In a good period vellum binding, the copy sold by Forum for £20,000 bore the ownership inscriptions of two early Mantuan physicians. Gaspare Aselli’s De Lactibus…, published in Milan in 1627, was both the first book with anatomical illustrations in colour and the first scientific study of the lymphatic system. Stop by for a look! 2104 Magazine, NOLA.One of four folding chiaroscuro woodcut plates, printed in black and dark and light red, from the copy of Aselli’s De Lactibus… sold at £20,000 by Forum. Still in use today, daybeds are wonderfully versatile: whether used for catnapping, seating, as a room divider or to accommodate an overflow guest, they can work in almost any room.Īt Piranesi we have several elegant daybeds. Immensely popular and useful in Victorian England, daybeds were referred to as fainting couches and used by ladies who needed to rest when their corsets became too tight. Later in France the chaise longue developed. Called couches in England, they had one high end and were cane or rush covered with loose cushions on top. In ancient India, the god Vishnu was depicted reclining on a daybed historical evidence of daybeds exists in nearly every culture of the ancient world, including Etruscan, Mesopotamian, Chinese and African.ĭaybeds became popular in 17thc France where they were elaborate pieces with scrolled sides and cushioned seats. Made of and adorned with rich materials, they were a sign of wealth. In the age of Cleopatra, they became famous in the Roman world as well as the Greek. Dating back to the ancient Egyptians, they were created out of palm sticks that were bound together, and used for sleeping and lounging. Piranesi has in its collection several pieces of veneered furniture adorned with marquetry designs.ĭesigned and planned for rest during the day in preference to the formal bed, the daybed has a long and varied history. By the end of the nineteenth century, veneer and marquetry had become extremely popular and accessible forms of furniture decoration. From the seventeenth century right through to the end of the nineteenth century, tools improved, and techniques became increasingly swifter and more refined. The 17th and 18th centuries marked the zenith of marquetry, when the courts of England and France patronized this art form in furniture. The related art of marquetry uses a palette of different wood veneers to create formal or naturalistic patterns or pictures. It was a way of stretching the scarce and exotic as far as possible in making lovely and elegant furniture. Simply put, the craft of veneering involves the slicing of rare, expensive and beautiful woods into the thinnest of leaves and gluing this precious material onto a substructure of more common and less expensive wood.
Veneering dates back thousands of years and was prized by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Below are some pictures of the houses and streets of the old quarter. When the first settlers built their houses, one could distinguish the wealthier owners by the thickness of their roofs the more layers of tile a roof had, the wealthier the owner. Ancient homes of colorful weathered adobe and of stone are everywhere. Winding streets of 17th century cobblestone are laid out in the Portuguese style, a pattern different from the perpendicularly laid out streets found in Spanish colonial cities. This is where the colonial history of the city can be seen in the architecture. The Barrio Historico is the oldest section of the city. It was founded by the Portuguese in 1680 and is utterly charming… In its early days it changed rulers often, going back and forth between between the Spanish and the Portuguese until it was incorporated into Brazil in 1816 and then in 1828 became part of the independent country of Uruguay. Before it gets here though, we would like to share some of our recent experiences there.Īlways on the hunt for new adventure, from Buenos Aires we took a one hour Buquebus ride across the Rio de la Plata (the widest river in the world) to Colonia del Sacremento, the oldest town in Uruguay. We are so excited by all the incredible and interesting pieces we found! Not to mention that the ship is on the water and soon to arrive in New Orleans. This summer we made another shopping pilgrimage to Buenos Aires in search of the unexpected and the beautiful.
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