Printing with our hands! 🎨📄📚 Head of Decorative Arts, Mary Lacoursiere, gives us an inside look into the process of creating Printed Decorative Paper. Tip 1 🔎: You can make pattern out of anything! Decorative Arts is hosting this Winter Workshop next week at the 1800 House starting Jan. 15th with teacher, Ellen Young. Register here to reserve your spot! 🔗 https://nha.org/learn/decorative-arts/courses/winter-series-printed-decorative-papers/ What was your favorite tip? Tell us below ⬇️ #nant

This exceptional three-piece garniture exemplifies late 18th-century decorative arts, featuring urns crafted from rare Blue John and adorned with finely chased ormolu mounts. Blue John, a semi-precious mineral found exclusively in Derbyshire, England, was highly coveted by European aristocracy for its distinctive purple and amber banding. Each classical urn features a fluted body rising from an acanthus-wrapped socle, with the central piece adorned with scrolling handles terminating in satyr mas