Tag Archives: 18th Century

Lover’s Eye / Memento Mori Jewellery: Salvador Dali, The Skier Collection & Other Museum Pieces

A “lover’s eye” miniature is a painted miniature of the giver’s eye, presented to a loved one. The notion accompanying this very short lived fad (c.1790 through 1820) was that the eye would be recognizable only to the recipient and … Continue reading

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Mechanical Tables: For All Occasions – Including Gaming

  Sometimes, nothing needs to be said. Watch and enjoy.   A key transforms this table into a desk, 18th Century Getty Museum   Jean-François Oeben’s Mechanical table, c. 1761–63 Metropolitan Museum   Demonstration of the Roentgens’ dressing table, believed to … Continue reading

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