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Incense box with Chinese children playing with snowballs Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: 18th century Culture: Japan Medium: Gold, silver togidashi maki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, red lacquer, gold foil application on gold ground Dimensions: H. 2 ¾ in. (7 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

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A DUTCH EBONISED AND EBONY STRIKING HAAGSE CLOCK JEAN VERROUX | THE HAGUE, circa 1685-90

“The case of typical form, with a moulded broken arched pendiment surmounting a glazed door, flanked by spiral pillars, with glazed side panels above a moulded base plinth raised on six ball feet, the interior with star marquetry inlaid back panel, the hinged velvet covered dial with silver engraved chapter ring, with pierced and foliate engraved hands, a hinged cast ornament below with mermaids flanking an oval signature plaque, signed Jean Verroux Hagae, covering a hole in the dial to start the pendulum, the similarly signed four baluster pillar brass movement driven by a single barrel with double action, with verge escapement and silk suspended pendulum, foliate pierced and engraved outer countwheel hour striking on a bell, with foliate pierced striking gates; pendulum, winding key.” [CHRISTIE’S] [41.5 x 30 cm.]

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James Pradier, 1790-1852 and Salvator Marchi, active Paris 19th Century

Vénus à la coquille, 1844, plâtre patiné, 23.5x15.5x16 cm

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Ville de Genève,  Inv. 1910-0227

#figurine #neoclassical #venus #19th century #japmes pradier #salvator marchi #french design

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Medicine case (inro) with design of “eight bridges” (yatsuhashi).  Reddish-buff clay; pigments, enamels under transparent lead glaze.  Mid-19th century, Japan, by artist

Miura Ken’ya.   Gift of Stanley D. Fishman.  Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

#inro #medicine case #japanese design #ceramic #19th century #miura ken'ya #meiji era

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 “Ramsjö” reproduction Art Nouveau wallpaper by Duro

The vintage sample that Ramsjö is based on comes from Ramjsö in Ljusdal. The original paper was was produced in 1910-1920 from a Viennese Art Nouveau design.

This pattern is an example of how the Art Nouveau style changed the look of wallpapers in the early twentieth century. Art and culture trends from Vienna led to designs becoming more simplified than before. This paper still features the common motif of plants striving upwards, but these are more stylised in their design. The flowers became part of the ornamentation, the stalks becoming straight parallel lines.

#wallpaper #print #pattern #swedish design #duro #art nouveau #20th century #viennese design #austrian design

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Russian Neo Classic Bronze Gueridon

An unusual Russin Neo-Classic style bronze Gueridon with an ormolu pierced bronze gallery, a transparent cobalt glass circular table top, with a patented bronze scrolling legs centered by an ormolu bronze acanthus and acorn stretcher. 20th century.

#russian design #10th century #neoclassical #empire style #metalwork #table #plant stand #side table #gueridon

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“Gästgivars” reproduction 19th century wallpaper by Duro

Painter Jonas Wallström was born in Arbrå, Hälsingland in 1798. He lived in the parish of his birth his entire life (he died in 1862) and decorated numerous rooms in his home district, including at the Gästgifvars farm in Vallsta. The inspiration for this wallpaper came from there. Wallström enjoyed working with stencils, as depicted here, and using clean, clear colour scales.

#duro #wallpaper #pattern #print #19th century #stencil #jonas wallström #swedish design #provincial design #traditional style

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Blue Dresmer tea service by Wallendorf Porcelain

#wallendorf porcelain #german design #ceramic #tea service #teacup #tea cup #teapot #tea pot

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Maker: David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780). Date: ca. 1780. Culture: German, Neuwied am Rhein. The Roentgen manufactory was particularly well known for its rolltop writing desks with four, six, or even eight legs, distinguished in the 1770s by the accomplished marquetry á la mosaïque (also known as “painting in wood”) and gilt-bronze mounts that decorated their exteriors.

#david roentgen #desk #rolltop desk #18th century #neoclassical #wood inlay #german design

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T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings  

Klismos (chairs), pair, with Saridis of Athens

United Kingdom / Greece,  designed 1961 /produced  c. 1990

olive wood, leather

#greek design #british design #t h robsjohn-gibbings #chair #klismos chair #20th century #neoclassical

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Felice Eleonore reproduction 19th century wallpaper, Lim & Handtryck

“I’ve finally found the wallpaper for Felice Eleonore’s bedroom!” wrote Norwegian violinist Ole Bull to his family in Bergen, Norway. The letter was sent from Paris in the early 1860s, and is assumed to be referring to this wallpaper with its flower and lace garlands. The same pattern has also been found in Koster and the Kalmar region. It is judged to have originated around the 1840s.

#wallpaper #pattern #print #19th century #rococo revival #swedish deisgn #french design

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Bing & Grøndahl (now Royal Copenhagen) Blue Painted/Blue Fluted hotel pitcher Nr. 1045

#danish design #bing & grøndahl #royal copenhagen #ceramic #pitcher #19th century

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Square Black Side Chair with Carved Urn

United States, New York, New York, 1790-1800

#american design #chair #carved wood #neoclassical #18th century

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North Carolina Lily Quilt (United States, circa 1850).

Image and text information courtesy Art Institute Chicago.

#quilt #textile art #fabric #pattern #american design #19th century

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Fabergé

#faberge #enamel ware #cigarette case #russian design #beetle #art nouveau

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“Snoddar & Tofsar” reproduction wallpaper by Lim & Handtryck

The original for Snoddar & Tofsar was found in a building from around 1920 in Nora. Stripes and patterns incorporating cords and bows were used enthusiastically around the years 1910-30, when a cultural nostalgia for the 1700s was popular and many elements of decor from that time reappeared.

#wallpaper #pattern #print #bow #rococo revival #swedish design #20th century

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A coffee pot, creamer, and sugar bowl from the Seagull dinnerware line designed by Fanny Garde of Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark,  in 1895

#danish design #19th century #seagull #coffee pot #coffee set #coffee service #ceramic