Available at www.NYCwebStore.com Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” Glass Ornaments This collectible glass “Starry Night” ornament makes a beautiful addition to anyone’s collection. Each ornament is faithfully reproduced from Van Gogh’s 1889 original. Each glass ornament takes up to 6 hours to hand blow, silver, paint and glitter in Eastern Europe–making each ornament a unique art piece. MIA’s glass Christmas ornaments are mouth blown, silvered, hand painted and glittered. All designs are exclusive limited edition of 1500 pieces or less. Mia designs her ornaments in her Polish studio nestled in the Tatra mountains. Mia’s designs draw on Poland’s folk tradition of making glass ornaments, her love of the arts and the world around us. Enjoy! History of the Van Gogh’s Oil Painting “Starry Night” 1889: When Vincent van Gogh was a patient in an asylum at Saint-Rémy in the south of France, he wrote to his brother Theo: “This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big.” The morning star is another name for Venus, and it may be the large white pulsating form, just to the left of center in this painting. Van Gogh stayed up three nights in a row to paint the view from his window in the asylum, because, as he said, “the Starry Night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” But Van Gogh was not just painting an Starry Night as an image of what he saw. In fact, the church spire here is typical of …
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In 1865, George Duncan bought the glass factory of Ripley and Company in Pittsburgh, where he had been employed by D. C. Ripley. He formed a partnership with his sons under the name George Duncan and Sons. Augustus Heisey, his son-in-law, was a partner also. Sand was brought in on the Monongahela River, only two blocks away.
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Building a Fine Tableware Collection – Accenting Your Table with Elegant Touches
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A gathering of family, close friends or business associates calls for only the best dinnerware to be brought out of storage and cleaned to perfection to make each guest feel special. A beautiful table setting is not only pleasing to look at in itself but it can also help to showcase the food itself and make the meal a more enjoyable experience overall. Presentation is one of the most important factors in any food preparation and building a beautiful tableware collection will ease the burden of worry over whether your food will look as wonderful as it tastes.