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Leon Whitfield

Leon Whitfield writes for the Illumination (Tezhip) department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of illumination (tezhip).

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Vase étain laqué — Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Vase étain laqué

October 13, 2026Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio "Decorative Art of Spanish California" — American 20th Century

Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio “Decorative Art of Spanish California”

October 13, 2026Satan Before the Throne of God — William Blake

Satan Before the Throne of God

October 13, 2026Drawing for Plate 3: From Portfolio "Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania" — American 20th Century

Drawing for Plate 3: From Portfolio “Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania”

October 13, 2026L'arbre aux racines (Tree with Roots) — Eugène Bléry

L’arbre aux racines (Tree with Roots)

October 13, 2026Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio "Decorative Art of Spanish California" — American 20th Century

Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio “Decorative Art of Spanish California”

October 13, 2026Illustrated Title Page — Napoleon Sarony

Illustrated Title Page

October 13, 2026Plate 22: Wall Decoration: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico" — American 20th Century

Plate 22: Wall Decoration: From Portfolio “Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico”

October 13, 2026Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio "Decorative Art of Spanish California" — American 20th Century

Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio “Decorative Art of Spanish California”

October 13, 2026Jupiter Changing Io to a Cow — Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder

Jupiter Changing Io to a Cow

October 13, 2026

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