New Items added to the website today:
Aborgini Design Vase
Peacock Stained Glass Lamp
Cast Iron Frog Bookends
Monkey with Mirror
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New Arrivals November 15
November 15, 2009 - Leave a Response
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Mola Appliqué of Cat
Hand Painted Ceramic Pitcher
Serene Buddha Face Fragment
Arts & Crafts Style Lamp
Pate de Verre
October 30, 2009 - Leave a Response
Art Glass / Pate de Verre
When it comes to “Art Glass”, few glass makers compare to Emile Galle and the Brothers Daum of Nancy, France. A particularly fine example of Daum Nancy glass can be found in our item no. C029 Pate de Verre Leaf and Gecko.
Pate de Verre (‘paste of glass’) is formed by packing very finely ground glass into a bronze mold and firing at high temperatures around 1,200 C. until the glass fuses solid, but before
it melts. The resulting glass is transparent and lustrous, softly glowing. Pate de Verre may be colorless or infused with pleasing colors.
In 1891, Antonin Daum of the “Ecole de Nancy” with Emile Galle established the fine Art Department within the Nancy Glassworks founded in 1878. Daum artistry went on to win the prestigious Grand Prix de Paris in 1900, and remains unsurpassed until this day.
At ETC., we aim to bring our clients the finest artworks at reasonable prices. Please browse our web site, or visit our gallery in West Palm Beach.
Porcelain
October 25, 2009 - Leave a Response
Qing Dynasty Lidded Container
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 °C (2,192 °F) and 1,400 °C (2,552 °F). The toughness, strength, and translucence of porcelain arise mainly from the formation of glass and the mineral mullite within the fired body at these high temperatures.
Porcelain derives its present name from old Italian porcellana (cowrie shell) because of its resemblance to the translucent surface of the shell.
Porcelain can informally be referred to as “china” in some English-speaking countries, as China was the birth place of porcelain making. Properties associated with porcelain include low permeability and elasticity; considerable strength, hardness, glassiness,brittleness, whiteness, translucence, and resonance; and a high resistance to chemical attack and thermal shock.
Lesser ceramics are usually made of coarser clays and are often called “china” or “pottery” Porcelain and chinaware pieces may be glazed and decorated in a wide variety of colors. [Source: Wikipedia]
To view examples from our ETC. collection, please click on the following: #C235 Qing Dynasty lidded container, #C094 Italian white ceramic bowl with fruit, #C245 Thai roof tile, and #C224 Japanese porcelain plate hand painted with catfish. These are just a few one-of-a-kind designs we offer.
New Arrivals October 09
October 18, 2009 - Leave a Response
Added the following new items to the website today (click name to view item details):
French Horses and Trainers Scuplture
French Ceramic Monkey Playing Saxophone
Favrile Glass
October 18, 2009 - Leave a Response
Old swivel desk lamp with hand blown blue aurene shade
Favrile Iridescent Glass
Old swivel desk lamp with hand blown blue aurene shade
Favrile glass was patented in 1894 by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The iridescent effect effect of the glass was obtained by mixing different colors of glass while hot. This brilliant glass can be seen in several lamps from our online catalog (a handsome blue desk lamp #L078, and a spectacular 18-lily designed by Tiffany #D001)
In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited the Victoria Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. Tiffany was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be enhanced. In his own words, the “Rich tones are due in part to the use of pot metal full of impurities, and in part to the uneven thickness of the glass, but still more because the glass maker of that day abstained from the use of paint”
References: Warmus, William (2001),
Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York:
Wonderland Press; H.N. Abrams
ISBN 978-0810-95828-9
The trade name Favrile was derived from the French word, fabrile, meaning handcrafted.
Favrile glass often has a distinctive characteristic that is common in some glass from Classical antiquity: it possesses a superficial iridescence. This iridescence causes the surface to shimmer, but also causes a degree of opacity. This iridescent effect of the glass was obtained by mixing different colors of glass together while hot.
According to Tiffany:
“Favrile glass is distinguished by brilliant or deeply toned colors, usually iridescent like the wings of certain American butterflies, the necks of pigeons and peacocks, the wing covers of various beetles.” Wikipedia.org
Sepia Drawing
October 18, 2009 - Leave a Response
Sepia Sketch for a Mural by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Sepia drawing has been around for thousands of years, going back to the ancient Chinese. The Romans perfected the method of getting ink from squid, and the wonderful, warm, reddish quality made it a popular drawing medium during the Renaissance. Cuttlefish, squid, and octopuses were the sources of the sepia drawing ink used by architects like Inigo Jones and Palladio, and well known artists from Leonardo daVinci to Turner.
As a type of ink, sepia has been known at least since ancient Roman times. Only from Renaissance times onward, however, did sepia become popular as a drawing medium. In the late 18th and 19th centuries it was particularly popular and generally replaced bistre as a medium for making wash drawings. As a primary pigment, it has been superseded in the 20th century by industrially manufactured watercolours. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
