The 173 Artworks of media Ivory and containing the word jean baptist isabey, ivory, 1800

This group of two figures, carved with virtuoso skill from a single piece of ivory, depicts the Fall of Adam and Eve. In contrast to conventional treatments of the theme, this one dispenses with both the serpent and the tree of knowledge. Instead we see a tortoise and a greyhound, symbols of marital...

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The master luthier (a maker of lutes and other stringed instruments) who created this kemenche rendered birds, scrolling foliage, and stars along the head, edges and back of this instrument, using ivory set in tortoiseshell with a gold leaf backing. He carved the tuning keys from ivory and capped th...

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This object is called a ‘spoon’ for cosmetics as it was used as a container for ointments. Carved in ivory, it reveals great artistic sensitivity and a sense of humour when dealing with an everyday theme. It shows a date-palm whose bowl is like a large leaf and handle is a palm-shaped tree-trunk. Le...

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Mosnier was a favored portraitist at the French court, who worked both on ivory and on canvas; after the French Revolution, he led an itinerant life, moving first to London and then Hamburg and St. Petersburg. The costume in which Louis XVI is represented is identical to that worn in a miniature of ...

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The sitter (1841-1922) founded Lewis & Conger, a housewares department store in New York City.

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