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		<title>Dashing Through the Snow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently acquired a magnificent and unusual object — an 18th century sleigh carved in the form of a dragon! &#160; In 17th and 18th century Europe, these fabulous vehicles were used in parades and races. They were a great source of fun at the French court—Marie Antoinette commissioned several for her sleighing parties— and were driven on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/decorative-objects/dashing-through-the-snow/2012/01/17/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Carlton Hobbs!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To learn more about this painting (and see the true version) visit our website. Hosted by kiwi6.com file hosting. Download mp3 &#8211; Free File Hosting.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/news/happy-holidays-from-carlton-hobbs/2011/12/19/</link>
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		<title>A GREAT Exhibition Vase!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This exceptionally fine and monumental glass vase was created by W. Hoffmann of Prague and exhibited at the 1862 Paris International Exhibition. It is a 19th-century variation on the &#8220;Alhambra Vases&#8221; of the 14th and 15th centuries. These Hispano-Moreque wares derived from ancient amphoras and were made, for purely decorative purposes, to stand in niches probably [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/decorative-objects/a-great-exhibition-vase/2011/11/30/</link>
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		<title>Inventive Vienna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carlton Hobbs LLC. This set of four side chairs is an example of the typically &#8220;modern&#8221; inventive Viennese design of the early 19th century. They are characteristic for the simplistic lines, minimalist design, and light-colored woods, which originated as an antidote to the pompous and ornate designs of the Empire style in France. However, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/chairs/inventive-vienna-in-the-biedermeier-era/2011/11/09/</link>
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		<title>A Duchess Of All Trades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This painting, by the French artist Adolphe Demange, depicts the Duchess d’Uzès working on a monumental sculpture of Joan of Arc in the workshop of her mentor, the painter and sculptor Jean-Alexandre-Josef Falguière. Demange (1857- after 1927) was a portraitist who was inducted into the Society of French Artists after 1901, and appeared in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/art/paintings/a-duchess-of-all-trades/2011/10/14/</link>
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		<title>A Family Affair: Identity Crisis Solved!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we posted about an interesting painting whose mystery was slowly being uncovered. We now have another exciting piece of information to share about the family depicted. We now know that the group within a neoclassical interior almost certainly depicts the apothecary Konrad Göschl and his wife Franziska, possibly with their children. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/art/paintings/family-affair-identity-crisis-solved/2011/09/14/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Triumph of Silenus&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This sculpture depicts  Le Triomphe de Silene, or &#8220;The Tripumph of Silenus,&#8221; by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). Silenus  was the companion and tutor of the wine god Dionysus, who had the gift of prophecy. He is depicted as an old man &#8220;lolling drunkenly&#8221; on an donkey, leading the triumphal procession of Dionysos.  Silenus is sometimes flanked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/art/the-triumph-of-silenus/2011/09/06/</link>
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		<title>A Family Affair: Neoclassical Painting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This painting of a group within a neoclassical interior has been in Carlton Hobbs&#8217; personal collection for nearly 26 years and has remained a mystery. Until now&#8230; The group may be a family, though that is not certain. The young girl on the left was clearly not painted at the same time as the other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/art/paintings/a-family-affair-neoclassical-painting/2011/08/23/</link>
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		<title>An Artful Blow Against Animal Cruelty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Animal fights for sport have an ugly history that extends back to antiquity. The pastime reached its peak in the 16th century and is documented in numerous artworks such as a 16th century embroidery panel of a bear fighting dogs at the court of Henry II of France (in a private collection) (figure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.carltonhobbs.net/news/an-artful-blow-against-animal-cruelty/2011/08/08/</link>
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		<title>The Style of Schinkel, Illuminated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The present chandelier is executed in the distinctive style of Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), perhaps the greatest German architect and designer of the nineteenth century and the leading arbiter of national aesthetic taste in his lifetime.]]></description>
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