Relief with Winged Genius (Apkallu) detail, from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in the Assyrian Imperial capital of Nimrud, 883-859 BCE, The Walters Art Museum.
Alice Davis from the Mary Everhard Collection at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The first picture is labeled “circa 1895“ on the museum website but based on the silhouette of the gown, I would estimate the year 1905 to 1908
Chatelaine (Ornamental Chain) with the Figure of Judith with the Head of Holofernes
19th century
Germany
“This piece appears to date from the 19th-century, it may be an unfinished work. The central portion of the architectural strap work and the figure of Judith are very similar to a number of double-sided renaissance revival pendants designed and executed by Reinhold Vasters in Aachen, Alfred Andre and Henri Husson in Paris, Salomon Weininger in Vienna, and Gabriel Hermeling in Cologne, as well as others, during the second half of the 19th century.”
In several rooms in the home of Connecticut antiques collector Pat Guthman, who specializes in eighteenth-century American furniture, the only colors are the mellowed tones of old wood, ceramics, and metalwork. The house is actually new, but to give it an old look and complement her stellar collection, the owner added architectural details as old as the furniture.
