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Sevres and Paris Auction Sales in 1800-1847
A study of the pages relating to ceramics in Paris Auction catalogues of the first half of the 19th century has been used a basis for this initial survey of the market for 18th century Sèvres porcelain. The dates 1800-1847 were chosen as they coincide with the directorship at the factory of Alexandre Brongniart...
04 January, 2005
Decorative Schemes for new Markets: The Origins and Use of Narrative Themes on 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
The use of narrative themes to decorate Chinese porcelains represents one of three major decorative innovations which distinguish 17th-century porcelains from a majority of the wares that preceded and followed them...
04 January, 2005
Decorative Schemes for new Markets: The Origins and Use of Narrative Themes on 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
The use of narrative themes to decorate Chinese porcelains represents one of three major decorative innovations which distinguish 17th-century porcelains from a majority of the wares that preceded and followed them...
04 January, 2005
Lustre in Ceramics
Lustre is about light. All ceramics are about light, of course. Everything is about light, for without light there could be no life. But lustre is a special case...
04 January, 2005
Heroines and Temptresses: Paintings from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
In 1925 when John Ringling began collecting art with an eye toward creating a grand museum in Florida, he was at the peak of his career as head of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. His financial acumen had enabled him to acquire extensive properties in Sarasota. His Venetian Gothic home, the Cà d'Zan, was nearly complete in the spring of 1926, when Ringling was aggressively purchasing paintings, decorative objects, and architectural elements-notably, entire rooms from the Astor mansion in New York...
03 January, 2005