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Antique Lamps - A Lamp with a Message! We have all heard about the "message in a bottle". Here we look at an antique lamp with an ancient message! Antique Lamps - Papier Mache Papier Mache has an ancient history of over 2000 years, but you would not expect to find antique lamps to be made of papier mache,but,yes,there are papier mache antique lamps!. Chinese Imari - From the 18th Century to The 21st Century The Chinese attitude to their vast legacy of art and design differs markedly from Western thinking, which tends to classify art into different historic periods, associating styles, framed in time. Antique Lamps - Peking Glass The Chinese glass, known as "Peking glass" in the West, has a long and interesting history. China was producing glass in 700 BC but in 1696 things changed. Who's For Tea? The tea we drink and know so well is actually a camellia, Camellia sinensis. First discovered as a tea, or, dried leaf tip that could be added to boiling water as a drink. There is a lot more to know behind that cup of tea. Art as an Allegorical Figure If we can imagine "art" as an allegorical figure, a curator of the world's storehouse of music, pictures, literature, sculpture etc, we would need many more than one life time to see all she has to show us! Art constantly sets new challenges for all our five senses so let us follow our allegorical guide and welcome her vast wealth. Japan's Seto Imari and More. Historically, Japan has had a great influence on Western art including pictures, interior design, porcelain,architecture and certainly, the decorative arts. Bat Printing on Pottery and Porcelain The invention of transfer printing on porcelain and pottery was, without doubt, one of the most important innovations in the development of the ceramic industry. Antique Lamps - In Cassolette Style Prior to the development of modern sanitation etc, hygiene was poorly understood and certainly received very little attention. The air was full of "smells" from a multitude of sources That great diarist and contemporary of Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn, made a special note in his diary in August 1653 that he was going to experiment with "an annual hair wash" Antique Table Lamps for Interior Design - Chinoiserie In true Chinoiserie fairyland, Mandarins lived in fanciful, mountainous landscapes with cobweb bridges. They carried flower parasols, lolled in flimsy bamboo pavilions haunted by dragons and phœnixes, while monkeys swung from scrolling borders, always delicately drawn and full of free flowing movement with beautifully balanced composition.