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Catalog Shopping, 19th-Century Style 14 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm

Carlton Hobbs Collection This collection of watercolor drawings is a rare survival of a complete inventory record of a German manufacturer of tools and other metal wares. There are over 1,400 Stock K...

A Pair of Jacaranda Side Chairs 23 Jul 2013 | 09:01 pm

Carlton Hobbs LLC, a pair of Jose I carved jacaranda side chairs, circa 1755 This extremely fine pair of carved jacaranda side chairs are probably Brazilian dating back to 1755.  Each chair has a sha...

Small Clues Can Make Up The Big Picture 23 Jul 2013 | 01:56 am

This Portrait of a Lady and Her Dog is a recent acquisition, and a provides a good example of how a painting may be analyzed based on individual features and can serve as a historical record. Carlton...

An 18th Century Metropolis in Marquetry 27 Jun 2013 | 01:05 am

Carlton Hobbs LLC The scenes depicted in these marquetry panels are based on 17th century illustrations of the city of Rome, one after an engraving of the Piazza de Santi Apostoli by Giovan Battista ...

An Aesthetic Period Gilt-Brass Circular Mirror Of Unusual Form 14 Jun 2013 | 07:07 pm

This gilded brass mirror is reflective of the designs of the Aesthetic Movement, which traveled from Britain to America in the last third of the 19th century, and supported aesthetic values above soci...

An Aesthetic Period Gilt-Brass Circular Mirror Of Unusual Form 14 Jun 2013 | 07:07 pm

This gilded brass mirror is reflective of the designs of the Aesthetic Movement, which traveled from Britain to America in the last third of the 19th century, and supported aesthetic values above soci...

A Boy And His Horse, of course, of course 30 May 2013 | 02:22 am

Carlton Hobbs LLC This portrait of a boy and his horse, signed and dated 1646, is the work of the Dutch Golden Age painter Herman Mijnerts Doncker (c. 1620-1656). He was active in Haarlem from circa ...

A Boy And His Horse, of course, of course 30 May 2013 | 02:22 am

This portrait of a boy and his horse, signed and dated 1646, is the work of the Dutch Golden Age painter Herman Mijnerts Doncker (c. 1620-1656). He was active in Haarlem from circa 1633-1640, where he...

An Extremely Rare Pair Of Wax Sculptures Of Gentlemen Dressed In Their Original Apparel 18 Apr 2013 | 12:26 am

Carlton Hobbs LLC The art of wax modeling can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when it was used for effigies, death masks and portrait miniatures. In Renaissance Italy, Florence, Venice and Naples w...

An Extremely Rare Pair Of Wax Sculptures Of Gentlemen Dressed In Their Original Apparel 18 Apr 2013 | 12:26 am

The art of wax modeling can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when it was used for effigies, death masks and portrait miniatures. In Renaissance Italy, Florence, Venice and Naples were among the first ...

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