Object Notes

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.

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.

Helmets designed at the major Greek commercial city of Corinth were popular throughout the archaic period (6th-early 5th century B.C.E).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

George Nelson's Bubble lamps are familiar icons of Modernism, the streamlined form somehow evocative of both paper lanterns and the space race. Nelson designed the first bubble lamp in 1947, using a self-webbing plastic that was developed for military use.