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Renaissance Revival featured mythical creatures, garlands, foliage, wild game, classical busts, scrolls, tassels, and portrait medallions appeared in high-relief carving. Furniture in this style was typically made with dark woods, such as walnut and rosewood. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.

The style of #RenaissanceRevival features rather masculine characteristics and grand scale making it easy to identify. Decorative elements took precedence over functionality. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.

“The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxHHbz #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on September 05, 2019.

During the 1870s, collecting antiques and objets d’art became a national pastime. Pedestals were used to display sculpture and all manner of novel collectible treasures. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on September 05, 2019.

“The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxHHbz #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 27, 2019.

Exposure to Ancient Egypt inspired the Egyptian Revival, a design style that permeated western decorative arts and furniture in the nineteenth century. In furniture, Egyptian Revival pieces rarely comprised a full suite; rather they served as statement pieces. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 27, 2019.

The pedestals shown here are an excellent example of how styles & materials were often eclectically intermixed. They exhibit gilt decoration against ebonized wood and display both Egyptian and Renaissance Revival motifs, pairing together sphinx and lion heads. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 22, 2019.

The unusual glass-bejeweled pedestals displayed here evoke Tiffany’s love of both exoticism and glass. “The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxZiA9 #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 14, 2019.

Louis Comfort Tiffany left a prodigious mark on American glass and decorative arts during his career. Although Tiffany’s name is most often associated with his work in the medium of glass, he began his career as an interior designer during the late 1870s. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 14, 2019.

“The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals” is on display pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/ypTvPxZiA9 #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 06, 2019.

This pedestal appears lavish because of its polychromatic-painted elements with gilded accents on an ebonized ground. The pedestal’s strong vertical lines draw the viewer’s eye upwards towards the art object the pedestal was intended to display. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 06, 2019.

Neo-Grec furniture took inspiration from classical Greek, Roman, and Egyptian motifs, often fusing styles together. For instance, decorative motifs might include both Egyptian lotus blossoms and Greek fretwork. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on August 06, 2019.