Ensemble YVES SAINT LAURENT, Paris (couture house); Yves SAINT LAURENT (designer) Suit GIVENCHY, Paris (couture house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer) Suit THIERRY MUGLER, Paris (fashion house); Thierry MUGLER (designer) Dinner jacket and skirt JEAN PATOU, Paris (couture house) Twist Family, child’s cutlery set GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Alfredo W. HÄBERLI (designer) Celtic line, casserole David HINSON (designer); CELTIC CERAMICS LTD, Kilrush (manufacturer) Contour, serving dish and stand POOLE POTTERY, Poole, Dorset (manufacturer); Robert JEFFERSON (designer) Top and kilt JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Paris (fashion house); Jean Paul GAULTIER (designer) Bustier and trousers JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Paris (fashion house); Jean Paul GAULTIER (designer) Saddle bag CHRISTIAN DIOR, Paris (fashion house); John GALLIANO (designer) Plate MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Désiré LEROY (decorator); DAVIS COLLAMORE & CO., New York (retailer) In praise of dialectics René MAGRITTE Tunic, skirt and boots VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer) The Erskine River waterfall Nicholas CAIRE "Juan-les-Pins", Folies Bergère BRASSAÏ Jacqueline at the easel, round dish Pablo PICASSO (designer); MADOURA POTTERY, Vallauris (manufacturer) Goat’s head in profile, round/square dish Pablo PICASSO (designer); MADOURA POTTERY, Vallauris (manufacturer) Goat's head in profile, dish Pablo PICASSO (designer); MADOURA POTTERY, Vallauris (manufacturer) Shoes VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer) Entrance to the suburb of Saint Marceau near Paris Renier NOOMS Rachel, Lady Beaumont William OWEN Year-round sellers – green peas, green peas, tender beans, beans…, postcard Eugène ATGET; V. PORCHER, Paris (publisher) The zen tea set Luigi COLANI (designer); PORZELLANFARBIK, Friesland, Germany (manufacturer) Jacket and skirt CHANEL, Paris (couture house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer) Murray River, panel II Fred WILLIAMS Cannons Creek, panel VII Fred WILLIAMS Flounce NORTHERN ITALY Royal Palace of Versailles, view of the outer courtyard Israël SILVESTRE Panel (ITALY / SPAIN) A Preface presented to LIU Taichong QIAN Nanyuan