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Harold Altman was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art Students League, the Black Mountain College, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and was a graduate of ...

Valentino Autumn/Winter 2007 blush pink 100% wool cocktail dress. 3/4 length sleeves with ruched detail. V neckline. Center front box pleat with three silver-toned Swarovski crystal ...

This ceramic pot was made by an unknown Mossi artist in Burkina Fasso. It was used as a farmer's water jug. The Mossi are a people in central Burkina Faso, living mostly in the villa...

Window 7 is from a series of 7 painted aluminum wall sculptures. These wall sculptures are abstractions on the windows we use in our daily lives. We look into windows as well as out ...

Atlanta, in the late 1800s, brought together the formality of Victorian times with the Romantic heritage of the Old South. Old Atlanta creates the aura of formality with the profusio...

Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely handmade and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver. The hammered finish shows...

Scarce dinner size multi-motif "American Garden" by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver flatware set, 20 pieces. This pattern was inspired by the extensive botanical beauty of the United S...

Harold Altman was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art Students League, the Black Mountain College, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and was a graduate of ...

The Colfax sterling silver flatware pattern that showcases the artistry and skill of Durgin Sterling Silver Flatware originally issued in 1922. With its fine pearl and bead border an...

Georg Jensen Georg Jensen is one of the world's most significant silversmiths, who formed an international following due to his innovative and sculptural work and his collaboration...

Gorgeous Rose Cascade by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver flatware set - 67 pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 9 1/8" 12 Forks, 7 1/4" 12 Salad F...

Amulet 5 is a painted aluminum wall sculpture. It is light weight and easily installed with a single wall anchor, which is included. It is from a series of wall sculptures which exis...

Devonshire by International c1914 Sterling Silver Flatware set - 57 pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 7 - 8 7/8" and 5 - 9 1/4" 12 Forks, 7 1/4" 12 Salad Forks, 6 1/8" 12 Teaspo...

"Deer Shooting in the Northern Woods" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a landscape with a hunter aiming his gun at a deer on a winter day. 10" x 14" art 19 1/2" x 23 1/4" 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. In 1907, faced with competitive pressures from advancements in offset printing and photo engraving, Chauncey closed the venerable lithography business and sold the printing equipment and lithographic stones to his shop foreman, Daniel W. Logan. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives are laid to rest along with their families at the Greenwood Cemetery...

The Uti chair was inspired by the lines of a Classic midcentury design which we discovered in grave disrepair. With some modification, the Wooda team has rejuvenated this design, and...

Framed 26.63 x 31.50 in

Framed 27.38 x 37.50 in

My series of Gathering sculptures are table-top pieces made from laminated plywood and rusted steel, combining organic elements with industrial elements. The wood is varied in color ...

Framed 25.63 x 29.63 in

"Bland Impressions of Easy Park (The Fall Collection" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. It is signed in the lower-left corner. This painting depicts two s...

Buttercup by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 59 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 8 3/4" Eight forks, 7"...

'Excited Girl' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Madamombe's ...

Espirit by Retroneu 18/8 Stainless Steel Korea estate Flatware set, 45 pieces. The design is similar to the popular Aria by Christofle pattern. This set includes: 8 Dinner Knives, 9...

Outstanding Dinner & Luncheon Size Old Baronial by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set with lion motif, 120 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/4" 12 Dinner Size F...

This hand-knotted 4' x 6' Afghan rug with medallion design in red and indigo wool embodies the deep heritage and enduring elegance of traditional weaving. At its heart lies a strikin...

"Seul Dans l'Atelier" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (108/160) in the lower left. This piece depic...

"Retablo Exvotos (Replica Family with Cow's Vision)" is an original oil painting on tin by Monica Flores Martinez. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features a family kneelin...

La Salle by Dominick and Haff circa 1928 Sterling Silver flatware set - 43 pieces. This set includes: 6 Regular knives, 8 3/4" 6 Regular forks, 7 1/4" 6 Salad forks, w/bar, 6 1/4" 6...

Old English / Early English by Various English Makers Sterling Silver flatware set - 58 pieces. This set includes: 6 Dinner Knives, 9 3/4" 8 Dinner Forks, 8" 2 Knives, 8 5/8" 10 Sa...

Produced under the auspices of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. It is an exact replica of the Robie House No. 2 Window. Inscribed "1988 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #60" lower b...

Louis XV by Whiting sterling silver flatware set - 70 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 8 7/8" 8 regular forks, 6 7/8" 8 salad forks, 6" 8 teaspoons, 5 3/4" 8 place soup sp...

In Motion 2 is a painted aluminum and wood wall sculpture. It is light weight and easily installed with a full size template and two wall anchors, which are included. It is from a se...

Named for King Richard I of England. Described as truly a royal pattern with regal dignity drawn from the romantic background of the pomp and pageantry of Richard the Lion-hearted an...

Original drawing signed and dated by David Barnett. David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s car...

Beautiful Vivant by Oneida sterling silver flatware set of 51 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9". 12 forks, 7 1/2". 12 salad forks, 7". 12 teaspoons, 6". One serving spoon, 8 ...

Wedgwood by International sterling Silver flatware set, 91 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9" 12 forks, 7 1/4" 12 salad forks, 6 1/8" 12 teaspoons, 5 7/8" 12 flat handle butte...

Hepplewhite by Reed & Barton sterling silver Flatware set, 43 pieces. This tailored, timeless pattern is a best seller. This set includes: 8 Regular Knives, 9 1/4" 8 Regular Forks, ...

The sweetest flower, the Wild Rose, is captured beautifully in this lovely Victorian design. Precise hand-tooling creates nuances of light and reflection. Wild Rose brings the sereni...

Sovereign Old by Gorham (1941) Sterling Silver Flatware set with stylized acorn motif - 138 pieces. This set includes: 8 Dinner Knives, 9 5/8" 8 Dinner Forks, 7 7/8" 8 Knives, 8 7/8...

Lovely Rosemary by Easterling sterling silver flatware set with many servers, 63 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 8 7/8" Eight forks, 7 1/4" Eight salad forks, 6 3/4" Eight ...

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 cou...

Beautiful Contessina by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 48 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9". 12 forks, 7 3/8". 12 salad forks, 6 5/8". 12 teaspoons, 6". Includes bonus...

Gorgeous Princess Ingrid by Frank Whiting Sterling Silver flatware set - 90 pieces. This set includes: 12 regular knives, 9" 12 regular forks, 7 1/8"...

Gorgeous Windsor Rose Gold by Watson sterling silver flatware set of 48 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table. This...

While strolling down Atlantic Avenue in Marblehead , Massachusetts with my dog, I stumbled upon a unique find—a political campaign ruler emblazoned with "Vote for...". This inspired ...

Hand Thrown Glazed Stoneware signed on bottom by Robert Piper 3 1/2 x 5 1/2"dia.

David Barnett's 'Desert Mountain Paths' is an exercise in using limited materials. Depicting the winding paths of Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, AZ, the composition simulates found a...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States government set out to survey and document its newly acquired lands and territories west of the Mississippi. The goals of these surveys were manifold: to produce topographical maps, to document flora and fauna, and to document natural resources to build the emerging US economy. These surveys, and the images from them, also functioned to build the new sense of American identity with the landscape, condensing vistas into the 'picturesque' tradition of European image making. Thus, the entire span of US territory could be seen as a single, cohesive whole. This lithograph comes from one of six surveys commissioned by the Army's Topographic Bureau in 1853, which sought to find the best route to construct a transcontinental railroad. The result was a thirteen-volume report including maps, lithographs, and technical data entitled 'Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.' Along with the image, Stanley also noted in the report of the Maple River: "It would be an excellent plan for an emigrant travelling through the country, before reaching one of these rivers on which he expects to camp, to catch a few frogs, for the purpose of fishing in these streams, which abound pike, picarel, and large catfish. Frogs are by far the best bait that can be used." This note from the artist perhaps describes some of the actions of the figures in the camp in the foreground of the image. 5.75 x 8.75 inches, image 6.5 x 9.25 inches, stone 13.25 x 16.25 inches, frame Artist 'Stanley Del.' lower left Entitled 'Maple River' lower center margin Publisher 'Sarony, Major & Knapp. Lith.s 449 Broadway N.Y.' lower right Inscribed 'U.S.P.R.R. EXP. & SURVEYS — 47th & 49th PARALLELS' upper left Inscribed 'GENERAL REPORT — PLATE VIII' upper right Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and Museum Glass to inhibit fading; housed in a brass-surface aluminium moulding. John Mix...

The sweetest flower, the Wild Rose, is captured beautifully in this lovely Victorian design. Precise hand-tooling creates nuances of light and reflection. Wild Rose brings the sereni...

European 14K and silver diamond pendant featuring a rosette of diamonds set in a silver top on a 14K white gold chain. There are 11 European cut diamonds weighing a total of about 1....

This minimalist striped brown and Cream Wool Oversized Persian Carpet, 12' x 17’, from the Rain Series, exemplifies understated elegance. Handknotted by Orley Shabahang artisans, thi...

Spring glory by international sterling silver flatware set of 80 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9", 12 forks, 7 1/4", 12 salad forks, 6 1/2", 12 teaspoons, 6", 12 cream ...

Drawing inspiration from the iconic “Captain’s Chair,” a fixture of his childhood summers on Cape Cod, Scott Mason’s next-generation design, the Pilot Ottoman for Wooda, combines 3D modeling and CNC...

With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be ha...

Pace by Gorham Stainless Steel Flatware set, 40 pieces. This set includes: 8 Dinner Knives, 9 1/2" 8 Dinner Forks, 7 1/2" 8 Salad Forks, 7" 8 Teaspoons, 6" 8 Place Soup Spoons, 7 1/...

Exceedingly rare Ionic by Gorham, circa 1867, sterling silver flatware set, 27 pieces plus 6 Mother of pearl handle knives, a total of 33 pieces. This set includes: 6 Mother of pear...

Rare Labors of Cupid by Dominick and Haff sterling silver Flatware set - 52 pieces total. This pattern is a figural multi-motif pattern and was made in 16 different elaborate motif, ...

Beautiful INAUGURAL BY STATE HOUSE sterling silver Flatware set - 48 pieces. This set includes: 8 KNIVES, 9 1/8" 8 FORKS, 7 1/8" 8 SALAD FORKS, 6 3/8" 8 TEASPOONS, 6 1/8" 8 CREAM SO...

Young Love by Oneida Sterling Silver Flatware set - 51 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9" 8 Forks, 7 1/2" 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2" 8 Teaspoons, 6 1/8" 8 Cream Soup Spoons, 6 1/2" ...

The facet coffee table was designed as a form exploration exercise. Conversations happen at the dining table, but rarely about the coffee table. Facet ...