Claude Monet's _The Seine at Lavacourt_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Claude Monet's The Seine at Lavacourt (1880) is a large-scale painting of powerful luminosity.
Rustic Rocking Chair
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.
Windsor settee, 18th century
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.
Pier table, 19th century, New York
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.
Fall-front Secretary, 19th century [Charles Venable catalogue essay]
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.
Memorial stone or grave marker (penji reti), 2004.58
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This penji (gravestone) in the Dallas Museum of Art collection is one of finest surviving stones outside Sumba (see also 2004.57). Although weathered, its beautiful and sensitive use of line and form clearly indicates the hand of a master sculptor.
Skirt (lawo butu), 1990.205
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Talented artists of Flores created sculpture, beautiful jewelry and items of personal adornment, and exquisite textiles. These textiles were not, however, universally admired from an early Western point of view.
Girandole mirror, 1810-1830
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.