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Tongzhi The term Tongzhi refers the reigning era name for the 10th Qing Emperor, Aixin-Jueluo Zaichun (1856 to 1875), who reigned from 1861 to 1875. The Tongzhi emperor was the third to last emperor to reign over all of China before 2,000 years of imperial dynastic history came to an end in 1911. Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) Wallace Nutting was born in Rockbottom, Massachusetts, in 1861. He was ordained a Congregational Minister in 1887 and while he appeared to excel in this profession, he continually declined calls from one church or another all over the country. He finally settled in 1894 in Providence, Rhode Island, as minister of the Union Church. He resigned from Union Church after a nervous breakdown in 1904 and began to take photographs in [...] Click here to continue reading. Victor Trabucco “Some of his newer pieces are magnum-size pieces, four and five inches in diameter. The flowers in these pieces, which were inspired by Mount Washington and Pantin paperweights that Trabucco has studied, appear extremely full and three dimensional because of the added crystal, which magnifies the subject within the weight. He has also incorporated a satiny effect in the petals of his roses. The type of glass used and the way it [...] Click here to continue reading. William Spratling, Father of Mexican Silver (1900-1967) William Spratling was born in 1900 in Sonyea, New York. After the death of both Spratling’s mother and sister, Wilhelmina, in 1910, Spratling’s father moved temporarily to his father’s Alabama home (known as Roamer’s Roost) with sons William and David as well as older daughter, Lucile. At that time, the three Spratling children became wards of their grandfather. By the end of 1912, the family had moved [...] Click here to continue reading. Paul Sormani: Master Cabinetmaker of the 19th Century Paul Sormani (1817 to 1877), one the most important cabinetmakers of the 19th century, was born in Venice. Having trained as a cabinetmaker, he moved to Paris where he opened his first shop in 1847 specializing in furniture made in the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. When she decorated her palace, Empress Eugenie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, who was particularly fond of [...] Click here to continue reading. Scholar’s Rocks Chinese scholar’s rocks are a variety of favored stones, often limestone, that the Chinese literati and their followers displayed and appreciated in their studios. Called qishi, or “fantastic rocks,” they appealed to the scholar’s delight in contemplating the patterns of nature in mountains, clouds, and water. Rocks of unusual shape and form have been prized and collected in China for well over a thousand years. Much like landscape paintings, these special rocks [...] Click here to continue reading. Scholar’s Rocks – Zibowen Stones Zibowen rocks are found in Zibo, Shandong province. They are decayed rocks composed of lime, granite or clay stone. Aesthetically wen rocks have a naturalness and antique simplicity. They have a weathered look with dots or crossing lines on the surface and a variety of wrinkled forms. Among this type are aragonite rocks which are usually black and very hard. Wen rocks portray a feeling of “pu.” Scholar’s Rocks – Ying Stones Tradionally produced in Yingde, Guangdong province and in Guanxi province, Ying rocks are limestone with calcite deposits. Less hard than Lingbi, they are often full of furrows with twisted lines on intricately textured surfaces. Notable for their diverse shaped, they appear to embody a thousand hills and valleys, and so are well-suited for representing a far distant landscape. Their typical thin, wrinkled appearance often exhibits traces of sawing and [...] Click here to continue reading. Scholar’s Rocks – Lingbi Stones Ranked first among the four types of famous Chinese scholar’s rocks, are found in the Lingbi county of Anhui Province, China. They are fine-grained, delicately textured limestone and lie deep in the red mud of the Qingshi mountains. Naturally shaped, they need no cutting or carving. Depleted after generations of mining, high quality Lingbi are now quite rare. They are hard and an ordinary knife cannot cut them. Their [...] Click here to continue reading. Scholar’s Rocks – Taihu Stones Found mostly in the vast drainage areas of Tai Lake, these limestone Taihu rocks are hard but brittle, with slight variations among those taken from lake beds and those extracted on land or from different districts in the surrounding environs. Those formed underwater are more precious, because of their fresh, soft color and their multiple, linked perforations produced from years of wave and water erosion. With their pale [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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