Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 small fan The Encampment Tent is a

The Encampment Tent is a common IOOF symbol and also a level of degrees

Hand-forged wrought iron with rivets joining individual pieces on the rack

These porcelain lidded canisters or boxes by Jack Lenor Larsen for Dansk

This lovely art nouveau style free hand “hearts and vines” iridescent glass vessel reminds me of the miraculous capacities of blown glass—what a tiny wonder

with light wear and aging to the wood

Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 small fan The Encampment Tent is aI've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles; I just think he was a really good landscape painter, and Russian prices are pretty good! This impressionistic oil on cardboard may be my favorite yet really a little gem of a painting, and I could look at that sunlit tree against painterly clouds and radiant blue sky all day. I might guess this was was painted along the