#mysterious_sorcery

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Summer (from “The Seasons”), 1896.

Artist: Alphonse Mucha

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December, ‘La Belle Jardinière’ by Eugène Grasset, 1896

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Zsolnay lustre ceramic figural water pitcher, ca. 1902-1904, Hungary

The water pitcher gradating from dark blue to orange with diaphanous dressed women emerging from the base and forming the handle, sides and spout. From Heritage Auctions

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A Verhaeren of New York embroidered silk evening gown, ca. 1909

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Calisthenics ensemble, ca. 1865 

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Six tiles, depicting "Flora's Train", earthenware relief-moulded to imitate tube-lining, and painted with coloured glazes. Walter Crane for Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, 1900-02.

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The Lit Aube et Crépuscule (Dawn and Twilight Bed) by Emile Gallé, 1904.

Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy

The materials to make this bed include rosewood, ebony, mother of pearl and glass. The bed symbolizes dusk, dawn and life. Dusk is a butterfly at the headboard with a landscape of night. Dawn is a butterfly at the foot of the bed, illustrating the renewal of the day. The crystal part of Dawn is said to represent life as a “cosmogenic egg”.

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An Art Deco patinated and silvered bronze, frosted glass and ivory 'Harlequin' figural lamp. Cast and carved from a model by Marcel-André Bouraine, ca. 1925.