The finest of china, found in a Goodwill in Los Angeles, CA
I regret not buying it
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Decorative Sunday with Henry P. Kirby
These charming sketches are the work of New York architect Henry P. Kirby (1853 - 1915). Architectural Compositions contains fifty loose plates printed on Whatman paper and housed in a portfolio. It was published in Boston in 1892 by Bates, Kimball & Guild, publishers of one of the United State’s leading architectural journals of that time, The Architectural Review (Boston), not to be confused with the longer running Architectural Review still in publication out of London.
Kirby would have been working as a draftsman for George B. Post at the time of publication, for whom he later worked as lead designer before striking out on his own. Some of the subject matter also evokes Kirby’s time in France, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts after training with his father, also an architect. Per the subtitle, some of the sketches were “made in connection with actual projects,” while many were “the result of study during leisure moments.” I found Kirby’s eye for the human elements in his sketches particularly endearing, from the foreground figures to details on the buildings themselves, like open widows and overgrown foliage, or what looks like a duvet cover hanging out to dry (first image above).
For any music buffs reading, the final sketch includes some bars of "Très-jolie" from the opéra comique smash hit La Fille de Madame Angot.
Our copy of Architectural Compositions was gifted to UWM by Gustav A. Elgeti in 1966.
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-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern
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Was on my way to a show and saw these in a 99 store. When I tell you I freaked.
I was short literally like 2 quarters and my friend decided to buy the TOS one for me!!!! It is literally numbered on the back limited edition the lady called it Star Wars and gave it to me for 6 dollars LOL when I tell you I’m so happy
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VTG. Bone China Teignmouth Decorative Plaque Souvenir ENGLAND || SWtradepost - ebay
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jfk plate. i wish i bought this so i could see Glorious Former President John F Kennedy Glaring up at me through my mashed potatoes
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Decorative Plates
It's been awhile since we last posted something on the theme of the decorative arts, so I'm happy to have found this book—especially because it was mis-shelved in the stacks! This book is House and Garden's Book of Color Schemes, which contains "over two hundred color schemes and three hundred illustrations of halls, living rooms, dining rooms, bed chambers, sun rooms, roofs, garden rooms, kitchens and baths; the characteristic colors of each decorative period; how to select a color scheme, with unusual treatments for painted furniture and floors; a portfolio of crystal rooms and eight pages of unusual interiors in color." It was edited by long-time editor of House & Garden Richardson Wright (1887-1961) and Margaret McElroy, associate editor, and published by Condé Nast Publications, Inc. in 1929.
The book includes a large number of photographs of rooms, however, they are mostly in black and white—an unfortunate thing for a book about color! The promised eight color illustrations of rooms are not all present in our copy, but the five that are still in the book are shown here, alongside some of their black and white compatriots. I especially love the one titled "Tawny Yellow in Variety" that features a shocking amount of leopard print.
If you've read any of the posts I usually write, you know that I love a good binding—this one is a publisher's binding in a chartreuse-y yellow book cloth with art deco-style silver tooling featuring stars and leaves. Somebody took it upon themselves to write the publication date on the cover above the title—how thoughtful!
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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager
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BUGSFAST TIME!!
I made them out of homemade clay, baked them, painted them, and they really smell like food :_)
I'm a little careless because it's the first time when i sculpting
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Contemporary Dining Room in Seattle
An illustration of a large, modern, medium-tone wood floor great room with a wood stove and white walls.
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Vintage Alpine White Ironstone Wood & Son England Set x 2 Trincket Dishes Plates || SWtradepost - ebay
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