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Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) - Etude de mains

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ex-Voto offering

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A vintage postcard of the shrine of Our Lady in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption & St. Gregory in Warwick Street in Soho, London.

The statue was later placed on a new altar, which incorporated some of the many votive hearts offered to Mary at the shrine over the years.

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A silver mounted notebook with horizontal sundial ( latitude 53° North) , with compass and mirror, ca, 1575 by unkown

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Medieval Amulets - Italian Cimaruta

The cimaruta is an Italian folk charm, a type traditionally worn around the neck or hung above an infant's bed to ward off the evil eye. several small apotropaic charms (some of which draw upon Christian symbolism), with each individual piece attached to what is supposed to represent a branch of rue—the flowering medicinal herb for which the whole talisman is named, "cimaruta" being a Neapolitan form of cima di ruta: Italian for "sprig of rue".

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Popular amulets and talismans used to ward off the evil eye include the hamsa, while Italy (especially Southern Italy) employs a variety of other unique charms and gestures to defend against the evil eye, including the cornicello, the cimaruta, and the sign of the horns.

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©Phédia mazuc

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some art details i love part I

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~ Sleeping Eros.

Culture: Roman

Date: A.D. 2nd century

Medium: Carrara marble

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A vintage postcard of the shrine of Our Lady in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption & St. Gregory in Warwick Street in Soho, London.

The statue was later placed on a new altar, which incorporated some of the many votive hearts offered to Mary at the shrine over the years.

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Henri Fantin-Latour, White and Yellow Roses in a Tall Vase, 1876

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~ Fragment of a hanging: Ostiarius Drawing a Curtain. Place of origin: Eastern Mediterranean, probably Egyptian Period: Late Roman Date: ca. A.D. 5th century Medium: Linen; tapestry-woven; linen and wool yarns.

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Eugène Atget, hôtel du marquis de Lagrange, Paris (1901)3d

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Title: Eyn Newe kunstlich moetdelboech alle kunst

Publisher: Peter Quentel (German, active Cologne, 1518–46) , Cologne

Date: 1532

Medium: Woodcut

Dimensions: Overall: 5 11/16 x 8 1/16 in. (14.5 x 20.5 cm)

Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924

Published by Peter Guentel, Cologne. The only recorded copy (incomplete) of Peter Guentel's second edition of this model book. Illustrated title page and 31 pages of designs. The first edition of this second book of Peter Guentel appeared in 1529 according to Lotz who records 2 complete copies- 24 leaves, sigs. a - f 4. Althought incomplete, this is the only recorded copy of the second edition. A number of the patterns are copied fom the second edition of Schonsperger's first book (Lotz 1 b) after Schonsperger had abandoned printing on only one half of the page. Several more were adaptations of patterns in Schonspereger's last book (Lotz 5) drawn by Anton Woensam von Worns according to Lotz as are also the scrolling leaves and flowers and renaissance ornament on the verso of the title, leaves 2 - 5. Among the missing leaves are 3 pp. of alphabet, based on Schonsperger's and the arms of Cologne attr. to von Worms which are in the 1544 Guentel in MMA (22.84.1). 16 leaves (should be 24), Sigs: (a)-d 4. The Paris ed. B.A. copy: a 3 - b -f 4 Lesoufache 318. This is undoubtedly the Berg copy sold at auction Feb. 1922, the dealers writing in the front is taken from the Berg cat. description. Book catalogue page describing this volume in German loose in back (prior to 1924?), tyepwritten carbon copy of notes concerning this volume tipped in at front of book. Bound in blind stamped brown leather, spine stamped and gilded. Additional notes on pattern sources in graphite on back flyleaf verso.

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Title: Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone Designer: Isabella Catanea Parasole (Italian, ca. 1565/70–ca. 1625)
 Publisher: Antonio Fachetti , Rome
 Date: 1610 Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: Overall: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20 x 26 cm) Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Title page with Spanish arms, dedication with woodcut initial letter, 37 pages of designs, Spanish arms on last page.

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Pair of Gloves 1880-1900 (made) PLACE OF ORIGIN France (made) ARTIST/MAKER Unknown

By the end of the 19th century, wearing of gloves indoors was declining except for evening dress where they were required accessories. In the 1880s and 1890s, these grew longer, extending over the elbow to the upper arm. The combination of a kid leather hand with a silk net or mesh arm became a popular style. They were cheaper than full leather gloves, easier to pull on and allowed a greater variety of colour and decoration.

These gloves have a standard kid hand which has been sewn to an arm of silk net. The net is appliquéd with silk satin and thread in a design of butterflies. At the top of each arm a silk ribbon is threaded through a series of eyelets in the net.