Oscar de la Renta

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Kutani Porcelain

This lens is about one of my favorite Japanese Antique porcelain styles named KUTANI. I hope you'll enjoy reading about it! It is not only beautiful and highly valuable, but also rich in historical and Artistic content. Look at the picture and review the intricate details, the tiniest flowers on the...

Monarch Butterfly

Among all butterflies, orange ones fascinate me the most. Ever since I was a small child, I loved spending time in the meadows during summer, which were richly covered in wild flowers, and attracted various butterflies! Today, as a grown-up, this fascination is still alive. While I have many favorites...

Mabe Blister Pearl

This lens is about the phenomenal round, heart shaped and square Mabe pearls so many women admire! While some Mabe pearls are made by clam living in salt water, today, the vast majority of Mabe blister pearls jewelry is coming from freshwater (FW) clams and pearl farms. Indulge in their beauty, and...

SATSUMA PORCELAIN JAPAN

This lens is about Japanese Satsuma porcelain, one in a series of lenses I will write about Asian Antique ware. I have been admiring Satsuma porcelain since I was little, and never left out an opportunity in my travels to visit the museums exhibitions which included Japanese Art.

Imari Porcelain Japan

This lens is one in a series of lenses I will write about Asian Antiques, especially Japanese and Chinese Art. I always admired the intricate beauty of old Japanese porcelain and earthenware. In this lens I will introduce the reader to the Imari style, which is probably the easiest to recognize ...

Bernstein Zimmer: The Amber Room

This lense describes the famous Bernstein Zimmer as the Amber Room is called in German. Information about the mysterious disappearance of this masterpiece of Art, as well as a despription of the new, restored version of the room is provided. What a mysterious story!

Sevres Porcelain France

In this lens I will decribe the origin, the history and the characetristics of Sèvres Porcelain. Sevres porcelain was known for centuries in France as the Porcelain of the Kings and the King of Porcelains [Le Roi des Porcelains et Le Porcelain des Roix]. The first soft paste porcelain ...

Limoges Porcelain

This lens will explore the porcelain style known to collectors as Limoges. Limoges is not really a maker's brand, rather, it is a collection of excellent, highly refined porcelain manufacturers who settled in and around the city of Limoges in France.

Mouse Deer of Malaysia and Borneo

I wanted to write about this fascinating creature, the Mouse Deer, for a long time now. It is an animal barely larger than a rabbit, and it looks so funny with its large ears, pointed nose, mustache and slender long legs, supporting a rather chubby body!

Blanc de Chine

Blanc de Chine also known as Dehua or Monochrome porcelain is called so because it involves items without colorful details, made in one color only which is usually white (blanc = white in French). Cherished by Chinese and Western connoisseurs des Arts for more than 300 years, blanc de Chine ...

Albatross

This lens is about the largest bird in the World, the smiling Albatross. If you are passionate about the Environment and Nature WITHOUT being radical or fanatic in your thinking (such as spray-painting fur-coats, or rejecting membership applications to animal lovers' clubs / groups from people who enjoy fur and leather items) you're welcome to join my Squidoo group Nature and Environment.

Meissner Porcelain Dresden Germany

This lens is about the Meissner porcelain, an admired European antique, that came to being more or less by coincidence. Wouldn't it be for the almost obsessive collection lust of August the Strong, Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) who believed it was his royal duty to amass a collection of Art...

Herend Porcelain Hungary

If you have read my other lens about the Monarch, by now it should be no secret for you that I love orange butterflies. Herend Fortuna porcelain is satisfying two needs of mine, (1) that of aesthetics, and (2) that of surrounding myself with orange butterflies. Although it is very expensive, even th

Balaton

This page affords you with a glimpse into the beautiful landscape surrounding the largest freshwater lake in Europe, Lake Balaton in Hungary.

Sophia Loren

One of the greatest European actresses ever, the beautiful and talented Sophia Loren is introduced on this lens, her private life as well as her legacy as an actress.

Schiaparelli

This lens is about one of the geniuses of fashion design, italian countess Elsa Schiaparelli. She is now long gone, yet her legacy is stronger than ever: Look at some of her world famous designs and dresses, now in museums. She knew what classical elegance means.