#decorative arts

[periodinteriors]

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, A Room in Schloss Buchwald, c. 1840-45, watercolor.

[lionofchaeronea]

Swan, Rush, and Iris (design for a dado wallpaper), Walter Crane, 1875

[arthistoryanimalia]

Sauce tureen shaped like an Asiatic dormouse

Made in Jingdezhen, China; about 1745

Spotted at the “Outside In: Nature-inspired Design at Winterthur” exhibition

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Ewer and Tray.

Date: 4th quarter of the 16th century; 1st quarter of the 17th century (around 1585 - 1615)

Place of origin: Gujarat, India

Medium: Mother-of-pearl, shell.

[ira-scargeear]

Ukrainian traditional outfit on my Whispering Grass Cornelia.

The most tricky part is to find in-scale fabrics and findings with a proper patterns for this kind of costume. Embroidery on the shirt is imitated with a lace. The doll is 45 cm high and is available as fullset for purchase.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Unguentarium.

Date: A.D. 1st-2nd century

Period/Culture: Roman Imperial

Medium: Transparent, almost colorless, slightly greenish glass.

[greenvillegreengirl]

Elevator doors, One LaSalle, Chicago

Original photo

[heaveninawildflower]

Pendant (1575-1625).

Rock crystal, verre eglomise and silver.

Image and text information courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum.

[nora-barnacle]

today i learned that Rockwell Kent designed a full dinner service inspired by his illustrations for Moby-Dick. and tomorrow? tomorrow i will be several thousand dollars poorer.

[eyesaremosa1cs]

Philippe Wolfers -The Vampire (1899)

[useless-catalanfacts]

18th century tiles from Arenys de Mar (Barcelona Metropolitan Ambit, Catalonia).

Source: Museu d'Arenys de Mar.

[periodinteriors]

Carl Larsson, Cosy Corner (Lathörnet) from A Home, 1894, watercolor.

[lionofchaeronea]

Panel for a mihrab (wall niche in a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca), made by an unknown Ottoman artist active in Anatolia or northern Syria, ca. 1604-05. Medium: glazed ceramic tile. Location: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #InternationalCatDay 😻

Richard H. Recchia (American, 1885 – 1983) Persian Cat, 1931 Bronze, black patina, lost wax cast 49.53 x 26.03 x 30.48 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 12 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1984.746

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Calliope.

Date: ca. 1763

Artists: Augustin Pajou (French, 1730 - 1809)

Medium: Marble