BERLEI

Bra
(c. 1977)

Essay

Fragile identities: eighteenth-century British portraits in porcelain

(Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) FRAGMENT The Mayor's Cup William KERR Self-portrait Joseph WRIGHT of Derby The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS Textile William MORRIS The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Shoe covers COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Chair Carlo BUGATTI Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Iris, platform sandals ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO A monk with a book TITIAN Two old men disputing REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn Lace (FRANCE) Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico Jumpsuit ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer) Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ SHOE