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NINA RICCI 2 Pc Gray Black Lace Silk Tweed Dress Jacket Pleated Skirt Suit Set Brand / Manufacturer: Nina Ricci Style: Jacket; pleated skirt Color(s): Shades of gray, black, tan, and white Lined: Yes- jacket Marked Fabric Content: “100% Silk” (shell); “100% Viscose” (lining) Additional Details / Inclusions: Gray speckled tweed short jacket skirt suit set. Tailored slightly cropped jacket with princess seams in front; princess seams in back. Tailored jacket with armhole princess side seams in front, armhole princess seams in back. Low scooping rounded neckline. Tailored two-piece long sleeves with pleated lantern style flared cuffs. Knife pleated lantern sleeve cuffs with layered raw edge black lace trim overlay; fringe trim at edges of cuffs. Structured square shoulder silhouette with light padding at interior shoulder seam. Pleated black lace trim at center front of jacket; raw edges at lace trim. Bias cut structured band at hem. Jacket lined with signature “Nina Ricci” label print lining. Center front placket button up closure with bias-cut placket piece; iridescent signature Nina Ricci statue logo-engraved button hardware. Gray speckled tweed pleated skirt with large bias-cut yoke at top front and back of skirt; topstitch detail around lower band of skirt yoke...

Southern Rose by Manchester repousse Sterling Silver flatware set - 35 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives w/ French beveled blade, 8 3/4" 8 Forks, 7" 8 Salad Forks, 5 3/4" 8 Teaspo...

Sterling silver punch ladle with realistic 3D Satyr figure by Tiffany. It is monogrammed (see photo) and is in excellent condition. Satisfaction guaranteed!

With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be handed down through generations. Crea...

Timeless and elegant, Buccellati sterling silver is the ultimate heirloom, treasured by each generation in turn. Simple elegance, handcrafted from sterling silver. Made in Italy by t...

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Neck Ring no.410 with Smoky Quartz Pendant no. 311 Torun's classic innovative design and sculptural form traces the contours of the wearer's body. Cir...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN c.2012 Black Double Breasted Button Up Collar Cocktail Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Circa: 2012 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Cocktail Dress ...

"Red Egg" is a blown glass piece by Ioan Nemtoi. It features swirls of red, yellow, blue, and black. 6" length, 4 1/4" max diameter IOAN NEMTOI was born in ...

Rare vintage Emilio Pucci Spring/Summer 1967 three piece "Isis" signature print crop top, skirt, and bodysuit set. Editorial piece from June 1966 issue of 'Vogue' magazine. Multicolo...

Very nice looking and strong Pair of very sturdy Marcel Breuer Italian Chrome and Birds eye woven cane seats and backs. These also Feature the built-in footrests. Very nice looking...

1960s Emilio Pucci Ivory silk shift dress with a pastel art noveau/baroque inspired floral scrollwork print. Short sleeves. Zips at side. Lined. Please note that this item was clippe...

Vintage Couture c.1940's purple button front floor length evening gown. Extended shoulders. High v-neckline. Eight center front covered dome...

The present pair of portraits would make an exceptional addition to any collection of early American art not only because they were painted by the notable William Jennys, but also because the sitters are members of notable and influential New England families. In addition, these pendants have impeccable provenance: they have never left ownership of the decedents of the Kimball family and this is the first time they have been available for purchase. David Kimball (1766-1848) and Nancy Stacy Kimball (1774-1844) were members of historic Massachusetts families. David Kimball is a sixth-generation decedent of Richard Kimball (d. 1675) and Ursula Scott (d. 1659), who emigrated from Rattlasden, Suffolk County, England to Watertown MA around 1634. The family then relocated in 1637 to Ipswich, the city with which the family is now most strongly identified, when Richard was appointed to be a wheelwright.[1] Nancy likewise had early New England ancestry, descended from Simon Stacy and Elizabeth Clark, who were married in London in 1620.[2] Nancy Stacy was the second wife of David Kimball, and the two were married in 1799. Given this, the present pendant portraits were likely completed shortly after the marriage. David had two children by his first wife Mary Morse, who died in September of 1798. David and Nancy would have nine additional children between 1801 and 1815.[3] Most notably, the couple were parents of the Boston politician and showman Moses Kimball (1809-1895).[2][3] Moses would found the Boston Museum, an early for-profit museum and theater opened in 1841 that resembled European curiosity cabinets: the museum displayed paintings of Thomas Scully and Charles Peale alongside Chinese artwork, stuffed animals, dwarves and mermaids. Alongside these exhibits, visitors could attend the theater which held performances by gymnasts and contortionists, followed by performances of Shakespeare and Dickens.[4] This museum set the model for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which when founded in 1870 held a similarly diverse collection and appealed to the interests of a diverse set of visitors.[5] Moreover, some Greek antiquities from Moses Kimball's museum were eventually given to the MFA and Moses donated approximately $5,000 to the MFA's endowment upon his death.[6][7] William Jennys (1774–1859), also known as J. William Jennys, is an important American primitive portrait...

Dinner size Romaine by Reed and Barton, circa 1933, sterling silver flatware set - 64 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/4" 12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 3/4" 12 ...

PRADA c. 1990's Black Mink Fur Nylon Winter Hat Cap Brand / Manufacturer: Prada Circa: 1990's Designer: Miuccia Prada Style: Winter Cap Color(s): Black Lined: Yes Marked Fabric: "10...

Highly polished sides with a trellis of rambling roses down the center and of the handle best describes the Rambler Rose pattern first introduced by Towle in 1937. Beautiful RAMBLER...

The Conchiglia pattern evokes Italy's outstanding marine traditions. Dedicated to committed sea lovers, it's exquisite sophisticated style will appeal to those who demand only the fi...

Silver flutes by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 107 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9", 12 forks, 7 3/8", 12 salad forks, 6 1/2", 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8", 12 cream soup...

The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. This multi-motif, figural pattern features French fig...

Antique Fragment Rug Zoroastrian Flame Pattern with Beautifully Deep & Rich Colors About: Really lovely fragment piece - all-over Boteh or Zorastrian Flame design with a hidden hu...

ROYAL DANISH BY INTERNATIONAL STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SET SERVICE 24 PIECES ROYAL DANISH BY INTERNATIONAL sterling silver Flatware set - 24 Pieces. This set includes: 6 KNIVES, 9" ...

Platinum 3 stone ring featuring an oval natural alexandrite weighing 1.28 carats and diamonds. GIA report #2213925829 states natural alexandrite measuring 7.27mm x 5.22 x 4.25mm, sta...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN F/W 1999 Gray Wool Plaid Wrap Fringe Sleeveless Vest Knit Top Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: F/W 1999 "The Overlook" Designer: Alexander McQu...

Princess Patricia by Durgin / Gorham sterling silver dinner size flatware set - 90 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2" 12 di...

New 18K rose gold natural orange-red coral and diamond ring. Centered is a oval cushion cabochon coral weighing 17.65 carats and measures about 18mm x 12mm. Surrounding it are 30 rou...

Gianni Versace c.1980's black leather cropped blazer jacket. Shoulder pads. Shawl collar. Silver-tone chain and rhinestone toggle closure. Fold over cuffs wi...

Gran Paris by Camusso Exceptional Peruvian Gran Paris by Camusso 5-piece tea set with faux ivory handles and finials and griffin spouts. This set includes: 1 - Kettle on Stand:...

Vintage Emilio Pucci c.1968 silk jersey shift dress. Multicolor geometric op art signature print in shades of pink, yellow, fuchsia, and brown. Striped boarder print at cuffs and hem...

Outstanding dinner size Arcantia aka Vendome by Christofle France Silverplated flatware set, 147 pieces. This pattern featured the same shell motif that adorned the ceremonial silverware used...

esigned in 1906 by Georg Jensen, the Continental cutlery pattern was the first major cutlery range to emerge from the fledgling silversmithy that was established two years earlier in...

Brand / Manufacturer: Emilio Pucci Circa: 1969 Designer: Emilio Pucci Style: Mini Skirt Color(s): Shades of green, pink, purple, white, black Lined: No Marked Fabric Content: "100% cotton" (primary fabric) Additional Details / Inclusions: Emilio Pucci circa 1969 mini skirt. Structured material, little to no stretch or give to fabric. A-line silhouette to skirt. Banded waistband. Vertical stripe down center front leading to matching banding around hemline; mirrors on back of skirt. Darts extend from waistband on back of skirt for shaping. Big box...

'It Is Sad Only To Us' is an oil painting by the American artist Deirdre Schanen. Schanen's works weave between non-objective abstraction and representative landscape painting. This ...

12 dinner size knives, 9 5/8" 12 dinner size forks, 7 7/8" 12 salad forks, 6 1/2" 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8" 12 place soup spoons, 6 3/4" One gravy ladle, 6 5/8" One serving spoon, 8 5/8" One cold meat fork, 8 1/2" One sugar spoon, shell bowl, 6 1/4". Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary. Excellent condition, no monograms. This set will be beautifully professionally polished and sealed in individual plastic sleeves prior to shipping. Stunning! 100% satisfaction guaranteed! Reed & Barton's regal Spanish Baroque sterling...

A multi-strand emerald necklace containing 300 carats of green faceted genuine emerald beads accented by 14K white gold and diamonds. It measur...

14K white gold filigree ring featuring a large moonstone weighing 9.58 carats. The moonstone is a marquise cabochon cut measuring about 20mm x 10mm. The moonstone has rolling blue fl...

EMILIO PUCCI c.1960's Turquoise Floral Op Art Signature Print A-Line Skirt Circa: 1960’s Label(s): Emilio Pucci, Exclusively for Saks Fifth Avenue Designer: Emilio Pucci Style: A l...

Mediterranea by Oneida sterling silver flatware set, 64 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9 1/8". 12 forks, 7 1/4". 12 salad forks, 6 5/8". 12 teaspoons, 6 1/2". 12 cream soup s...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN c.2006 Orange Large Marbled Resin Beaded Metal Necklace w/Box RARE Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Circa: 2006 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Beaded Necklace Color(s): Shades of orange and yellow; silver (small beads) Unmarked Material (feel of): Resin, Silver-toned beads Additional Details / Inclusions: Alexander McQueen circa 2006 necklace. Large marbled resin polished beads blended with shades of yellow and orange. Small silver metal beads between each larger resin beads. Silver metal lobster claw closure on center back. Engraved "Alexander McQueen" circle medallion tag connected...

"Triplets (C-25)" is an original black serpentine sculpture by Colleen Madamombe. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features three women in large, textured dresses, gesturing and standing close to one another. 9 1/2" x 13" x 8" art Colleen Madamombe was born in 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Considered to be among the finest new talents from Zimbabwe, she has won the award of Best Female Artist of Zimbabwe for the past three consecutive years, and is quickly becoming an established figure of the Second Generation of Zimbabwean stone...

Stunning Breton Rose by International sterling silver flatware set of 72 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9 1/4". 12 forks, 7 1/4". 12 salad forks, 6 3/8". 12 teaspoons, 6". 12...

French scroll by Alvin sterling silver flatware set 52 pieces. This set includes: eight knives, 8 7/8", eight forks, 7 1/4", eight salad for...

Intricate piercings and brilliant craftsmanship define this Rose Point sterling silver flatware, sure to become a treasured family heirloom. The design of silver lace and a floating ...

"Gehl Dairy Farm" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Begun in 1997 and ...

Platinum Australian black opal and diamond ring. This is a natural black opal weighing .45cts and measuring about 7.7mm x 5.5mm. The opal h...

Alexander McQueen Resort 2009 nude net knit cropped corset top / bustier. Net knit body. Built-in bra cups with interior removable pads. ...

International sterling flatware in the pattern Vision designed by Ronald Hayes Pearson patented in 1961. This discontinued pattern features clean, Modernisn inspired lines and is fea...

18K white gold filigree ring featuring an antique European cut diamond weighing .23cts. The diamond has SI1 clarity and H-I color and measures about 3.8mm. There are 8 new bead prong...

GIVENCHY COUTURE S/S 1998 ALEXANDER McQUEEN Purple Floral Jacquard Blazer Jacket Brand / Manufacturer: Givenchy Couture Collection: S/S 1998 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Crop...

Rare Alexander McQueen Spring 2000 "Eye" cut out black wool blend stretch trousers. Arch shaped cut outs at front of pant and flare out s...

ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 1998 “Joan” Red Double Breasted Button Up Blazer Jacket Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: A/W 1998 “Joan” Designer: Alexander McQueen Style...

This piece is a pot made by an unknown artist in Pre-Columbian Peru. It takes the shape of an owl and has a circular handle with the opening on its back. This pot is a light beige an...

Victorian demi parure 14K rosy yellow gold set with opal pin and earrings. The Australian white opal have multi-color fire including red play of color. The pin and earring set is dec...

This bird sculpture was created by an unknown Baga artist in French Guinea. The bird's head is covered with paint and intricate patterns. Among the less well known Baga art forms are the a-Bamp (or a-Bemp) bird figures. They range from the naturalistic to the abstract and often have small birds or other animals on their backs. Different birds are represented including pelicans, egrets and other fishing birds...

14K yellow gold pair of turquoise stud earrings with dangle drops. This is Kingman turquoise from Arizona, which is the last full-time production mine in the US. The turquoise measur...

"The Celebrated Clipper Ship Dreadnought" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a sailing ship. 13 1/4" x 17 1/2" art 19" x 23 1/2" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

Prelude by International sterling silver flatware set. This set includes: Eight knives, 9 1/4", eight forks, 7 1/4...

"Original Lithograph X" is an original color lithograph by Joan Miro, published in "Miro Lithographs II, Maeght Publisher" in 1975. It depicts Miro's signature biomorphic abstract st...

A long graduated strand of natural earth mined Welo opal beads weighing 120 carats total. The necklace measures 33.5" long and weighs 15.06dwt. The opal faceted rondelle beads measur...

Eight knives 9 1/8", eight forks 7", Eight salad forks 6 3/8",  Eight teaspoons 6", Eight flat handle butter spreaders 5 3/4",  Eight cocktail forks 5 1/2", Eight coffee spoons 5 3/...

Carpenter Hall by Towle sterling silver Flatware set - 27 pieces. All of the pieces in this pattern are made with hollow, shaped, sterling handles. This...