Home furnishings catalogs have evolved over the past couple of decades into glossy, sumptuous celebrations of domestic life (minus the mess). They're a far cry from the fuzzy line drawings of a Sears catalog at the turn of the last century. But Judith Kampfner says that some of the eye popping splendor in current catalogs begins much longer ago than that: with the 17th century paintings of Dutch Still Life masters.
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Artist: Marion VerbruggenAlbum: Van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof (Selections)Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr. -
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Artist: Wes MontgomeryAlbum: Full HouseLabel: Riverside