1967.6.1, Appliques: two couchant lions, Etruscan, late 6th or early 5th century BCE, bronze copy
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Lions were a favorite subject in Etruscan, Greek, and near Eastern art. The Etruscans often used bronze representations of the lion to decorate armor, furniture, and carriages, and especially as fittings on bronze vessels.
1967.6.2, Appliques: two couchant lions, Etruscan, late 6th or early 5th century BCE, bronze
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Lions were a favorite subject in Etruscan, Greek, and near Eastern art. The Etruscans often used bronze representations of the lion to decorate armor, furniture, and carriages, and especially as fittings on bronze vessels.
1966.8, Helmet, Apulian-Corinthian, early 5th century BCE, bronze
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Helmets designed at the major Greek commercial city of Corinth were popular throughout the archaic period (6th-early 5th century B.C.E).
1969.6, Villanovan Horse bit, late 8th-early 7th century BCE, bronze
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Villanovan horse bits have been recovered from several tombs in northern and central Italy. Found in both male and female burials, these objects indicate the affluent social position of those who could afford horses and horse-drawn transportation.
1967.12.19, Bottle, glass, Syro-Roman, ca. 1st-4th centuries C.E.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Glass has been used as a form of artistic expression for approximately 3,500 years. First appearing in the form of small beads in Mesopotamia, glass was soon shaped around preformed cores of earth to make hollow vases.
1975.29, Amphora-shaped bottle, Roman Empire, 1st-4th century CE, blown glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Glass has been used as a form of artistic expression for approximately 3,500 years. First appearing in the form of small beads in Mesopotamia, glass was soon shaped around preformed cores of earth to make hollow vases.
1985.R.597, Unkown maker, Cupboard, (in the style of Louis XIII), n.d.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Fashion designer, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, originally installed this wooden cupboard at Villa La Pausa, and it remained part of the villa's decor through the residency of Wendy and Emery Reves. Chanel seems to have deliberately chosen certain items of furniture for their close resemblance to those at the convent in Aubazine where she grew up.
1985.R.591, Unknown maker, Table, 17th century
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Fashion designer, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, originally installed this wooden table at Villa La Pausa, and it remained part of the villa's decor through the residency of Wendy and Emery Reves. Over the years, items of furniture moved from from one room to another before finishing their journey in very different rooms in the Reves' wing in the Dallas Museum of Art.
Greek _Figure of a Young Man from a Funerary Relief_[1966.26]
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1996 publication Gods, Men, and Heroes: Ancient Art at the Dallas Museum of Art.
The Renaissance of La Pausa
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
La Pausa’s second life began in 1953, thanks to the recommendations of Chanel’s friends, the brothers Hervé and Gérard Mille, a journalist and decorator, respectively. They mentioned to Emery Reves that La Pausa was for sale, and Reves bought the house.