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Stained glass window from a chapel with Jesus as central figure

19th century stained glass window from a chapel in Bordeaux signed Mauméjean, Neo-Gothic style. Representing three hieratic standing figures placed on pedestals each in a separate stained glass panel. The central figure is Jesus holding an open Bible and raising his hand as if to preach; on his left stands Mary (or Mary Magdalene?) looking at him in adoration; on his right John the Baptist wearing a simple cloth, holding a bamboo cross with a banner written ECCE HOMO, and pointing towards Jesus. Above these three panels, are three small rosettes, two side by side featuring the faces of angels with colourful wings – one red the other green. Above, the third rosette we see the emblem of the bishop. The colours of the stained glass are strikingly bright, the features have been painted with attention to detail. Unfortunately we were unable to salvage the stone frame. This stained glass window is one of three – see items # 1028 and 1029.

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Modern fireback with Chinese-style decoration illustrating "The Great Mogul"

20th century cast iron fireback illustrating "The Great Mogul". The chinoiserie is a caracteristic of the Louis XV Rocaille style. A lot of chinoiserie was designed by Boucher, adapted also to furniture, objets d'art, materials, and porcelain. A very similar fireback is in the Musée of Orleans. CHINOISERIE, decorative work produced under the influence of Chinese art, applied particularly to the more fanciful and extravagant manifestations. Intimations of Eastern art reached Europe in the Middle Ages in the porcelains brought by returning travelers. Eastern trade was maintained during the intervening centuries, and the East India trading companies of the 17th and 18th cent. imported Chinese lacquers and porcelains. Dutch ceramics quickly showed the influence of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains. In the middle of the 18th cent. the enthusiasm for Chinese objects affected practically every decorative art applied to interiors, furniture, tapestries, and bibelots and supplied artisans with fanciful motifs of scenery, human figures, pagodas, intricate lattices, and exotic birds and flowers. In France the Louis XV style gave especial opportunities to chinoiserie, as it blended well with the established rococo . Whole rooms, such as those at Chantilly, were painted with compositions in chinoiserie, and Watteau and other artists brought consummate craftsmanship to the style.

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Modern fireback with a personage and his cat warming up by the fireplace

Cast iron fireback made in the 20th century depicting a peasant interior scene with an old man sitting on a chair warming himself near his large open fireplace, accompanied by his cat.

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Cast iron fireback decorated with a chariot of Apollo

Made of cast iron, this fireback is decorated with an Apollo on his chariot drawn by two horses. The scene is depicted in a clouds décor.