I Love Lucy fans may recognize these oval framed prints from the early episodes. The pair of framed oval prints by Borghese were recently sold on eBay.
Here is a closer look at the stylish ladies in fancy bonnets.
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Another I Love Lucy framed picture shows up on Andy Griffith
Here is a framed Margo Alexander Studio print we looked at in a previous post , seen above in the Ricardo’s apartment on I Love Lucy . This another Desilu studio prop that shows up several years later on the Andy Griffith Show, below it is seem over a fireplace in two different episodes
Andy Griffith, Season 6, scene showing the Margo Alexander print in color over 10 years later in 1964.
And the same picture on Andy Griffith, Season 5, Episide 7. Man In The Middle
Margo Alexander Studio Print
Here it is seen in another I Love lucy location over the fireplace.
Thanks again to johndalessio for the contribution.
Borghese Framed Fashion Lady Print as seen on I Love Lucy
This Borghese chalkware/plaster framed fashion print matches one of a pair of oval pictures seen on the chimney breast in the Ricardo’s livingroom of their first apartment.
Listed on eBay HERE
Happy New Year!
I Love Lucy Hallway Print Woman in White Dress
This is from the Sentimental Anniversary episode, 2/1/54 (3rd season) where the Ricardos sneak out of their apartment
and run into Ethel, as they leave and soon after Fred shows up with their anniversary cake.
Artist: Leonard Campbell Taylor (British, 1874–1969)
Title: WOMAN IN WHITE DRESS
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 68 x 59 cm. (26.8 x 23.2 in.)
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Lucy in the Swiss Alps: Walther von Klingen Print
On the wall in the Ricardo’s room in Lucerne there is a framed Medieval print from the Codex_Manesse of Walther von Klingen
Walther von Klingen AKA: “Count Walter III of Altenklingen”
Birthdate: circa 1220
Birthplace: Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
Death: Died March 1, 1286 in Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
He was a Minstrel and author of songs in the Codex. The Codex Manesse, is a medieval songbook, the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illustrated between ca. 1304 when the main part was completed, and ca. 1340 with the addenda.The codex was produced in Zürich, for the Manesse family.
The manuscript is “the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries;” its 137 miniatures are a series of “portraits” depicting each poet. ( Source Wikipedia)
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Lucy goes to Monte Carlo: Watteau Painting Print
An ornate framed print of The Feast (or Festival) of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau is seen in the set of the Monte Carlo hotel on I Love Lucy.
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The Mertzes in Monte Carlo: Nicholas Lancret Framed Print
On the wall of the Mertzes Monte Carlo hotel room is a well known Nicholas Lancret framed print called La Camargo Dancing. Also seen on the chest of drawers beside the door is a figurine we saw in the Mertzes Connecticut home in another I Love Lucy episode. A figurine of a colonial lady, Florence Ceramics “Charmaine”.
The woman dancing in the painting is Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo a famous French/Belgian ballet dancer known as La Camargo. She was first woman to execute the entrechat quatre, the first dancer to wear slippers instead of heeled shoes, and also first to wear the shorter calf-length ballet skirt and the now standard ballet tights.
Reference:
- http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.96.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Lancret
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Anne_de_Cupis_de_Camargo
Lucy Goes to Monte Carlo: George Bickham Framed Print
On the wall of the Ricardo’s Monte Carlo hotel room is a framed print of an antique song sheet.
The sheet music is reproduced from an original copper plate print by engraver George Bickham. The sheet of music entitled “Reason for Loving” is from an antique song book The Musical Entertainer circa 1737 and 1739 Vol II. The book in two volumes can be viewed or downloaded at: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musical_Entertainer_(Bickham_Jr.,_George)
Similar framed vintage prints can be found on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=George+Bickham+Musical+Entertainer+&_sacat=0
Margo Alexander print on I Love Lucy
Here is another Margo Alexander print seen on the I Love Lucy set. This one is seen in the early episodes as one of three landscape prints on the back wall of the living room set. Later, after the Ricardo’s move to the bigger apartment it can occasionally be seen above the mantel alcove over the livingroom fireplace, as seen in the publicity picture below
Here we see the Margo Alexander picture indicated by an arrow uppermost above the fireplace. Below it are a pair of E Melvin Bolstad prints we looked at in this post.
More about Margo Alexander in this earlier post Here.
Lucy’s Margo Alexander Schoolhouse Print
Here is a mid century print by folk artist Margo Alexander of a little red schoolhouse that I have only seen on the show from the point of view of the screen capture above where Lucy is on a ledge outside the window of the Ricardo’s apartment. Continue reading Lucy’s Margo Alexander Schoolhouse Print