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A wall of plates will showcase the variety of flora and fauna that bloomed and crawled into the design of New Orleanians’ dishware. Crabs, oysters, crawfish, and shrimp celebrate the role of waterways on a 1984 World’s Fair commemorative plate. Alligators encircle a pelican on a hotel plate from the early 1900s, and a fanciful swamp scene, with nymphs swinging from reeds over a bayou, decorates a suite of dishes made by Louisiana Porcelain Works.
As decorative-arts lovers gather for the annual New Orleans Antiques Forum,
It's Only Natural will invite participants to explore and enjoy the South’s fascination with the beauty and intrigue of nature. —LYDIA BLACKMORE
C Candlesticks having belonged to Pierre De La Ronde
ca. 1805; silver
manufactured in France
gift of art anonymous donor, 1977.308.6.7-2
D.	“Crystal Cave” plate
1908-1924; porcelain
by L. Strauss and Sons (Austria and New York)
for the Crunewald Hotel
1991.21
E.	Coffee cup and saucer having belonged to Pierre Clement de Laussat
between 1782 and 1810; porcelain by Manufacture de Nast (Paris)
1988.82.1
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