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FROM UTILITY TO LIFE: SCULPTURAL 'DECORATIVE' ARTS
Wall Clock , Jean-Jacques Fieffé from the exhibition: 'Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts', J. Paul Getty Museum,...
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Jun 13, 20201 min read
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OBJECT STORY
“There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” - Shakespeare, Hamlet Momento Mori, Photo by J. Franks, 2020. 'Collectors at...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
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LIFE OF VERTU, QUARANTINED
Italian white porcelain tray, Dutch glass on Indian brass stand, rare 18th-century French silver-gilt spoon, French stoneware jug, and...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
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DECORATIVE ARTS: DEFINITION + EVOLUTION
Lecture for International Women’s Day Decorative Arts: Definition and Evolution For International Women's Day, I presented an hour...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
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STILL LIFES OF VERTU
Still life with shells, porcelain, and glass vessels. Photo by J. Franks, 2016. This photos arrives from years of collecting and...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
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LAURENT CRASTE'S CURIOUS VASES
Laurent Craste The work of Laurent Craste is a reminder of the human tendency towards the avant-garde: the desire to a break free from...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
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DECORATIVE VERSUS FINE ART
Design for a Cassone, Italian, 16th Century, Anonymous, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Decorative Art, Definition Sadly most...
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Jun 9, 20202 min read
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HEALTH OF THE CONNOISSEUR
image below: the classic connoisseur of 18th-century collecting in America, Jayne Wrightsman. the collector's Palm Beach home, depicted...
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Jun 9, 20202 min read
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THAT OTHER "GIRL"
Thoughts on the Exhibition now at The Frick Collection: Vermeer, Rembrandt and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the Mauritshuis...
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Jun 9, 20202 min read
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