plate rack: new auction buy...

auction purchase, wood carvings: appear to be 18th Century fragments, (worm holes, etc...) maybe from a carved pub sign?

auction buy: fancy painting, clearly amazing period frame...

seems to be unsigned, perhaps school of Barbizon???

New Auction Purchase

Not at all sure, of my attraction to WWI posters, but I like do like this one...

Clyde Forsythe (American, 1885-1962), titled And They Thought We Couldn't Fight / Victory Liberty Loan , signed l.r., published by Ketterlinus, Phila l.r.; 40 x 29 in

auction purchase 7/12

Queen Anne Carved Walnut and Gilt-gesso Mirror, England, mid-18th century

Newest auction purchase

Aquatint engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand.

George Brookshaw's 'Pomona Britannica' is the finest work on fruit and flowers ever produced. Its breathtaking images display a level of technical virtuosity and beauty that distinguish this magnificent work as a true work of art.

As a retired cabinetmaker, Brookshaw produced his seminal botanical study late in his career, at first publishing it in parts and then as a complete edition in 1812. The fact that this outstanding work took ten years to complete is evident in the quality of its images and the care with which Brookshaw executed each individual picture. 'Pomona Britannica' was produced as a visual record of the best available varieties of fruit in an attempt to encourage gardeners to experiment with growing fruit, and illustrates examples found in the Royal gardens at Hampton Court, Kensington Gardens, and the private gardens of the Prince of Wales in Blackheath.

Painting by Lillian Hammitt, student of Thomas Eakins. Most notable for being checked into mental hospital after appearing downtown Philadelphia wearing a bathing suit after Eakins informed Ms Hammitt he had no intention of leaving his wife for her despite their affair...

Bought this yesterday, is it worth cost of restoration?

New rug!

my new desk chair

A FRENCH RESTAURATION PERIOD,C.1825. FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU IN MAHOGANY.