It's been a while since I worked on my Prolog-based parser for Akkadian verbs, but I noticed a bug and realized I wanted to get back to it. As part of that, I've added a change log, to track bugs and improvements
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Consider this a follow-up to the previous post on the current Boucheron necklace collection celebrating twenty years of Cirque de SoleiI. I was able to track down some more promotional pictures of the necklaces, this time with names even!
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(All pictures from Paris Joaillerie, and can be clicked for larger versions)
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Guy Laliberté, majority owner of Cirque de Soleil, teamed up with Boucheron, of whom he is a frequent customer to put together a collection of 20 pieces inspired by various Cirque productions. Each of the pieces in the collection, dubbed Inspiria, will be duplicated with one complete set to be sold, proceeds to benefit One Drop, a charity founded by M. Laliberté to provide clean drinking water. The other set will remain in the posession of the Cirque foundation, but available to the viewing public at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until August 29, 2010.
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I've seen many fonts try to play the "optical illusion" card, but seldom as well as Priori Acute by Jonathan Barnbrook and distributed by Emigre.
To add to the fun, some letters have alternate forms, as seen in the R
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To add to the fun, some letters have alternate forms, as seen in the R
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Because the modern manual-wound wristwatch is not enough of an anachronism, Jerome Siegrist who is one of the Confrerie Horlogere*, has designed a wristwatch driven by a replica of the Antikythera mechanism
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* A watchmaking group sponsored by BNB Concept to create unusual and innovative watches, previously referenced
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* A watchmaking group sponsored by BNB Concept to create unusual and innovative watches, previously referenced
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From the lens of Shem Compion, samples from two of his galleries:
Large Cats of Africa
And part of a series on why porcupines are not afraid of leopards, Leopard and Porcupine
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Large Cats of Africa
And part of a series on why porcupines are not afraid of leopards, Leopard and Porcupine
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Here is more of the jewelry from the Cartier in America exhibit previously referenced, twice.
First the "Tutti Frutti" Necklace from 1936, altered in 1963
The piece is platinum and white gold, set with marquise, baguette, and round old-cut diamonds, thirteen briolette-cut sapphires weighing 146.9 carat in total, two leaf-shaped carved sapphires, 50.8 and 42.45 carats, sapphire beads, one sapphire cabochon, square carved emeralds, fluted and smooth emerald beads, and emerald cabochons. It is 43cm in length. (Photo by Nick Welsh, Copyright Cartier Collection)
It was commissioned by Daisy Fellowes, the Paris editor for Harper's Bazaar in the 1930s, and ocassionally hailed her as "the world's most elegant woman." She was the daughter of the Duke Decazes and Isabelle Singer (of the sewing machine fortune). Below is a picture of her wearing this piece
Here the Princess is shown in a formal portrait in 1959 wearing both pieces
First the "Tutti Frutti" Necklace from 1936, altered in 1963
The piece is platinum and white gold, set with marquise, baguette, and round old-cut diamonds, thirteen briolette-cut sapphires weighing 146.9 carat in total, two leaf-shaped carved sapphires, 50.8 and 42.45 carats, sapphire beads, one sapphire cabochon, square carved emeralds, fluted and smooth emerald beads, and emerald cabochons. It is 43cm in length. (Photo by Nick Welsh, Copyright Cartier Collection)
It was commissioned by Daisy Fellowes, the Paris editor for Harper's Bazaar in the 1930s, and ocassionally hailed her as "the world's most elegant woman." She was the daughter of the Duke Decazes and Isabelle Singer (of the sewing machine fortune). Below is a picture of her wearing this piece
(Photo by Cecil Beaton. Courtesy of Sotheby')
Also on display are two pieces given by Prince Ranier to Grace Kelly, including her engagement ring, a 10.47 ct emerald-cut central stone flanked with 2 baguette-cut stones, set in platinum.
Also a Riviere necklace, of diamonds set in platinum from 1953
Also on display are two pieces given by Prince Ranier to Grace Kelly, including her engagement ring, a 10.47 ct emerald-cut central stone flanked with 2 baguette-cut stones, set in platinum.
Also a Riviere necklace, of diamonds set in platinum from 1953
Here the Princess is shown in a formal portrait in 1959 wearing both pieces
(The three preceeding pictures are from the Palais Princier de Monaco)
Also a still from her last film appearence, High Society, shows the then engaged Kelly wearing the ring (Photo by Dennis Stock/Magnum Photos, via)
Finally a large shoulder broach, made for Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1923. It is platinum, set with diamonds and seven large Indian emeralds, including one dating back to the Mughal Empire
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Also a still from her last film appearence, High Society, shows the then engaged Kelly wearing the ring (Photo by Dennis Stock/Magnum Photos, via)
Finally a large shoulder broach, made for Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1923. It is platinum, set with diamonds and seven large Indian emeralds, including one dating back to the Mughal Empire
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From the previously referenced Cartier in America exhibit come these four clocks. Cartier's desk clocks were a celebrated example of the style, which was quite popular throughout the early and middle of the 20th century.
First a Portique Mystery Clock, where there is no apparent connection between the hands and the movement. This one is in Platinum, gold, rock crystal, diamonds, coral, onyx and black enamel and dates to 1923.
(Photo by Nick Welsh, Copyright Cartier Collection)
Second is a more classical guiloche enamel minute repeating desk cubic clock from 1908, in , silver, gold, agate, moonstone, diamonds, platinum, clockwork, and glass. The dial has, for hour indications, the words "Bons Souhaits", roughly meaning "Good Wishes"
(Photo by Joe McDonald, Copyright Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
Inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922, the Neo-Egyptian style was in full bloom by the time this striking clock was made in 1927, from gold, silver-gilt, lapis lazuli (base and top), mother of pearl plaques carves with hieroglyphs, carved coral rings and rods. The kneeling winged Egyptian deity at the top is set with emeralds and carnelians, and enameled.
(Photo by Nick Welsh, Copyright Cartier Collection)
Finally a more historical, if less attractive clock. It was given to FDR personally by Pierre Cartier in 1938 and has, in addition to the main dial, four sub-dials, displaying the time in London/Paris, Rome/Berlin, San Fransisco and Tokyo. Made of silver, onyx and nephrite, it has an eight-day movement signed European Watch and Clock Co, a name frequently used by Cartier when importing clocks and watches to the US.
(Photo courtesy of Sotheby's, where the clock was sold in December, 2007 for a record $1,609,000)
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First a Portique Mystery Clock, where there is no apparent connection between the hands and the movement. This one is in Platinum, gold, rock crystal, diamonds, coral, onyx and black enamel and dates to 1923.
(Photo by Nick Welsh, Copyright Cartier Collection)
Second is a more classical guiloche enamel minute repeating desk cubic clock from 1908, in , silver, gold, agate, moonstone, diamonds, platinum, clockwork, and glass. The dial has, for hour indications, the words "Bons Souhaits", roughly meaning "Good Wishes"
(Photo by Joe McDonald, Copyright Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
Inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922, the Neo-Egyptian style was in full bloom by the time this striking clock was made in 1927, from gold, silver-gilt, lapis lazuli (base and top), mother of pearl plaques carves with hieroglyphs, carved coral rings and rods. The kneeling winged Egyptian deity at the top is set with emeralds and carnelians, and enameled.
(Photo by Nick Welsh, Copyright Cartier Collection)
Finally a more historical, if less attractive clock. It was given to FDR personally by Pierre Cartier in 1938 and has, in addition to the main dial, four sub-dials, displaying the time in London/Paris, Rome/Berlin, San Fransisco and Tokyo. Made of silver, onyx and nephrite, it has an eight-day movement signed European Watch and Clock Co, a name frequently used by Cartier when importing clocks and watches to the US.
(Photo courtesy of Sotheby's, where the clock was sold in December, 2007 for a record $1,609,000)
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Coming to the Legion of Honor museum, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Fransisco is what promises to be quite an impressive collection of Cartier's work. It focuses on work from the early 1920s through the 1970s, with many pieces coming from their collection, housed in Geneva.
The following pictures are mostly from 7x7 Blog:
The above necklace pictured on it's first owner, Liz Taylor. It was a gift from her husband, in 1958, Mike Todd (photo copyright Photofest)
A platinum necklace set with round and rose cut diamonds and centers on a 143.23 Ct polished emerald. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
A Crocodile necklace from the 1970s. It is gold, set with 1,023 brilliant-cut fancy intense yellow diamonds weighing 60.02 carats in total, two navette-shaped emerald cabochons, 1,060 emeralds weighing 66.86 carats in total, and two ruby cabochons. The necklace was owned by the famous Mexican Actress La Doña Maria Félix. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
The necklace can be separated into 2 large crocodilian broaches
(Photo from flickr)
And here is the necklace in situ
( Photo by Lord Snowdon. Courtesy of Vogue US)
A platinum, 18-carat and 20-carat gold bib-shaped necklace from 1947. It is set with a heart-shaped faceted amethyst, twenty-seven emerald-cut amethysts, an oval faceted amethyst, turquoise cabochons and baguette-cut diamonds. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
And a preliminary sketch of the above bib necklace, also from the Cartier Collection
There are several more pieces that will be coming soon.
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The following pictures are mostly from 7x7 Blog:
1949 Cartier broach in the form of a panther claspin a star sapphire. (Photo courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Fransisco)
1951 Cartier ruby and diamond necklace (photo by John Bigelow Taylor)
1951 Cartier ruby and diamond necklace (photo by John Bigelow Taylor)
The above necklace pictured on it's first owner, Liz Taylor. It was a gift from her husband, in 1958, Mike Todd (photo copyright Photofest)
A platinum necklace set with round and rose cut diamonds and centers on a 143.23 Ct polished emerald. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
A Crocodile necklace from the 1970s. It is gold, set with 1,023 brilliant-cut fancy intense yellow diamonds weighing 60.02 carats in total, two navette-shaped emerald cabochons, 1,060 emeralds weighing 66.86 carats in total, and two ruby cabochons. The necklace was owned by the famous Mexican Actress La Doña Maria Félix. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
The necklace can be separated into 2 large crocodilian broaches
(Photo from flickr)
And here is the necklace in situ
( Photo by Lord Snowdon. Courtesy of Vogue US)
A platinum, 18-carat and 20-carat gold bib-shaped necklace from 1947. It is set with a heart-shaped faceted amethyst, twenty-seven emerald-cut amethysts, an oval faceted amethyst, turquoise cabochons and baguette-cut diamonds. (Photo by Nick Welsh for the Cartier Collection)
And a preliminary sketch of the above bib necklace, also from the Cartier Collection
There are several more pieces that will be coming soon.
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