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Category Archives: DecorativeArts
No Idea On Kohei Nawa Red Deer
Kohei Nawa was born in 1975. He is one of Japan’s new generation of high-flying young artists. Over the last several years he has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London, the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, Glass, Sculpture, StillLife
Tagged Kohei Nawa, PixCell Red Deer, Pixcells, Red Deers
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Grainger’s Toweling Fashion Changer – Has a Dry Sense of Humour
Percy Grainger & Ella Grainger: Towelling Tunic shirt, leggings, belt, shoes worn by Percy Grainger c. 1934 (Cotton bath towels, plastic, leather and metal) Dr Kaare K, Nygaard (1902-1989) Percy Grainger, 1955 (Bronze) Grainger Museum of Melbourne, University of Melbourne. Towelling … Continue reading
Enter the Dragon – How Clawsome
Melbourne’s Dai Loong (Big Dragon) has particular significance in the history of dragon making from China. Processional dragons are handmade out of silk, bamboo and wire. Historically it is a folk craft which originated in Foshan, in the Guangdong Province … Continue reading
A tureen to help store your emotional cabbage?
Above: Cabbage Tureen by Paul-Antoine Hannong, from Hannong Factory Strasbourg, Alsace, France (ca 1754-1762) – Faience earthenware (tin-glazed), 21.2 × 34.6 × 33.1 cm (Collection of National Gallery of Victoria, International). Faience (tin-glazed earthenware) and porcelain were the principal products of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Collectibles, DecorativeArts, Gallery Art, Porcelain
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It’s a Great Illustration – But No Cigar!
Above: Inside of cigar box illustrated by Eirene Mort containing wood working tools belonging to Nora Weston ca. 1920. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Eirene Mort’s death at the age of 98, a fitting time to consider her … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, DecorativeArts, Illustrations
Tagged Canberra Museum and Gallery, Eirene Mort, Livelihood, Nora Weston
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The Fate of the Owl My Dear is Ever So Clear to Hear, Due to the Verse and Cheer My Love, From the One and Only Edward Lear
The Owl & The Pussycat (1990) wood engraving 4 x 5.5 cm The Owl and the Pussy-Cat [Verse I] by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and … Continue reading
There is Nothing Harder at Task for Haida the Mask
Among the Haida people from the Pacific Northwest of North America existed secret religious societies that performed dances in which they wore wooden masks or carried wooden puppets that represented gagid, or the spirits of the forest. A gagid mask … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Carvings, Collectibles, DarkArt, DecorativeArts, Sculpture
Tagged gagid, Haida Mask, Haida Masks, potlatch
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Truly “Chihuly”: The Beauty is in the Eye of the Glass Beholder
Both images featured are from an untitled group from the Macchia Series (1982). Dale Chihuly (Born September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American glass sculptor. In 1960, Chihuly was studying interior design at the University of Washington, Seattle, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gallery Art, Glass
Tagged art-blowing, Dale Chihuly, glass art, Venetian art
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Viva Vivat Bohmen
Above: Vivat Bohmen cup and saucer, supposedly the oldest surviving Bohemian porcelain from Klášterec nad Ohří (1794). The cup measures 5.6 cm high. Klášterec nad Ohří, was a Bohemian factory founded in 1793, by Mikuláš (Johann Nicolaus) Weber with support from … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ceramics, DecorativeArts, Porcelain
Tagged Czech porcelain, European porcelain, Klasterec Castle, Museum of Porcelain, Vivat Bohmen
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Tennyo “Magokoro” – The Goddess of Sincerity
Tennyo “Magokoro” (The Goddess of Sincerity) is a statue constructed by Gengen Sato, who spent more than 10 years at the task after it was commissioned by Mitsukoshi Ltd. Consisting principally of Japanese cypress “Hinoki” about 500 years old that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Carvings, Oriental Art, Sculpture
Tagged Gengen Sato, Goddess of Sincerity, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tennyo Magokoro, Tokyo
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The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris ca 1500. The tapestries were created in the style of mille-fleurs (meaning: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Illustrations, Tapestry, Textiles
Tagged À mon seul désir, Boussac castle, he Lady and the Unicorn, Tapestry, Tlegends
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Callooh! Callay! for Calouste is Okay
Above: Dragonfly brooch once adorned by Sarah Bernhardt to whom it was lent by friend Calouste Gulbenkian. A corsage ornament which consists of dragonfly with griffon’s paws and green female torso whose face is supposed to be of Sarah herself. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Collectibles, DecorativeArts
Tagged Calouste Gulbenkian, Dragonfly brooch, Lalique, Sarah Bernhardt
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Compare the Pair #15: Compare the Chair
Left: “Hollow“(2012) fibreglass & paint by Anish Kapoor, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor was born on 12 March 1954, in Bombay. Kapoor lived and worked in London during the 1970s studying art at the Hornsey College of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, DecorativeArts, Textiles
Tagged Anish Kapoor, Ball Chair, Blobe Chair, Eero Aarnio, International Furniture Fair
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Far from Ross River Fever
Stonemason and Tasmanian convict Daniel Herbert was baptized on 17 February, 1802, in the Paul Street Independent Chapel, Taunton, Somerset, England; the son of Daniel Herbert, a Corporal in the 6th (Inniskillen) Dragoons. In March 1827, with James Camble and … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Carvings
Tagged Bridges, Convict Transportation, Convicts, Daniel Herbert, Tasmania
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Try Your Luck and Maybe Spend a Buck at the Fryerstown Antique Fair
Fryerstown Antique Fair will celebrate its 42nd anniversary in 2017. It is held on the surrounding days of the Australia Day holiday on January 25th each year. The popular annual event has grown from strength to strength each year and … Continue reading
Posted in Bone China, Ceramics, CigaretteCards, Collectibles, Crystal, Glass, Hard Paste Porcelain, Marbles, Paperweights, Perfume Bottles, Porcelain, Postcards, Sculpture, Snowdomes, Soft paste Porcelain, Stained Glass, Stamps, SwapCards, Tea Towels
Tagged Fryerstown Antique Fair, Fryerstown Antique Market
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