19 janvier 2016

Bogh-Art earrings set with two extremely rare natural abalone pearls, with saltwater pearl and diamond tassels.

Boghossian Jewels natural saltwater orange horse conch pearl and natural saltwater pearl and diamond earrings.

Boghossian Jewels. Natural saltwater conch and clam pearl earrings with diamonds.

Famille Rose Monthly cup, Kangxi mark and period (1662 - 1722), porcelain, h 4.7cm × d 6.5cm. AK-RAK-1977-1. Rijksmusem, Amsterdam. Monthly cup belonging to the first month, with prunus and two-line poem, marked on the bottom in underglaze blue Famille Rose Monthly cup, Kangxi mark and period (1662 - 1722), porcelain, h 4.7cm × d 6.5cm. AK-RAK-1977-2. Rijksmusem, Amsterdam. Monthly cup belonging to the second month, with magnolia tree and two-line poem , marked on the bottom in underglaze blue. ... [Lire la suite]

Court dress, British, ca. 1750, silk, metallic thread. Length at CB (a): 49 in. (124.5 cm). Length at CB (b): 37 in. (94 cm). Length (c): 11 in. (27.9 cm). Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1965. C.I.65.13.1a–c. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the eighteenth century, formal dress was so closely associated with Versailles and the French court that it was universally described as the robeà la française. As illustrated here, the robe à la... [Lire la suite]

Dress, French, 1760s, silk, metal thread. Length (a): 73 in. (185.4 cm). Length (b): 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm). Gift of Fédération de la Soierie, 1950? 50.168.2a, b. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Western chinoiserie is often a compound of exotic elements, not all indigenous to China. This eighteenth-century dress exhibits such multiple allusions, but they have been assimilated by the technology and aesthetic of Lyonnais manufacture. Palm trees signify the... [Lire la suite]

Robe à la Française, European, ca. 1765, silk. Length at CB: 63 1/2 in. (161.3 cm). Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 2001. 2001.472a, b. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Like the Mantua, the sack, or sacque, dress began life as an informal garment. It was initially a French fashion, its defining feature being the row of two double box pleats sewn in at the center of the neckline at the back of the dress and falling to the hem. The early form of the gown was... [Lire la suite]

Robe à la Polonaise, American, 1780–85, silk. Gift of heirs of Emily Kearny Rodgers Cowenhoven, 1970. 1970.87a, b. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The polonaise gown first came into fashion in the 1770s. It was a style of gown with a close-fitting bodice and the back of the skirt gathered up into three separate puffed sections to reveal the petticoat below. The method of suspending the fabric varied. Most often the dress had rows of little rings sewn inside the... [Lire la suite]

  Robe à la Française, French, ca. 1770, silk. Length at CB (a): 70 1/2 in. (179.1 cm). Length (b): 40 in. (101.6 cm). Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1961. C.I.61.34a, b. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gowns in the eighteenth century were supported by rounded side hoops of different extension and depth. A wider dress would have been narrower in profile. In the instance of a gown of less width, the depth of the hoops and the robe à la... [Lire la suite]

Robe à l'Anglaise, French, 1784–87, cotton, metal, silk. Length at CB (a): 63 in. (160 cm). Length at CB (b): 36 in. (91.4 cm). Purchase, Isabel Shults Fund and Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1991. 1991.204a, b. The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cotton emerged as a fashionable fabric in the 1780s with the chemise à la reine, the cotton shift favored by Marie Antoinette beginning in this turbulent decade. As always, clothing had political and... [Lire la suite]