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“The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxZiA9 #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on January 10, 2020.
This unusual glass-bejeweled pedestal, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, evoke his love of both exoticism and glass. #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on January 10, 2020.
Louis Comfort #Tiffany began a career as an interior designer during the late 1870s. Tiffany’s residence featured dining room walls covered in Japanese papers, a drawing room with Moorish columns, and a fireplace with mica panels in a spider web pattern. #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on January 10, 2020.
#Gilding entails applying extremely thin sheets of gold to the surface of another material. The lavish sheen left by gilding suited Victorian tastes where it was used to accent furniture or applied more opulently over entire extravagant pieces. #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on December 17, 2019.
This ebonized #pedestal features polychrome painted decoration and gilding. Greek fretwork adorns the bottom of the plant stand while winged #cherubs grace either side; gold chains drape from their feet. #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on December 02, 2019.
In response to the Victorians’ love of collecting and eclectic display, furniture firms also produced smaller, shorter #pedestals to display all manner of items—from plants, and vases to smoking paraphernalia. Such stands might grace hallways or parlors. #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on December 02, 2019.
“The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxZiA9 #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on November 25, 2019.
This pedestal has veneering and marquetry. A veneer consists of a very fine sheet of wood applied to the surface of furniture. Marquetry entails cutting wood veneers, in various colors and grain patterns, into decorative designs and adhering them to an object. #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on November 25, 2019.
Ancient Egyptian ornamentation was frequently derived from the flora and fauna found along the Nile. The stylized lotus blossom was commonly applied to furniture and decorative arts in the Egyptian Revival style. https://t.co/ypTvPxZiA9 #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on November 06, 2019.
“The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxHHbz #VictorianPedestalsThis tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.