(GERMANY)

Christmas card
(c. 1890)

Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI PANEL (TURKEY) Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Boots VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer) Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to) Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER Throne Carlo BUGATTI Beach dress FRANCE The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Cap CHRISTIAN DIOR, Paris (fashion house); John GALLIANO (designer); Stephen JONES (milliner) The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Scaramouche and Columbine MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller) SHOE Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS CAP Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO The thinker Auguste RODIN Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Glove purse MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) DAMASK Pair of glass coolers SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer) Top COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)