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Decorative ewer, Carved alder wood, probably Flemish
Decorative ewer
probably Flemish
first half 18th century
The Arts, Uzo Egonu Nigerian, Oil on canvas
The Arts
Uzo Egonu
1973/76
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Brass, British, Birmingham
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Manufacturer Attributed to John Hardman & Co.
ca. 1845–59
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Brass, British, Birmingham
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Manufacturer Attributed to John Hardman & Co.
ca. 1845–59
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Brass, British, Birmingham
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Manufacturer Attributed to John Hardman & Co.
ca. 1845–59
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Brass, British, Birmingham
Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Manufacturer Attributed to John Hardman & Co.
ca. 1845–59
Rothschild lamp, Andrea Briosco, called Riccio Italian, Bronze, on a later wood base, Italian, Padua
Rothschild lamp
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio
ca. 1510–20
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British, probably London
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British, probably London
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Head of Victory, Augustus Saint-Gaudens American, Bronze, American
Head of Victory
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1897–1903; cast 1907
Ewer, Jules-Paul Brateau French, Pewter, French
Ewer
Jules-Paul Brateau
ca. 1900
Basin, Jules-Paul Brateau French, Pewter, French
Basin
Jules-Paul Brateau
ca. 1900
Studies for Decorative Arts Objects, Anonymous, German, 17th century German, Pen and brown ink and gray watercolor
Studies for Decorative Arts Objects
Anonymous, German, 17th century
17th century
Ivory disk of a pyxis with a rosette, Hippopotamus ivory, Cypriot
Ivory disk of a pyxis with a rosette
Cypriot
13th–12th century BCE
Ivory disk of a pyxis with rosette, Hippopotamus ivory, Cypriot
Ivory disk of a pyxis with rosette
Cypriot
13th–12th century BCE
Ivory disk with rosette, Hippoptomus ivory, Cypriot
Ivory disk with rosette
Cypriot
13th–12th century BCE
Ivory disk of a pyxis with rosette, Hippopotamus ivory, Cypriot
Ivory disk of a pyxis with rosette
Cypriot
13th–12th century BCE
Ivory disk of a pyxis with rosette, Hippopotamus ivory, Cypriot
Ivory disk of a pyxis with rosette
Cypriot
13th–12th century BCE
Formes et couleurs: vingt planches en couleurs contenant soixante-sept motifs decoratifs, Auguste H. Thomas French, Printed book, pochoir plates
Formes et couleurs: vingt planches en couleurs contenant soixante-sept motifs decoratifs
Author Auguste H. Thomas
1921
Bottle, Christopher Dresser British, Scottish, Bone china, British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Bottle
Designer Design attributed to Christopher Dresser
Factory Minton(s)
ca. 1862
Vase with romantic scenes, Porcelain covered with powdered blue glaze, painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze, and painted with gold (Jingdezhen ware), China
Vase with romantic scenes
China
early 18th century
Brush Pot with Scene of Washing an Elephant, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Brush Pot with Scene of Washing an Elephant
China
mid-17th century
Vase on a column stand, Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles, Egyptian porphyry, gilt-bronze mounts, French, Versailles and Paris
Vase on a column stand
Multiple artists/makers
after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780
Side chair (one of a pair), Josef Danhauser 's K.K. Priv. Möbel-Fabrik, Vienna, Beech and pine wood, cherrywood veneer, ebonized mahogany framing strips; modern silk upholstery, Austrian, Vienna
Side chair (one of a pair)
Circle of Josef Danhauser
ca. 1815–20
Buddhist disciple, or luohan, holding a peach, Soapstone, China
Buddhist disciple, or luohan, holding a peach
China
17th century
Bowl with children in a garden, Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware), China
Bowl with children in a garden
China
mid-16th century
Dish with tree, flowers, and birds, Vienna, Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze, Austrian, Vienna
Dish with tree, flowers, and birds
Manufactory Vienna
Factory director Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period
ca. 1722–23
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin British, Oak, British
Decorative paneling from the Palace of Westminster
Designer Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ca. 1845–59
Saint Tarcisius, Alexandre Falguière French, Marble, French, Paris
Saint Tarcisius
Alexandre Falguière
ca. 1880
Vase, Roycroft, Copper, American
Vase
Roycroft
1912–13
Dish with tiger and bamboo, Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type), Japanese, for European market
Dish with tiger and bamboo
Japanese, for European market
ca. 1720
Woman from the French Colonies, Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier French, Algerian onyx-marble, bronze, and enamel; white marble socle, French, Paris
Woman from the French Colonies
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
Pedestal attributed to designs by Charles-François Rossigneux
1861
Pedestal [for Woman from the French Colonies], Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier French, Red and white marble pedestal with gilt-bronze mounts and ornaments, French, Paris
Pedestal [for Woman from the French Colonies]
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
Pedestal attributed to designs by Charles-François Rossigneux
1861
Plate (assiette octogone or assiette platte) from the "Service Arabesque", Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sévres
Plate (assiette octogone or assiette platte) from the "Service Arabesque"
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Designer Louis Le Masson
Decorator Jean Armand Fallot
ca. 1783–85