Monkey teapot
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
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Monkey teapot
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
The Chitra Collection is an extraordinary private museum of historic teawares. In 2011 Nirmal Sethia, the Chairman of the luxury tea company, Newby Teas, set himself the task of acquiring the world’s greatest collection of teawares to record and preserve tea cultures of the past. Today, the collection, named in honour of his late wife, Chitra, totals almost 2000 objects and is already the world’s finest and most comprehensive collection of its kind.
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Russia, 1896-1908
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Russia, 1896-1908
Bloodstone and gold openwork, Germany, ca.1750
Bloodstone and gold openwork, Germany, ca.1750
Silver and ivory, Paul Storr, England, 1814
Silver and ivory, Paul Storr, England, 1814
This harewood tea caddy, made around 1790 is decorated with intricate floral sprays in marquetry, our #techniqueoftheweek. This labour-intensive method involves applying paper-thin veneers of wood cut to a design that is then pieced together and applied to the base. Although examples are found dating to ancient Rome, it was popular in England from the 1760s when a revival of Neoclassical designs in the 'French taste' became fashionable. Cabinet makers such as Thomas Chippendale became closely associated with the technique in their designs.
I love wooden objects,and the tea caddy is just beautiful.
Oh it's beautiful , love the intricate designs 😉
I would never have guessed that was a classical method. Wow! Now I need to look for some of those ancient examples.
Perfection in wood, incredible.
So how is this technique different than inlay? Which is what I thought the thin veneer pattern design was called..or is that another method?
Gorgeous
Gorgeous !
Beautiful.
Rachel Johns
