Wallace Silver Co.
Grand Colonial Pattern 1942 to 2009.
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Wallace Silver Co. Grand Colonial Pattern 1942 to 2009. Virginia Craftsmen Virginia Craftsmen was founded in 1927 by Walter Zirkle, Sr. The company, which is still in business in Virginia, makes high-quality reproductions of antique furniture. Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker In the mid-19th century, Thomas Day (1801-circa 1861) operated the largest furniture manufactory in North Carolina — a remarkable achievement for a free Black in the pre-Civil War South. Day learned his trade from his father and his urban style from design books and observation of what was in vogue on America’s East Coast. Day’s primary base was the small village of Milton, near the Virginia border. After working in Milton [...] Click here to continue reading. Zao Wou-Ki (French/Chinese, 1921 to 1913) Zao Wou-ki occupies a pivotal role in the artistic dialogue between East and West. A seminal figure in 20th century art, Zao studied with Lin Fengmian at the National Academy of Arts in Hangzhou in the 1940s before moving to Paris in 1947. Zao has since called France his home, and his influential career developed in that dynamic, cosmopolitan environment. Paris was still the capital of world culture [...] Click here to continue reading. Panoramic Views Accurately rendering a panoramic view has long challenged, obsessed and inspired artists. The trend seems to have sprung up in the 17th century, with works that served both as slightly more helpful, more detailed maps with various public or important buildings marked, but also as advertisements for towns and cities. Matthaeus Merian, a Swiss engraver who spent most of his career in Frankfurt, where he also ran a publishing house passed to [...] Click here to continue reading. Morse – Definition We live in a rather disposable era just now, with plastic buttons popping off in the laundry and pants with broken zippers being discarded, but in the past, the medieval past, luxury goods like fabric and closure accessories like buttons and clasps were difficult to come by. Their expensive nature meant they needed to be easily salvageable and clothing was designed with this in mind. Take for instance a cope, which [...] Click here to continue reading. Jeremiah Haines Little is known about Jeremiah Haines, although he is listed in American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 by William C. Ketchum, Jr. Ketchum notes the existence of a Chippendale mahogany chest of drawers, circa 1770 to 1790, illustrated in the January 1956 issue of Antiques. The bottom of the piece was inscribed “Made and Sold by Jereiah Haines.” Skinner, Inc., offered a sideboard signed and dated 1808 at an auction in 2013. [...] Click here to continue reading. The Sarcophagus in Decorative Arts Derived from the Greek sarx, meaning flesh, and phagein, meaning eat, a sarcophagus is, essentially, a container for a body, much like a coffin or casket. Historically, sarcophagi were typically made of stone (though sometimes of other materials, such as wood or metal), with a relief-carved or pediment top, and designed to be above ground, and have been used by many cultures since ancient times. An ancient [...] Click here to continue reading. By Their Samplers They Will Know Them By EVE M. KAHN Published: July 5, 2012, New York Times. “Our girls,” Dan and Marty Campanelli call them. Each girl was a sampler embroiderer, mostly in the early 1800s, along the East Coast. Each one now has her own biographical research binder on shelves at the Campanellis’ farm in western New Jersey. The couple have spent a decade tracing the sewers’ genealogies and identifying the stitched [...] Click here to continue reading. Tagua Nuts Tagua nuts are the endosperm of a genus of South American palm trees that are found from Panama down through Bolivia and Peru. Tagua nuts, or more accurately, the kernels of tagua seeds, are left behind by the wildlife that feed on the palm’s fruit. The group of palms is often referred to as “tagua palms” or “ivory-nut palms,” because tagua nuts are so hard, they resemble elephant ivory. (In fact, the [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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