#ornate
From: Pigot, James. A complete alphabet of cyphers, reversed & inverted. London? 1705?
NK3640 .P54 1705
From: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832. Gothic furniture. London : R. Ackermann, 1827 or 1828
From: Pigot, James. A complete alphabet of cyphers, reversed & inverted. London? 1705?
NK3640 .P54 1705
alone with my thoughts
Day 462: Maria Dimova
About:
“Hello! I’m a digital artist from Chisinau, Moldova.
As you can see, one of the main motives of my art is feminine beauty, which I like to shade in splendid clothes with complicated ornaments and rich refinement.
Also I’m very interested in the fantasy genre – in graphic arts as well as in literature. That’s why I try to add at least a bit of magic in my works.
In my art I try to use everything I’m interested in and I don’t beware of trying something new.”
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Elegant three-piece fancy casserole serving silver-plated vintage covered dish by Simeon and Rogers Company to grace an equally elegant buffet dining table
available at http://villacollezioneboutique.com/
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Working on drawing #rococo #ornament
#wip #baroque #sketch #oldschool #drawing #design #french #louisxv #decoration #decorativeart #appliedarts #illustration #art #pencil #vintage #history #arthistory #ornate #kistch #sketching #fantasy #fantasyart
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The Lello Bookstore was built in 1906 in Porto, Portugal by The Lello Brothers (Antonio and Jose) who formerly owned another bookstore a few streets away. Their new bookstore is one of the most ornate bookstores in the world, mixing Neo-Gothic and Art Dec elements (especially the facade, pictured below). Carved wood ceilings, a stain-glassed roof, an undulating, opulent red staircase, and even a built-in wheel-barrow on rails for moving the store’s 120,000 all make the Lello seem like the bookstore out of some fantasy-world (J.K. Rowling herself lived in Porto for a short while).
The bookstore experienced several decades of disrepair, but in 1995 a massive renovation project returned it to its former glory, and now it is as much a tourist-attraction as a bookstore. But oh, what a bookstore. (Be sure to check out the last image below for a glimpse of what the Lello looked like in its early days - 1906 photograph of the early days of the Lello Bookstore.)
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