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Glossary of French Furniture Terms
Bergere: Literally translated “shepherdess”, but refers to a wide, comfortable upholstered armchair with a curved and fully upholstered back, like a low wing chair in that it envelopes the body.
Bombe: A bulbous, curvaceous silhouette that became popular during the 18th century’s high Rococo/Louis XV style.
Bouillotte Table: A French table, usually circular, used to play bouillotte, a card game for three to five persons, popular during the Revolution [...] Click here to continue reading.
Note: Chinese names of cities and individuals appear first in Pinyin. Traditional or Wade-Giles versions, where available, follow in parenthesis.
The Golden Years of the Qing Dynasty: The Ming Dynasty Crumbles
By the middle of the 16th century, the once brilliant Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was in decline. Beset by external threats in the form of piracy on the coast and the aggressive Mongol nomads to the north, conditions were made worse by inept [...] Click here to continue reading.
Leroy Neiman (American, 1921 to 2012)
LeRoy Neiman is known for his brilliantly colored, semi-abstract paintings. In 1954, a chance meeting with Hugh Hefner led to a longtime association with Playboy magazine for the artist. He is also well known for his extensive work illustrating sports figures and events. With his trademark Salvador Dali-esque mustache and ever-present sketchpad in hand, the eighty-year-old-plus Neiman remains a fixture at ringside for boxing’s biggest events. He died [...] Click here to continue reading.
A History of Earrings
Men as well as women have adorned their ears for centuries. Earrings have been a sign of wealth and power as well as a decorative accessory since before the beginning of recorded history. Archaeological evidence, pointing to the use of earrings in the most ancient of cultures speaks to the longstanding popularity of earrings as both a symbol of wealth and power and a fashion accessory.
Earrings in Ancient Egypt [...] Click here to continue reading.
Paul Cornoyer (American, 1864 to 1923)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Paul Cornoyer attended the city’s school of fine arts before traveling to Paris in 1889 to study with Jules Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant, and Louis Blanc. Upon returning to St. Louis in 1894, he established himself as a painter of urban subjects. Eventually his work attracted the attention of William Merritt Chase, who advised Cornoyer to visit New York. In New York Cornoyer continued [...] Click here to continue reading.
Edward Moran (American, 1829 to 1901)
One of the preeminent American marine painters of the 19th century, Edward Moran was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1829. At the age of 15 Moran immigrated with his family to the United States. He first studied landscape and marine painting in Philadelphia, and at the age of 32 Moran returned to England to study at the Royal Academy in London. Ten years later he was based [...] Click here to continue reading.
Franz Josef Kline (American, 1910 to 1962)
A major figure in Abstract Expressionism, Franz Kline was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1910. Kline was a student in painting and drawing at Boston University before moving to London to study illustration and drafting at the Heatherley School of Fine Art. In 1939 he moved from London to New York City, where he exhibited interiors and cityscapes painted in a representational mode. These works were characterized [...] Click here to continue reading.
Gustave Baumann (1881-1971)
Gustave Baumann was born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1881. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 10. As a young man, Baumann apprenticed at the Chicago’s Franklin Engraving Company and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Baumann traveled back to Germany in 1904 to enroll at Munich’s Kunstgewerbeschule. There the artist experimented with woodcut techniques and printmaking, for which he developed a true [...] Click here to continue reading.
Aubusson Carpets and Rugs
Aubusson has had an established and renowned tradition of tapestry weaving dating to at least the second half of the 15th century. Although almost always referred to in the singular, Aubusson was not a specific workshop like Savonnerie, Gobelins or Beauvais. Rather, it was many different and competing ateliers all operating in or around the town of that name, that were collectively known as a “manufacture.” In 1743, the French [...] Click here to continue reading.
The International Market for Meteorites
For a discussion of the market of meteorites, collectors and values see: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/the-international-meteorite-market/
Reference note by p4A editorial staff; 05.12.
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