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Howe And French

Seascape Abstract Wall Hanging Sculpture Brad Howe LA Artist Colorful Pop Art
By Brad Howe
Located in Surfside, FL
Brad Howe (born 1959) is an American sculptor from California. His work has been exhibited
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Abstract 3D Wall Hanging Sculpture Brad Howe LA Artist Laser Cut Steel Pop Art
By Brad Howe
Located in Surfside, FL
Letters and numbers cut from a sheet of brushed steel. Hand signed and dated Brad Howe (born 1959
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Made in the Shade
By William Henry Howe
Located in Missouri, MO
William Henry Howe (1846-1929) "Made in the Shade" 1887 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Site Size
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1880s American Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Monumental Pair of Neoclassical Period, Swedish Porphyry Campagna Shaped Vases
Located in New York, NY
in the Louvre is shown in a French catalogue of 1805 advertising porphyry from Elfdal in Sweden (H
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Antique 1810s Swedish Neoclassical Vases

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Porphyry

Misty Dunkeld Scotland Hills w. Sheep, Late 19th Century Scottish Landscape W/C
By H. L. Radford
Located in Soquel, CA
in June of 1895 and returned on September 26, 1895 after a painting excursion to Scotland and France
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1890s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

New York Harbor
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
classical and French Impressionist styles of painting. Kingman returned home to Oakland when he was 18 at
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

New York Harbor
New York Harbor
H 33.5 in W 40.5 in D 1 in
Chinese Theater, Los Angeles
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
keen interest in young Dongs precocious talents. He taught him both Chinese classical and French
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1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
keen interest in young Dongs precocious talents. He taught him both Chinese classical and French
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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Susan Bee, Caterpillar and Landscape, gouache, collage, ink, colored pencil
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Susan Bee, Pin Up and Frog, 2006, gouache, collage, ink, crayon, colored pencil
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture "Resting Rabbit" By Paul Bartlett
Located in London, GB
realism. Bartlett was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Truman Howe Bartlett, an art critic and
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Antique Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Nicholas Pocock ‘The Glorious First of June’, Ink, Watercolour on Paper
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
battle formation of Admiral Lord Howe’s British fleet and the French under Rear Admiral Villaret de
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Antique Late 18th Century British Paintings

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Paper

Post Modernist Color Pop Art Sculpture Memphis Milano Peter Shire LA Metal Art
By Peter Shire
Located in Surfside, FL
have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated
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1980s Post-Modern Sculptures

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Metal

British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of HMS Victoria
Located in Downingtown, PA
knots (21.848 km/h),[1] making her the fastest three decker worldwide, along with the French Bretagne
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Susan Bee, Girl With Umbrella, 2003, gouache, collage, ink, colored pencil
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Susan Bee, Skeleton Dance, 2005, gouache, collage, ink, colored pencil
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Susan Bee, Bowers ofFlowers, 2006, gouache, collage, ink, crayon, colored pencil
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Susan Bee, Big Wave, 2006, gouache, collage, ink, crayon, colored pencil, col
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Susan Bee, Winged Fairies, 2006, gouache, collage, ink, crayon, colored pencil
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
iconography. Bee has published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Synthetic Paper, Color...

Antique English 19th century marine scene
By William Anderson
Located in Woodbury, CT
exhibited intermittently until 1834.[6] His best work was executed in the years 1790–1810, during the French
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Portrait Of A Rooster With Adorned Feathers, 18th Century Circle of John Nost SARTORIUS (1759-1830) Large 18th century English study of a rooster in a farmyard, oil on canvas. Supe...
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Peter Shire: Original Memphis Milano Brazil Table in Lacquered Wood, Italy 1981
By Memphis Group, Peter Shire
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Pair of Ormolu Mounted Malachite French Vases after a design by Galberg
By Ekaterinburg Faceting Factory, Russia
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19th Century Dutch School Oil Landscape with Bull and two Cows in Meadow
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Large Organic Abstract Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood, 1970s, Jean Arp Style
By Jean Arp
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
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Monumental Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Boulle Marquetry Casket Box
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Louis XIV style French gilt-bronze mounted wood boulle marquetry casket box, circa 1895 Known in French as a carré de toilette, this casket has canted corners with lavi...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Jewelry Boxes

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Wedgwood Black Basalt Two-Handled Urn
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
A remarkable example of Josiah Wedgwood's legendary ceramic art, the importance and rarity of this urn vase simply cannot be overstated. Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stone...
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Antique 19th Century English Urns

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Ceramic, Stoneware

Wedgwood Black Basalt Two-Handled Urn
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Monumental Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Censer Urn with Dragons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Monumental Silvered and Gilt-Bronze Glass Centerpiece of "Poseidon"
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental French Silvered and Gilt-Bronze and Glass Centerpiece of "Poseidon", Paris, circa 1895. A very good quality centerpiece depicting "Poseidon and his seahorses", of mon...
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Early 20th Century French Classical Greek Centerpieces

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Bronze

19th century portrait painted in St Petersburg in 1819
Located in London, GB
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower right: 'Geo Dawe RA St Petersburgh 1819', also signed with initials, lower centre: 'G D RA'; and signed and inscribed verso: 'Geo Dawe RA Pinxit 1...
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Set of Six Spode Oyster Plates, Pink, Lavender & Gold-Made for Tiffany's
By Copeland & Garrett Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
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Pair of Mashiko Yaki Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery Yunomi
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Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century porcelain Maneki Neko, Japan This porcelain Maneki Neko, the good fortune beckoning cat, is a molded seated form with the right raised paw closely to the side of ...
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Porcelain

"Cows Watering" - Framed 19th Century Antique Landscape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
If anyone would like to do the research on the painter “J. Ericson” who signed this wonderful late 19th-century painting of cows grazing in a swamp, you might find they were really n...
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19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings

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Oil

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By Nancy Genn
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Early 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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By Brad Howe
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
This unique, one of a kind contemporary, geometric, minimalistic sculpture by Brad Howe, is
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A Universal Kernel, Contemporary, Geometric, Minimal, Stainless Steel Sculpture
By Brad Howe
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Anyone Who Knows Anything Knows, Contemporary, Geometric, Minimal, Sculpture
By Brad Howe
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
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By Brad Howe
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Your Fair Share, Contemporary, Geometric, Minimal, Stainless Steel Sculpture
By Brad Howe
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
constructed of stainless steel and coated in polyurethane. Howe’s colourful and angular work continues to
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Howe Chairs Model 40/4 Designated in 1964 by David Rowland
By Howe
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Howe chair Model 40/4, circa 1964 Design by David Rowland Taupe and stainless steel leather
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Vintage 1960s French Chairs

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Steel

Pair of French Armchairs Upholstered Striped Green and Black Howe Fabric
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of French armchairs upholstered striped green and black howe fabric.
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Vintage 1940s Armchairs

Oversized Oil on Canvas of Seascape by William Henry Howe, 1906
Located in Big Flats, NY
Fine and detailed oversized oil on canvas painting depicting seascape by William Henry Howe (1844
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

French Lounge Chair and Matching Ottoman with Wooden Turned Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French lounge chair and matching ottoman newly upholstered in grey beetled linen from Howe fabric
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
French corner chair newly upholstered in a dark grey Riptsop fabric from Howe, 36 Bourne Street
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French Upholstered Corner Chair
H 35 in W 48 in D 31 in
Original poster by Geo Ham (Georges Hamel, French 1900-1972).
Located in London, GB
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Located in GB
philosopher, is credited with engaging French military aid in the war. Thomas Jefferson, third president of
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20th Century English American Colonial Games

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Maple, Walnut, Resin

A port side cathead knee brace from H.M.S. Victory, 1759
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
signal preparing his sailors for battle against the combined fleets of France and Spain at Trafalgar
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Located in Southampton, NY
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Susan Bee, Abuses of the World, 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
By Susan Bee
Located in Darien, CT
published sixteen artist’s books. She has collaborated with poets including: Susan Howe, Charles Bernstein
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By William Anderson
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Early 19th C Royal William 1:48 Scale Model Ship Naval Prov Russell-Cotes Museum
Located in Lowestoft, GB
effectively ended French naval superiority in the Channel and thereby greatly influenced the successful
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By Brad Howe
Located in Surfside, FL
Memorias De Peten Brad Howe (born 1959) is an American sculptor from California. His work has been
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William H. Howe American 1846-1929 Landscape in Original Barbizon Frame ca. 1880
By William Henry Howe
Located in Hallowell, ME
Bio: William Henry Howe was born in Ravenna, Ohio in 1846. Of him it was written: "In the late
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Louisburg Square
By Thomas Willoughby Nason
Located in Storrs, CT
William Pepperrell, who was made the first American baronet for his role, sacked the French Fortress
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

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By Henry Singleton
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: 1825 Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor on paper Framing: Framed with french mats and wooden moulding
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1820s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Fishing Boats, Venice
By William Stanley Haseltine
Located in New York, NY
Julia Ward Howe, and widow of American sculptor Thomas Crawford); Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Frederick
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By Louis Letouche
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Located in New York, NY
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HMS Chatham off the coast of America
Located in London, GB
promoted from captain to Rear-Admiral of the White on 31 March, with orders to join Admiral Lord Howe, the
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1780s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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Materials

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1950s French Green Leather Lamp with Shade
Located in London, GB
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19th Century Model of Nelson's Flagship 'Victory'
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
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By Herter Brothers
Located in Southport, CT
that firm for the Libby-Morse House in Portland, Maine. With a graceful form derived from French
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cultural tapestry. “The idea of studying at a “French Academy” in the United States is entrenched in cross
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You are likely to find exactly the piece of howe and french you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the modern style, while we also have 3 modern versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect item from our selection of howe and french among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 19th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right choice in our collection of howe and french is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes beige, black, white and gray. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of howe and french examples over the years, but those made by Susan Bee, Norman Carton, Dong Kingman, William Anderson and Brad Howe are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, watercolor and paper.

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    A French formal garden is called the jardin à la française. It's an asymmetrical style of garden based on the notion of imposing order on nature. The French garden became popular on a monumental scale in 17th century France. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage garden furniture.
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    A French cut diamond is a diamond that is cut in a square or rectangular shape, and features a high crown, along with triangle-shaped facets in a crisscross pattern. A French cut diamond is made by grinding the top of the crystal gemstone. Find a collection of antique, vintage and new French cut diamond jewelry on 1stDibs today.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    French service style is a technique in which platters of food are assembled and partially cooked in the kitchen and then cooked completely tableside. In the French service style, diners are served in an à la carte manner.