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Horoscope Prints Based on the Work by John Flamsteed, La Vierge,
£180 eachHoroscope Prints Based on the Work by John Flamsteed, La Vierge,
John Flamsteed was born into a prosperous family but did not attend University due to poor health. Self taught, his extensive studies in astronomy resulted in his being appointed the first Astronomer Royal by King Charles II, with the Royal Observatory at Greenwich being built for him to continue his observations of the heavens. Flamsteed was the first astronomer to sight Uranus in 1690, naming it 34 Tauri, as he believed it to be a star. His Celestial Atlas was published ten years posthumously by his wife. It set the standard in professional astronomy for almost a century, with the positions of over 3,000 stars given more accurately than ever before.£180 each -
Pair of Regency faux-rosewood and parcel-gilt side chairs,
£1,600Pair of Regency faux-rosewood and parcel-gilt side chairs,
the top rails with charming and naïve painted lion portraits flanked by anthemion, the seats caned.£1,600 -
Persian/Indian Hunting Scene
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Chinese Ancestor Portraits
£450 the pairChinese Ancestor Portraits
Ancestor portraits form an important part of the Chinese practice of ancestor worship, created as near life size likenesses of the deceased. Families would honour and commemorate their ancestors, carrying out rituals and giving offerings.£450 the pair -
Liberty’s Arts and Crafts ‘Stronza’ Orkney Chair
£1,750Liberty’s Arts and Crafts ‘Stronza’ Orkney Chair
pine, seagrass and rush, Scottish c.1900, previously owned by film director (Victor) Gareth Gundry.£1,750 -
Nineteenth century open bookcase
£1,950Nineteenth century open bookcase
with mirrored back and two adjustable shelves to main body, the super-structure possibly a later adaptation/addition.£1,950 -
Pair of early twentieth century carved oak Baroque chandeliers,
£9,500 the pairPair of early twentieth century carved oak Baroque chandeliers,
with Royal Crown corona hung with tassels above bulbous stem, the six scrolled branches and underside hung with further tassels, re-wired and PAT tested.£9,500 the pair -
George II fire grate,
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Rene Lalique Plafonnier
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Rene Lalique Plafonnier
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William IV style patinated bronze and gilt-lacquered brass Colza form three light chandelier,
£4,000William IV style patinated bronze and gilt-lacquered brass Colza form three light chandelier,
with foliate ceiling-rose, the body with central suspended from three chains, each light fitment with bulbous frosted glass shade.£4,000 -
Photographs from Verve, December 1937. Portrait of Aristide Maillol
£250 eachPhotographs from Verve, December 1937. Portrait of Aristide Maillol
The Verve Review, from its very inception, was a purposefully luxurious art publication. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but for only 38 editions, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Its editor was Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade. As an art critic, patron and gallery owner he commissioned various individuals, artists, photographers and philosophers to contribute to it. Héliogravure is a process for printing photographs that was developed in the first half of the 19th century. It is a photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high-quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed continuous tones of a photograph.£250 each