Dutch ‘Kwab’ Table c.1670 and Later Baroque Ornament A 17th Century pewter spoon

A 17th Century pewter spoon lies between delicate bloomed damsons and cow parsley seed heads in dappled light

or gloriole) is a crown of light rays

“a small bird in flames” (13th Century)

it’s refined features alert and poised

An incredible pair of winged Harpy sculpture corbels originally from a 17th Century Belgian Castle

Dutch ‘Kwab’ Table c.1670 and Later Baroque Ornament A 17th Century pewter spoonA Dutch carved pine Kwab table c. 1670 and later. The fantastically designed Kwab table is a great example of furniture from a very small and specific frame of time. The kwab style is the most important Dutch contribution to the development of decorative art in Europe. In the 17th century fluid forms of ornamentation became fashionable in art such as sea creatures, beasts, fluid contours found within nature and the undulating forms of the body. The