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At the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan this week, she introduced 25 candlesticks designed with flakes of cast brass sparingly affixed to sleek, barely tapered cylinders lathe-turned from walnut wood.
WSJ: The New American Minimalism
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Benin kings, or "obas, " often kept artists at the royal palace to create brass-cast artworks heralding their feats in trade and war.
WSJ: Boston Museum Gets Major Gift of African Art from Lehman Heir
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Increasing pomp and opulence distinguish Phyfe's work from 1815 to 1825, which features richly figured mahogany, kingwood, rosewood, white and colored marble, brass inlay, lavish gilding and finely cast mounts of ormolu (gilt metal).
WSJ: Duncan Phyfe | Furniture for a Young Nation | By Barrymore Laurence Scherer