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Saturday, June 29, 2013

 

SUMMER PRETTY



 

MAY DRIVE



 

MADISON TRIP



 

VINTAGE LURE




 

LANDS & PEOPLES



 

ESTATE SALE TOUR



 

EBAY OBJECT



 

341 OBJECT

ANTIQUE CHAIR- H J LINTON paris FRENCH RENAISSANCE revival- $51

From time to time I run across a piece of furniture with the unique ability to feel right at home in a wide variety of environments. This is such a piece. 

en though its fine turnings and deeply carved panel at the crest rail echo the preferences of 16th and 17th Century France, the rich oak, straight lines and sturdy profile are in keeping with design standards of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Moreover, these same characteristics work well as that one special piece in a room full of American country – a wink at the joiner stools and tables used by our Pilgrim Fathers.

 

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But it is what it is, a handsome survivor from approximately one hundred years ago, 1910-1920, when furniture of the French Renaissance enjoyed a revival, not only in France but throughout Europe and across the pond to America.

 

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More puzzling is it purpose, at least for me.  The popliteal height is only 16”, which make me wonder: "Might it be a youth chair?" Or was it intended as a seat for someone doing lowdown work. To some, an even more immediate question arises. “What the Devil is the “popliteal height?”
Total Height = 34"

 

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If it isn’t a youth chair, maybe it is simply a chair made for use in some country where people are short, such as France or the rain forests of the Republic of Congo. Like Pygmies, the French are little bitty people, or so I’ve been told.


 

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You can read the brass plaque easily, but to read the brand, you may need to turn your monitor upside-down or stand on your head, whichever is most practical.



 

AUDOBON DEAD BIRDS



 

ARNE IN MADISON



 

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA


FERMAT, PIERRE De (1601-1665)- mathmatician. while still young, he, along w/ pascal, made some discoveries to the properties of numbers on which after he built his method of calculations probabilities. he discovered a simpler method of quadrations parabolas than that of archimedes, + a method of finding the greatest + smallest coordinates of crooked lines analogous to that of the the unknown differential calculus. his method of maxima + minima created conflict w/ descartes, but the dispute due to a lack of clarity in a statement by F. F for a time councilor for the parliament of toulouse, + in the discharge of the duties of that office he was distinguished for legal knowledge + for strict integrity. he was also a general scholar + linguist. died in toulouse. son samuel de fermat a man of learning + published translations.

FERMENTATION- p 91-98 science/equations NO WANT!

 

SATURDAY INQUISITION BLOGGING


title page of the penal code of brandenburg 1516


 

ARNE PIC



 

ARNE IN MADISON



 

AUDOBON DEAD BIRDS



 

CAR BLING




 

1912 DICTIONARY




 

1912 DICTIONARY




 

EBAY OBJECT



 

ESTATE SALE TOUR



 

KITTEN PRON



 

LANDS & PEOPLES



 

MADISON TRIP



 

MAY DRIVE




 

HUNGRY SQUIRREL



 

SATURN'S DAY TIFFANY BLOGGING



Friday, June 28, 2013

 

ART HOARD


copper printing plate



 

MAY DRIVE



 

MADISON TRIP



 

FUZZY FROG LURES




 

LANDS & PEOPLES



 

ESTATE SALE TOUR



 

EBAY OBJECT




 

1912 DICTIONARY



 

AUDOBON DEAD BIRDS



 

ARNE IN MADISON



 

FRIDAY ART BLOGGING



 

ARNE PIC



 

ARNE IN MADISON



 

AUDOBON DEAD BIRDS



 

CAR BLING



 

1912 DICTIONARY


Manhattan.

 

EBAY OBJECTS



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