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 Featured Decorative Arts

Eva Scott Fenyes commissioned this silver bowl and its matching stand from Pasadena silversmith Clemens Friedell... 

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Although there is little Arts and Crafts style objects in the collection, the ladies of the family did collect Van Briggle pottery... 

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Cage, Animal

This 19th century French mahogany and brass cage housed Leonora and Thomas Curtin’s pet marmoset named "Dom Pedro de Jura Juba." ... 

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Cabinet, Vargueño

The vargueño is a portable desk, the form of which originated in Renaissance Spain... 

 

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Fixture, Lighting

The Fenyes Mansion’s butler’s pantry was illuminated by a double-function gas and electrical lighting fixture...  

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Lamp

Mrs. Fenyes displayed two Tiffany lamps in her mansion on Orange Grove Avenue, this “Lotus bell” table lamp... 

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Clock

This clock was made in Boston (c.1820) by Aaron Willard, one of the early pioneers in the clock industry... 

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This spring-wound Victor Victrola was the first talking machine to employ the “new” internal horn... 

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Table, Knitting

This sewing table, displayed in the master bedroom of the Fenyes Mansion, is a reproduction of a late 18th century... 

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Suitcase

Dr. Adalbert Fenyes’ rectangular, leather-covered wood suitcase has numerous stickers applied all over... 

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