turn of the century - dec arts/mathews

Youth
c.1917

This is an oil painting on canvas that shows a group of women dressed in colorful flowing dresses that are dancing and playing instruments in a bucolic setting. A large cluster of purple and...

1925

"Conceived as a three-panel window within-a-window: a dense blue framing border, decorated with medallions of magnolia blossoms surmounted by an emblematic phoenix, surrounds an imaginary hilltop...

Four-Panel Screen
late 19th century to early 20th century

Four-paneled folding screen. "The asymmetrical composition of blossoming magnolia branches on a pale ochre background extends across all four panels, painted in oils accented with touches...

Sacred and Profane Love
1915

This is an oil painting on canvas that depicts to female figures sitting on a ledge in a garden. The figure at center has red hair and wears a long flowing dress. Facing forward, she holds a...

Reclining Woman in Red Dress Reading
c. 1887

This is an oil painting on wood panel that shows a woman reading while reclining on a couch.

desk|Writing Desk
c. 1910

"The interior of the Kleinhans drop-front desk has a deep arch with a miniature painting by Arthur Mathews that shows girls dancing on a beach, a theme Mathews returned to several times in...

untitled (lamp)
circa 1910

This is a bronze lamp with dragon motifs mounted on a carved hardwood base. The shade is made of mica and has an applied Chinese characters on each panel.

Coffee server
1900-1910

Gold plated silver coffee server with flat-top handle and quatrefoil decoration. Ivory bands appear where the handle meets the chamber of the pot. Domed lid with finial.

Compote
c. 1900-1905

Japanese Satsuma footed low bowl of hemispherical shape; white or cream earthenware body decorated allover with polychrome enamels of chrysanthemum blossoms and leaves with fine gilt outlines...

coffee pot
1913

Sterling cylindrical coffee pot that narrows at top in vertical thrust; short spout that descends half length of pot; straight squared wood handle with veveled edge at right angle to pot,...

c. 1926

This is a planished copper bowl. The rim has alternating single and double indentations in six places evently spaced around the edge.

c. 1920-1925

This is a round squat planished copper bowl. A cast branch with long narrow leaves that has green patina over the surface is attached around the rim.

c. 1920-1925

This is a planished copper letter holder with two slots for organizing documents.

c. 1920-1925

Planished copper letter opener with rounded end that tapers to a dull point.

c. 1920-1925

Planished copper blotter with sculptural leaf handle on top.

c. 1920-1925

Rectangular planished copper double inkwell with a trough separating a covered pyramidal well at each end.

vase
c. 1909-1910

This is a planished copper four-sided vase that curves inward at the middle and curves outward near the top before tapering sharply to the rectangular opening.

1910-1911

Pair of Dirk Van Erp copper bookends with hammered surface. The bookends are rectangular with rounded corners and taper slightly on the horizontal metal face. Each bookend has a pierced design...

1909

Small rectilinear table with overhanging top, straight legs, deep apron all around, and four stretchers. Woods: mahogany, teak, paduk; floral inlay designs in mother-of-pearl, silver, and copper...

1916-1917

This is a glazed earthenware low vase that has stylized decorations including flowers and birds around the top.

1911-1918

Baluster vase with straight-sided collar neck; flat flanged lip. White earthenware body, cast. Allover stylized design of trefoil leaves, smaller leaves, scroll stems, glazed green; large...

1913

This is a glazed earthenware vase that has a cylindrical shape that flairs outward slightly near the top and tapers back in at the lip. A band of stylized ivy appears around the vase at its...

c. 1911-1917

This is a glazed earthenware vase with a Madrone branch decorating the side and raised lettering "MADRONA" around the collar.

1911-1918|n.d.

This is a glazed ceramic vase with a bulbous top decorated with geometric designs that tapers to a round narrow base.

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