EditorialNegative - Home Study, Hawthorn, Victoria, circa 1905, A study. There is a desk on the left, bookcases and a fireplace in the background and a chair on the right. There are objects, which may be weapons, displayed on the wall. Vases, plates and urns ar...
EditorialPortrait of Herman Alexander R? ell Hermannus Alexander R?ell (title on object), knee-length left of Herman Alexander Roel sitting at a table, with a writing spring in his hand and an open notebook. On the table in front of him an inkwell. A family cre...
EditorialPortrait of Jacobus Ignatius Krijs Jacobus Krys (title on object), Jacobus Ignatius Krijs sitting at desk with a crucifix. A writing spring in his hand. Behind him a column and a curtain, behind it two pilasters and bookcases. To his right a religious ...
EditorialPortrait of Nicolas Boileau-Despr? aux, The French poet Nicolas Boileau-Despr? aux. He is sitting at a desk with a writing spring in his hand. Behind him bookcases., Jacob Gole (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1704, paper, engraving, h 405 mm ? w 287 mm.
EditorialPair of Bookcases (Biblioth?ques), c. 1720. Attributed to Charles Cressent (French, 1685-1768). Kingwood and rosewood veneers, gilt metal mounts; overall: 247.6 x 132.1 x 57.2 cm (97 1/2 x 52 x 22 1/2 in.).
EditorialMoldings for Bookcases, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, ca. 1753?54, Black ink, sheet: 7 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (19.7 x 30.1 cm), Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718?1779 London).
EditorialThe Library of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, 1745. Circular room with bookcases inlaid in the walls. Wainscot of cedar wood, floor of cedar and lindenwood, by J. H. Huelsmann. Gilded bronze ornaments and reliefs by D. Giese. Copy of a Roman Apollo-bust on...
EditorialThe library of Sanssouci Palace, a circular room with intarsia floor and richly ornamented bookcases. King Frederic II library contained over 2.200 volumes, mainly the works of classical Greek and Roman poets, but also the complete works by French phil...