Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 welded iron pretty mirror

pretty mirror

alabaster I believe

Let the loud trumpet sound

Anything would feel special served on this elegant hand thrown ceramic black-glazed plate with three perfect white circles radiating in from its lip

which I think is just a beautiful object I’d hang on the wall

Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 welded iron pretty mirrorI was just saw a beautiful Alexander Calder show at Moma and have had Calder on the brain, so was delighted to find this one this weekend, which I think is pure joy. Jean de La Fontaine (1621 95) collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse, publishing these in several volumes from 1668 to 1694, which became classics of French literature. For this book published by George Brazilier,