Dulac Polar Bear Winter Magic Mouse Pad

Dulac Polar Bear Winter Magic Mouse Pad 

A truly enchanting scene of a magical winter's night with star-swept sky, friendly polar bears and a beautiful snow maiden. Classic and elegant black and white, with a tiny hint of red.

About the artwork: Edmund Dulac illustration from Dreamer of Dreams by the Queen of Roumania, 1915. From the Golden Age of Illustration.

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Alphonse Mucha Ivy Art Nouveau Mousepad

Alphonse Mucha Ivy Art Nouveau Mouse Pad

Le Lierre (Ivy), 1901 by Alphonse Mucha.

A marvelous palette of soft greens, dusty lilac and mahogany brown. I love the graceful swags of ivy looped through her hair.

Like its companion piece Le Laurier (Laurel), the wonderful trompe-l'oeil effect gives this work an earthy, garden feel and a tactile appeal. You want to actually reach out and feel the texture of the tile mosaics. The Arts and Crafts Movement influence is stronger and the palette more restrained in these two pieces than in most of Mucha's other works, yet that lyrical Mucha magic is as potent as ever.

Matching items are available in my gallery's Art Nouveau Collection.  Add the matching mug for a smashing desk set.

Beatrix Potter Merry Christmas Rabbit Mouse Pad

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Beatrix Potter Merry Christmas Rabbit Computer Mouse Pad Mousepad

Merry Christmas and Plenty of Buns Beatrix Potter

Three Rabbits Eating Plenty of Buns by Beatrix Potter, painted in the early to mid 1890s.

A delightful painting of three bunnies eating, yes, plenty of buns! I love her ingenious use of lettering which spells out the message "A Merry Christmas and Plenty of Buns." And liking good puns the way I do, I also love the play on words (buns like you eat and "buns" as a short form of "bunnies"). Beatrix Potter normally signed her works with her three initials in a lower corner, but she continued her playful use of lettering in this particular painting and placed them on the key tag instead, which I find quite charming.

Please visit my gallery's Beatrix Potter Christmas Collection for matching items. Binders in this same design are also available in different sizes (one inch and two inch).

About the original work of art:
Artist: Beatrix Potter
Title: Three Rabbits Eating Plenty of Buns
Date: Early to mid 1890s
Medium: Ink and watercolor heightened with gouache.

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Merry Christmas and Plenty of Buns Beatrix Potter

Three Rabbits Eating Plenty of Buns by Beatrix Potter, painted in the early to mid 1890s.

A delightful painting of three bunnies eating, yes, plenty of buns! I love her ingenious use of lettering which spells out the message "A Merry Christmas and Plenty of Buns." And liking good puns the way I do, I also love the play on words (buns like you eat and "buns" as a short form of "bunnies"). Beatrix Potter normally signed her works with her three initials in a lower corner, but she continued her playful use of lettering in this particular painting and placed them on the key tag instead, which I find quite charming.

Please visit my gallery's Beatrix Potter Christmas Collection for matching items. Binders in this same design are also available in different sizes (one inch and two inch).

About the original work of art:
Artist: Beatrix Potter
Title: Three Rabbits Eating Plenty of Buns
Date: Early to mid 1890s
Medium: Ink and watercolor heightened with gouache.

Carl Larsson Christmas Tree Mouse Pad

 
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Carl Larsson Christmas Tree Mouse Pad Mousepad

Carl Larsson Juletræ (Christmas Tree) 1917

Looking at Larsson's paintings always leaves me feeling refreshed, and this one is no exception. I love the graceful lines, the feeling of calm anticipation and the sense of a happy family this painting evokes.

Description: A pretty little blond girl in traditional folk costume stands on a chair to add a candle to the Christmas tree.

Add the matching coffee mug for a charming holiday desk set. Matching note cards, address labels, stickers and more are available in my gallery's Holiday and Winter Collection.

About the artist: Larsson, Carl (b Stockholm, 28 May 1853; d Falun, 22 Jan. 1919) was a Swedish painter, illustrator, printmaker, and writer. His work included numerous portraits and book illustrations, as well as several large murals (the best known are those on Sweden's artistic history in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 1896), but he is now remembered mainly for his watercolors of the idyllic life he enjoyed in his now-famous house in the village of Sundborn with his wife Karin and their eight children.

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Redoute Red Camellia Botanical Print Mousepad

Pierre-Joseph Redouté Camellia japonica 1827

As a Camellia grower myself, I can attest that all of us Camellia lovers are positively passionate about these little trees -- so if there's a Camellia grower in your life, you've found the perfect gift!

I adore this particular print: lovely, simple, elegant, charming -- everything but the marvelous Camellia scent. Produced by "the Raphael of flowers" Pierre-Joseph Redouté for his sumptuous book of engravings Choix des plus belles Fleurs.

I love the graceful lines, the vibrant greens of the sun-dappled leaves and the rich red of the flower itself. Truly, it's an exquisite bloom. (Well, that's no wonder: the specimen he painted belonged to a French princess!)

Matching note cards, Christmas cards, stickers, postage stamps and more are available in my gallery's Antique Botanical Prints Collection.

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Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Mouse Pad Mousepad - Purple

Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Mousepad - Purple

A wonderful Vintage Santa Claus from 1909

A wonderful 1909 Santa Claus laden with gifts beside the Christmas tree. I love his purple coat and hat, and the kind expression on his face.

Matching postage stamps, address labels, stickers, postcards, note cards and more are available in my gallery's Vintage Santa Collection.

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Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Mouse Pad Mousepad

Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Mousepad

A wonderful Antique Santa Claus from 1909

A wonderful antique Santa Claus from 1909 all dressed for the snowy night in his fur-trimmed coat and hat of green. You can tell he loves the beautiful Christmas tree all lit with candles and festooned with glittering gold. He's carrying gaily-wrapped packages and a bag full of toys ~ dolls and marionettes ~ to delight the children on Christmas morn.

Matching Christmas cards, postage stamps, address labels, stickers, postcards, note cards and more are available in my gallery's Vintage Santa Category.

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Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Tree Mousepad Mouse Pad

Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Tree Mousepad

A wonderful Antique Santa Claus from 1910

A truly wonderful antique Santa Claus from 1910, all decked out in his fur-trimmed coat and hat of red. He's standing by the Christmas tree with candles alight and glittery star on top, ready to spread Christmas cheer. Those gaily-wrapped gifts must hold wondrous delights for good little girls and boys.

Matching Christmas cards, postage stamps, address labels, stickers, postcards, note cards and more are available in my gallery's Vintage Santa Category.

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Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Mousepad Mouse Pad

Vintage Santa Claus Christmas Mousepad Mouse Pad

A wonderful Vintage Santa Claus from 1909

A wonderful 1909 Santa Claus laden with gifts beside the Christmas tree. I love his red coat and hat, and the kind expression on his face.

Matching postage stamps, address labels, stickers, postcards, note cards and more are available in my gallery's Vintage Santa Collection.

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Poinsettia Christmas Mousepad Mouse Pad - Alphonse Mucha

Poinsettia Christmas Mousepad Mouse Pad Mucha

Elegant Art Nouveau Poinsettias by Alphonse Mucha

Vibrant Poinsettias in shades of cherise pink, fuchsia, orchid and vermilion to brighten any dreary winter day.

Add the matching mug for a smashing holiday desk set. Co-ordinating Christmas cards, note cards, postage stamps, postcards, stickers and more are available in my gallery's Alphonse Mucha Christmas Poinsettia Collection.

About the original work of art:
Artist: Alphons Mucha
Title: Le Rubis (The Ruby)
Date: 1900
Period or Movement: Art Nouveau
Medium and Support: Color Lithograph
Série de lithographies en couleurs intitulée Les Pierres Précieuses

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Poinsettia Christmas Mousepad Mouse Pad - Alphonse Mucha

Poinsettia Christmas Mousepad Mouse Pad Mucha

Elegant Art Nouveau Poinsettias by Alphonse Mucha

Vibrant Poinsettias in shades of cherise pink, fuchsia, orchid and vermilion to brighten any dreary winter day.

Add the matching mug for a smashing holiday desk set. Co-ordinating Christmas cards, note cards, postage stamps, postcards, stickers and more are available in my gallery's Alphonse Mucha Christmas Poinsettia Collection.

About the original work of art:
Artist: Alphons Mucha
Title: Le Rubis (The Ruby)
Date: 1900
Period or Movement: Art Nouveau
Medium and Support: Color Lithograph
Série de lithographies en couleurs intitulée Les Pierres Précieuses

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Gould Hummingbirds Waterlilies Mousepad Mouse Pad

 Gould Hummingbirds Waterlily Mouse Pad

Purple-throated Carib Hummingbirds by Gould

A pair of exquisitely colorful hummingbird hovering above waterlilies by Gould. Eulampis jugularis ("Purple-throated Carib Hummingbird") from Monograph of Trochilidae 1849-1861, J. & H. Gould & Richter.

Matching note cards, postcards, stickers and more in my gallery's Hummingbirds Collection.

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Bosschaert Bouquet in an Arched Window Mouse Pad

 

Bosschaert Bouquet in an Arched Window Mousepad

Bouquet in an Arched Window c. 1618 Bosschaert

Exquisite in detail, this glorious bouquet is perched in an arched window with a sublime view behind. I love the little caterpillar and the mayfly, and the tiny bee. Seashells also sit in the nice, one a perfect murax. The more you look, the more tiny details you notice.

Palette drawn from the flowers beloved of the Dutch in the 16th and 17th centuries. There are Rembrandt tulips, roses, Dutch iris, daffodils, narcissus, pinks, cosmos, marigolds and more.

Inside left is a verse from the same period by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585). The faint floral pattern on the inside pages also dates from the period.

Fully customizable, so you can add a message if you wish, or remove the verse or background images if you wish, using the "customize it" feature.

Matching stickers, postcards, gift tags and more are available in my gallery's Renaissance Flowers Collection.

About the original work of art:
Artist: Bosschaert, Ambrosius the Elder
Title: Bouquet in an Arched Window
Date: c. 1618
Period or Movement: Northern Renaissance
Medium and Support: Oil on panel, 64 x 46 cm
Location: Mauritshuis, The Hague

About the artist: Bosschaert (b. 1573, Antwerpen, d. 1621, Middleburg) was a Flemish flower and still-life painter, active mainly in the Netherlands, where he is recorded in Middelburg from 1593 to 1613 and later in the Utrecht Guild in 1616. Although he spent the major part of his life in the Netherlands, Bosschaert's style was basically Flemish - similar to that of Jan Brueghel, with whom he ranks in quality and as one of the pioneers of flower painting as an independent genre.

His bouquets have a rich variety of flowers from different seasons arranged in a formal way. The degree of finish and exactitude, and the subtlety of the colour, are exceptional. His Bouquet in an Arched Windowis one of the most reproduced of all flower pieces. Bosschaert may fairly be said to have initiated the Dutch tradition of flower painting and his style was continued by his three sons, Ambrosius the Younger, Abraham, and Johannes, and also by his brother-in-law, Balthasar van der Ast.

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Renaissance Angel Mouse Pad Pinturicchio

 Renaissance Angel Mousepad Mousepad Pinturicchio

The Annunciation (detail)1501 by Pinturicchio

Detail of the Archangel Gabriel from Pinturicchio's fresco of the Annunciation at Santa Maria Maggiore in his native Umbrian town of Spello.

The rich Renaissance greens, reds and golds of Gabriel's robes are in vivid contrast to the more muted tones of the elaborate architectural details in the background. The traditional lilies held in Gabriel's hand are particularly graceful and finely done.

Perfect at Christmas time, beautiful and tasteful year round.

Matching note cards, Christmas cards, postcards, stickers and more are available in my gallery's Angels Collection.

About the original work of art:
Artist: Bernardino di Betto (Benedetto), Italian painter called Pinturicchio
Title: The Annunciation (detail)
Date: 1501
Period or Movement: Italian High Renaissance
Medium and Support: Fresco
Location: Collegiata di Santa Maria Maggiore, Spello
Notes: This particular fresco is signed "Bernardinvs Pintvrichivs Pervsinvs" ~ which I find quite charming.

Raphael Angel Mouse Pad Raffaello Sanzio

 Raphael Angel Mousepad Raffaello Sanzio

Angel (fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece) 1500-01

The face of an angel as only Raphael could paint it. I love the composition and the purity of line. Rich palette of Renaissance red and green balanced with black and white.

Perfect at Christmas time, beautiful and tasteful all year round.

Matching cards, note cards, postcards, stickers and more are available in my gallery's Angel Collection.

About the original work of art:
Artist: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)
Title: Angel (fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece)
Date: 1500-01
Period or Movement: Italian High Renaissance
Medium and Support: Oil on wood, 31 x 27 cm
Location: Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia
Notes: The altarpiece was badly damaged in the earthquake of 1789. This angel fragment is one of the few unblemished fragments salvalged from it after the disaster.

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Angel Playing a Flageolet Burne-Jones Mouse Pad

Angel Playing a Flageolet Burne-Jones Mousepad

Angel Playing a Flageolet Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Angel Playing a Flageolet, tempera and gold paint on paper, c. 1878 by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Palette is drawn from the Renaissance, rich in red, blue and gold.

Perfect at Christmas time, beautiful and tasteful year round.

Matching cards, postcards, stickers and more are available in my gallery's Angel Collection.

About the original work of art: Burne-Jones painted two sets of three angels playing musicalinstruments, a small set in oil and a larger one in tempera. (Tempera was a medium favored by Italian Renaissance artists and involved the fusion of pigments with water and egg yolk. Burne-Jones was one of the few -- if not the only -- Aesthetic Movement artists to revive its use.

The artist retained this work in his own studio for ten years before parting with it to the dealers from whom it was immediately bought. Ah, I can understand why the artist was loathe to part with it, and why a buyer immediately snapped it up.

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Polar Bear Winter Magic Mouse Pad - Edmund Dulac

Polar Bear Winter Magic Mousepad Edmund Dulac

Starry Skies, Snow, Polar Bears - Winter Magic

A truly enchanting scene of a magical winter's night with star-swept sky, friendly polar bears and a beautiful maiden. Classic and elegant black and white, with a tiny hint of red.

About the artwork: Edmund Dulac illustration from Dreamer of Dreams by the Queen of Roumania, 1915.

Matching note cards, business/personal calling cards, stickers and more are available in my gallery.

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Renaissance Angel Mouse Pad Melozzo da Forlì

Renaissance Angel Mousepad Melozzo da Forlì

Angelo Musicanto - Melozzo da Forli - 1480

Angelo Musicanto (Music-Making Angel) by Melozzo da Forli, 1480. Surf the web on the wings of an angel. I love the uplifting colors, the expression on the angel's face, and that beautiful Cimabue blue sky between his outstretched wings.

Add the matching mug for a smashing desk set.  Coordinating Christmas cards, note cards, postage stamps, postcards and more are available in my gallery's Angel Collection.

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Verneuil Art Nouveau Seahorse Mouse Pad

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Elegant Sea Horses by Maurice Pillard-Verneuil

Elegant seahorses cling to undulating seaweed. You can almost feel the gentle sway of the water. Sophisticated palette of onyx black and chamoisee brown on an Isabelline (similar to parchment white) background. One of M.P. Verneuil's signature designs and a fine example of Gilded Age grace and refinement. I love the subtle hand-stenciled effect.

Add the matching mug for a smashing set.

About the artist: Maurice Pillard-Verneuil studied under Art Nouveau master Eugene Grasset. An early interest in Japanese printmaking blossomed into a passion for Asian art after his visit to Southeast Asia. In love with nature and the natural world, he drew inspiration from plants, flowers, animals, insects and marine life.

About this artwork:This particular design is from a suite of 60 color lithographs after decorative Art Nouveau devices by Mucha, Verneuil and Auriol found in the book 'Combinaisons Ornementales se Multipliant à l'Infini à l'Aide du Miroir' (Decorative Combinations, Infinitely Multiplied with a Mirror) by George Auriol, pseudonym of Jean-Georges Huyot, journalist, poet, songwriter, painter and engraver. Published in the year 1900 by Librairie Centrale des Beaux Arts, Paris.

It has been carefully and lovingly prepared for print by a professional graphic artist using state-of-the-art software. It is a joy to bring the best art of previous centuries into our own for everyday use and enjoyment. I hope you will enjoy using this mouse pad as much as I enjoyed working on the design.