One of the most delightful objects in either exhibition is Blumka's 16th-century figure of Morgante, the Medicis' court jester, modeled by Giambologna.
By 2008, I'll probably have my own compact car that shoots turtle shells and other delightful objects at passing motorists.
Surrounded by so many delightful objects all day, Phillips has a few favorites of his own, particularly the designs of Aldo Bakker, who happens to be the son of Gijs Bakker, co-founder of the Dutch design collective Droog, and jewellery designer Emmy van Leersum.
Our technologies should not dictate style, but should give our creative designers wings to imagine new ones – to allow us to experience thrilling new stories, and delightful everyday objects.
Her etching lovingly stresses the graceful interweaving of grasses, twigs, leaf fragments and other gleanings that make bird's nests such delightful and fascinating objects.
There's also a palpable lack of anything too corporate and an admirable collection of old fishmongers, button stores and a delightful shop selling objects made by the blind: all wooden cabinets, baskets and brushes.
While he was there on a Sunday, when the kindergarten was free of the hubbub of children, Mr. Kenna discovered what he describes as "curious and delightful presences," the objects the children played with.
In 2007, we launched on this site a column called Lets' Bring Back -- which has, over the past three years, celebrated hundreds of forgotten-yet-delightful fashions, pastimes, objects, and personalities.
To many, Kennedy is a maker of lovely decorative objects — those delightful lamps; candlesticks; book-cloth shades; totes made of glossy horsehair — elegant, versatile pieces available through a few select retailers.
| Sotheby's offers its own cavalcade of European decorative arts, with George II desks and chairs (among other furniture items) on Oct. 11, all manner of silver objects (including delightful musical snuff boxes) on Oct. 17, and a large group of nineteenth-century furnishings and sculpture from the estate of the gallerist Rochelle Sepenuk on Oct. 21.
The gallery, with its planned clutter of brilliant objects, is a delightful surprise that plays to a viewer's inner acquisitor.
