Alskom Art Gallery, in Gallery #30, has an eclectic mix of period art, including: Paintings, furniture, lighting, sculptures and many unusual art objects dating from the late 18th Century to the 19th Century, and 20th Century. There are treasures to be found for everyone. Here are just a few: Continental Sterling Silver Centerpiece Limoges Porcelain […]
“Boxes” don’t sound all that elegant now, tending to evoke thoughts of storage or moving. But the antique box… Most often used for jewelry, these decorative and feminine objects were fitting places to keep treasures. Antique Wonderful Gold and Agate Box Antique Mughal Gold Enamel Box 18th Century Cinnabar Lacquer Box French or Russian Bronze […]
Sèvres is a type of fine porcelain characterized by elaborate decoration on backgrounds of intense color, made at Sèvres in the suburbs of Paris. The Met has an excellent article about “Sèvres Porcelain in the Nineteenth Century” which explains the factory’s importance. It begins: “The vast and diverse production of the Sèvres factory in the […]