design Museum. The Curated Object

  
  The Curated Object — Authority: 112
  The Hepworth Wakefield, UK Credit: Alessandro Milani  Neues Museum, Museum Island, Berlin, Germany,  David Chipperfield Architects David Chipperfield: Form Matters 21 October – 31 January 2010 With a style that is restrained, quiet and thoughtful, David Chipperfield is of ...
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• Dark Day Picks

  
  Venetian Red — Authority: 121
  On Mondays Venetian Red celebrates the day of the week when most galleries and museums are traditionally closed. Dark Day Picks highlights current exhibitions, new installations, books, and art world tidbits. Get a jump on a week filled with art.Asian Art Museum, SF—Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma. The ...
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• Peigne gothique en buis. France, XVe-XVIe siècle.

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  Peigne gothique en buis. France, XVe-XVIe siècle. Il est rare qu’un objet d’apparence fragile parvienne jusqu’à nous dans un état aussi remarquable, a fortiori lorsqu’il était destiné à un usage civil, comme c’est le cas ici. Outre ses deux rangées de dents, ce peigne est décoré de trois ...
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• Cabinet en bois de placage et écaille de tortue, Sicile, XVIIe siècle.

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  Cabinet en bois de placage et écaille de tortue, Sicile, XVIIe siècle . ouvrant en façade à 8 tiroirs et un vantail découvrant 4 tiroirs. H. 55 x L. 104 x P. 33 cm. Adjugé 7 500€ Dimanche 8 novembre – Galateau, Limoges
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• Buste dempereur romain, Italie, XVIIe siècle.

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 156
  Buste dempereur romain, Italie, XVIIe siècle. Ces traits expressifs sont vraisemblablement ceux d’Aulus Vitellius (15-69). Ce buste se distingue notamment par un excellent niveau de finition, ainsi que par une grande précision jusque dans les moindr es détails, au niveau du visage comme du vêtement. Quant ...
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• Oribe

  
  THE BLUE LANTERN — Authority: 467
  "Oribe, wasnt he a French fashion designer from th 1920s? His pottery looks as though he was influenced by Joan Miro. After all, Miro made ceramics, didnt you know? And you must see the influence in the deft way those small motifs manage to make their statements in large spaces. And what a modern, witty mix of the ...
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• Venetian Red Notebook: Othon Friesz’s Chromatic Fervor

  
  Venetian Red — Authority: 121
  By LIZ HAGEROthon Friesz, Paysage (Le Bec de l’Aigle, La Ciotat), 1907oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 32″ (courtesy SF MOMA)It would be easy to overlook Othon Friesz’s Paysage (Le Bec de l’Aigle, La Ciotat) in the upstairs gallery of works on permanent display at SF MOMA. Tucked just inside the entryway on the right, ...
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