C. 1840s French Maison Berville Full Box of "Venetian" Charcoal Sticks display stand this is really a quintessential

this is really a quintessential example

Largest: 5 1/4" tall

amplifying its great sense of presence

Once a common practice in southeast Asia

and all sorts of impasto for the trees and bushes

C. 1840s French Maison Berville Full Box of "Venetian" Charcoal Sticks display stand this is really a quintessentialThese is a scarce French box of "Venetian" charcoal sticks, distribued by the Maison Berville in Paris and dating to about 1840; I found one box of them just like this in the digital collection of the Huntington Library. I've got a thing for antique art supplies (so romantic feeling, and as embodiments of creative potential) and for French paper labels, too, and what is purer more immediate and essential feeling than a box full of charcoal twigs? Rich