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Collection of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler Dr. Arthur M. Sackler was one of America’s most important philanthropists and ardent art collectors. His passion for objects transcended any one category or time period, describing his own interest in art as “a long journey, a spiritual pilgrimage from my roots in the Western arts, a hegira which carried me to the aesthetics of the East.” In a collection that spanned genres from European terracotta and bronze [...] Click here to continue reading. The Creations Company The Creations Company (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, circa 1930), maker of cast iron doorstops and other decorative cast iron objects before falling victim to the Stock Market crash and Great Depression. L. and J.G. Stickley & their Furniture. Leopold and J. George Stickley were brothers of cabinetmaker Gustav Stickley, one of the foremost American craftsmen working in the Arts & Crafts style. They established a furniture shop in Fayetteville, New York, in 1902 near Gustav’s factory and began marketing their “Hand Craft” furniture two years later. The two brothers produced furniture into the 1920′s that closely followed Gustav’s designs and philosophy. This style was known [...] Click here to continue reading. Roycroft – New York Arts & Crafts Community After visiting William Morris’s Kelmscott community of artisans, charismatic businessman and writer Elbert Hubbard (1856 to 1915) embarked on his own version in East Aurora, New York. His Roycroft community, America’s only Arts & Crafts campus, began in 1895 as a high quality leather bookbindery and publishing house. The name came from two 17th century London printers. The community’s large and prominently displayed mark, the orb [...] Click here to continue reading. Constitution Mirrors The term Constitution Mirror is modern usage, some would say ‘collector’s terminology’, to describe a specific form of high-style Chippendale mirror. These mirrors, mostly of English manufacture in mahogany or mahogany veneer, were made from approximately 1720 to 1820 and all contain several common elements. Virtually all of them have swan neck pediments, often gilded, centering an ornamental finial. This finial frequently takes the form of a bird with wings extended and [...] Click here to continue reading. Pietra Dura Pietra dura (also pietre dure) is an Italian phrase, with pietra meaning “stone” and dura meaning “hard” or “durable.” While pietra dura is the preferred term (at least according to The Getty’s Art and Architecture Thesaurus at http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/), the terms micromosaic or Florentine mosaic are occasionally encountered. (Some find “micromosaic” to be a little objectionable, applying only to the “rougher” forms of the art produced for the tourist trade.) Pietra dura is [...] Click here to continue reading. Toupie Feet Derived from the French word for top (as in a child’s toy spinning top), toupie feet are turned top-shaped forms having a larger turning in the middle, narrowing to a small radius turning at the bottom which forms the foot. Reference note by p4A editorial staff, 05.09. Modern Gothic Furniture The term “modern Gothic” in the Decorative Arts refers to furniture and decorative objects with clean lines made from about 1870 to 1890. Also known as “art furniture” and “Queen Anne Revival”, depending on the creator, the pieces reflect the inspiration of the English “reform movement”. This movement reflected a change in taste away from the French inspired “ostentatious” highly carved Rococo Revival designs of the middle 19th century toward the [...] Click here to continue reading. Types of Ivory and the Legalities of the Ivory Trade What is Ivory? Strictly speaking, the term “ivory” refers only to the whitish-yellow material that makes up the tusks of mammals, such as elephants and walruses. Other related materials, such as that which comprises the teeth of sperm whales and, upon occasion, hippopotamuses, is often called ivory, but technically, is not. Two other related types of material are the ivory from the East Indian [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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