Decorative corbel of a Medieval man reading a book. It was probably designed to be hung high in a library. It is made out of plaster with a faux wood finish mounted on a wooden backboard. The Gothic revival style was very popular during the early 20th century, and similar whimsical reading figures carved from stone can be found decorating building exteriors all around New York City like the one shown above from 537 W. 110th St. We’ll take $400 off the list price through July 15, 2016. More here: http://www.georgeglazer.com/decarts/library/bkreader.html
IMHO, one of the best photos I’ve taken to date. Thought I’d reblog this instance of it being posted to tumblr, considering it has 300x as many notes as when I posted it originally ;)
Kraków ul. Gołębia 13 Uniwersytet Jagielloński - Collegium Witkowskiego budynek z lat 1908-1911 architekt: Gabriel Niewiadomski foto z 4 listopada 2017
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Kraków, Poland Jagiellonian University - The Witkowski College built in 1908-1911 archiect: Gabriel Niewiadomski taken on 4 November 2017
