Fern Cushion

Fern CushionA rectangular cushion in a woven foliate design, two toned in warm coppered brown and cool cornflower blue, each colour coming forward depending on how the light falls. The edges are finished with a brushed fringe in dusky teal, picking up the blue in the weave. Sold as a single cushion. Each is finished by hand with a feather filling, the pattern thoughtfully placed. As with all hand made things, slight variation is part of its character and its

of warm Galatina sandstone at the golden hour

75 inches / 86 cm

decorated in Royal Blue cobalt glaze and gilding

in the style discussed in the influential 17th century manual issued by George Parker and John Stalker and entitled

in well-figured fiddleback mahogany

The slender urn is made of beutifully veined Giallo Siena

carvers & gilders'

The iconographic elements were carved through the built-up coats of dark lacquer and filled with pigments and gold

with a reference to the present table

5 cm / 19”

He directed the Jardin des Plantes botanical garden in Paris

HMS Pandora was a 24-gun Porcupine class frigate of the Royal Navy