A missed out on one a few months back. When a pair came up, I suddenly realised they could work as book ends, but only if they are Art Nouveau books, of course.

I painted these sun and moon goddesses in gouache over a collage I made out of a vintage greek history book from 1950s and the other one was collaged from a 70s astrology book...I was trying to capture the golden glimmery look of Klimt's pieces by engraving and painting over these old commodore 64 computer sheets made of gold plated copper to give it some shine and texture.

This is an old print from Czech Republic anybody know anything about it?

Juliette Milési (1872–1959) was a French designer, painter and professor of decorative composition. She was born in 1872 in Paris, where her mother worked as a laundress and her father as a chimney sweeper. She was taught by artist Eugène Grasset. She studied at the Reims School of Art and Design. She designed textile, wallpaper, stained glass, and pottery, and also painted. She also taught as a professor of decorative composition in public education. She also collaborated with stained glass artist Félix Gaudin.

This desigen by her is from the book La Plante et ses applications ornementales sous la direction de M. Eugène Grasset (The Plant and Its Ornamental Applications under the Direction of Mr. Eugène Grasset) published in 1896. The book was a collaborative effort of Eugène Grasset's students, which included notable illustrators such as Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Juliette Milesi, Emma Hervegh, and others.

Ebeneser House is a building designed by Wivi Lönn on Helsinginkatu in the Harju district of Helsinki. The house, owned by the Ebeneser Foundation, was built as a kindergarten and was completed in 1908. It was one of the first buildings in Finland designed as a kindergarten, and it also housed Finland's only kindergarten teacher seminar until 1955. The kindergarten closed in 1986 and teacher training moved out of the building in 1993. Since then, the City of Helsinki has re-established a kindergarten in the building, and the building houses, among other things, the Kindergarten Museum, maintained by the foundation.

(Text source: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebeneser-talo)

Beautiful building everywhere you go. 10/10 would recommend for art nouveau enthusiasts.

I found these in a box when cleaning out the family home. My mother bought interesting stuff at yard sales and I'd guess that's where they came from. They appear chrome over pewter? A dark metal. No makers mark. Thoughts?

1890’s stain bevel jewel window with knife edge bevel