tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40938670500941783692024-03-12T21:47:03.583-07:00Home STAR-3home designer,home elite,home 3D,home starshomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-92061800086525164872010-09-24T00:20:00.000-07:002010-09-24T00:27:08.525-07:00Decoration home style|Home Star-3<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://unifacindia.com/images/Interior_Decoration.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><a href="http://homestar3.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">home new decoration</span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/04/26/79/400_F_4267937_7bFQIfy3wsZrbdzjoRRT0v20vHmzjweg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://homestar3.blogspot.com/">home new decoration</a><br /></span>is the art of decorating a room so that it is interesting, easy to use, and modern. The goal of interior decoration is to provide a certain "feel" for the room; it encompasses applying wallpaper, painting walls and other surfaces, choosing furniture and fittings, such as light fixtures, and providing other decorations for the area such as paintings and sculptures. Interior decorating is done professionally by interior decorators.<br /></div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-54820921411215602462010-08-20T22:10:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.840-07:00Tradewins Queen Bed – For a Classy yet Relaxing Setting<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;color:black;" ><img class="alignleft" title="Tradewins Queen Bed" src="http://www.nfm.com/GetPhoto.ashx?ProductID=30004113&Size=M" alt="Tradewins Queen Bed – For a Classy yet Relaxing Setting!" height="258" width="249" /></span><br /></div><br /><br />A bedroom can be rightly reckoned as soul of the entire house. Choosing that classy piece of bedroom furniture, especially a bed, can give sleepless nights to many. The perfect bedroom furniture is something that adds elegance to your bedroom, while providing maximum comfort. And what better option than an oak finish queen bed to add that royal touch. If you have spent hours on the Internet trying to find the finest bedroom furniture in vain, then we suggest you check out the Tradewins Queen Bed offered at Nebraska Furniture Mart.<br /><br />Setting up your bedroom is of prime importance, as it is the place in your house that personifies peace and tranquility. So, when choosing a bed for your bedroom, consider a few things. First, select a bed that is spacious and provides enough space to unwind yourself completely. Other things to consider are the durability and comfort factor. With all these in mind, we think that the Tradewins Queen Bed, which can comfortably accommodate two adults, would be the best option. You can happily stretch out your arms and legs or even roll around on the bed if you sleep alone!<br /><br />Owing to their glossy finish, oak finish queen beds have always been a great option to add charm to bedrooms. Thus, the Tradewins Queen Bed with a classy oak finish will be an elegant addition to your bedroom.<br /><br />Most bed sets do not necessarily include a headboard and a footboard. But, the Tradewins Queen Bed includes a queen headboard, which is decorative as well. The queen footboard not only complements the elegant design, but also lets you keep your blankets in place. The set also includes rails and slats.<br /><br />So, do you think the Tradewins Queen Bed will make a comfortable bed set for your bedroom? Then, consider purchasing it from nowhere else other than NFM, if you want to get the best deal ever!homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-44512174880289796412010-08-19T21:00:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.865-07:00Double Dresser<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmoQZygeJI/AAAAAAAACYg/0Mqw_JfCUvY/s320/amb_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222390242666903698" border="0" />Southern Textiles Ambrose Falls Bedding brings together beautiful autumn colors highlighted by a woven paisley comforter with lime greens, golds, blues, and orange spice<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmoDawyzxI/AAAAAAAACYY/-nl_MRAjhmY/s320/bri_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222390019589852946" border="0" />Southern Textiles Bridges Bedding is a simple ensemble consisting of woven fabrics in solid saddle tan and black<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmn-a6k8HI/AAAAAAAACYQ/0goxQLzyFwY/s320/hobi_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389933731541106" border="0" />Southern Textiles Hobie Bedding Red, white, and blue stripes in all cotton give this contemporary ensemble the patriotic feeling of the 4th of July<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmn4yvHjrI/AAAAAAAACYI/BTQbofly3Kg/s320/main_chrysanthemum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389837046714034" border="0" /> Chrysanthemum is a large sale all over woven floral in black and gold on a luminescent ground. Different woven fabrics are coordinated to enhance this opulent ensemble and the decorative pillows are accented with Asian inspired details.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmnuKvKucI/AAAAAAAACX4/D9WlKc51X4Q/s320/main_silence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389654510811586" border="0" />Lawrence Silence Bedding Collection<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmnqamYR4I/AAAAAAAACXw/X46cpMf7hU4/s320/waterlily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389590049441666" border="0" /><span class="text2">The Veratex Waterlily Collection drawns upon Asian influences to create a clean, modern ensemble. Veratex uses only the highest quality fabrics. In the Waterlily Collection, the sheen of these fabrics is offset by shimmering detail work, the combination of which softly reflects light to create a luminous feeling.</span>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-16422442599046777922010-08-19T20:50:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.877-07:00New Idea Luxury Bedding<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmoQZygeJI/AAAAAAAACYg/0Mqw_JfCUvY/s320/amb_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222390242666903698" border="0" />Southern Textiles Ambrose Falls Bedding brings together beautiful autumn colors highlighted by a woven paisley comforter with lime greens, golds, blues, and orange spice<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmoDawyzxI/AAAAAAAACYY/-nl_MRAjhmY/s320/bri_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222390019589852946" border="0" />Southern Textiles Bridges Bedding is a simple ensemble consisting of woven fabrics in solid saddle tan and black<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmn-a6k8HI/AAAAAAAACYQ/0goxQLzyFwY/s320/hobi_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389933731541106" border="0" />Southern Textiles Hobie Bedding Red, white, and blue stripes in all cotton give this contemporary ensemble the patriotic feeling of the 4th of July<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmn4yvHjrI/AAAAAAAACYI/BTQbofly3Kg/s320/main_chrysanthemum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389837046714034" border="0" /> Chrysanthemum is a large sale all over woven floral in black and gold on a luminescent ground. Different woven fabrics are coordinated to enhance this opulent ensemble and the decorative pillows are accented with Asian inspired details.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmnuKvKucI/AAAAAAAACX4/D9WlKc51X4Q/s320/main_silence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389654510811586" border="0" />Lawrence Silence Bedding Collection<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmnqamYR4I/AAAAAAAACXw/X46cpMf7hU4/s320/waterlily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222389590049441666" border="0" /><span class="text2">The Veratex Waterlily Collection drawns upon Asian influences to create a clean, modern ensemble. Veratex uses only the highest quality fabrics. In the Waterlily Collection, the sheen of these fabrics is offset by shimmering detail work, the combination of which softly reflects light to create a luminous feeling.</span>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-1585654734121182252010-08-19T20:45:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.893-07:00Country Dressers<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHaU4CjdPCI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/WtMKK0-9wVg/s320/BTL2036_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221524508461841442" border="0" />La Salle Triple Dresser- Cafe Noir Finish<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHaUxbqwYBI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/bIXyonVCGQ4/s320/SJ2565_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221524394944258066" border="0" /><span class="PlainBodyText"> Celebrate Northern European Country styling with bold, architectural silhouettes and multiple colors in Alexandria Collection. Gentle curves, warm tones, and grand scale offer a new look to classic European design.<br /><br /></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHaTW44-ntI/AAAAAAAAB7I/F_Uww_H8Eec/s320/TH1731_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221522839420444370" border="0" /><span class="PlainBodyText"> Bring a bright, classic style to your child's bedroom with the Sand Castle Double Dresser and Mirror in Pure White. This chic double dresser has a functional unisex design that grows with the child and blends right into any decor.<br /><br /></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHaTRoDPtPI/AAAAAAAAB7A/S3Deg_G5H8U/s320/VS1456_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221522749000758514" border="0" />The Oak River Collection imbues your bedroom with a classic country look. A warm Oak finish and delicate traditional drawer pulls add grace to this collection. The complete look is one of country homes of the past. The Oak River Dresser and Mirror make a perfect pair in any bedroom. The dresser has nine drawers, and the mirror features a simple, elegant arch at the top.homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-68196072095870698872010-08-18T09:03:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.101-07:00Owen Jones and Medieval Stained Glass Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGvxAHG6paI/AAAAAAAAF6Y/KRc48NnHo6o/s1600/owen+jones-1856-the+grammar+of+ornament-stained+glass+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="730" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGvxAHG6paI/AAAAAAAAF6Y/KRc48NnHo6o/s640/owen+jones-1856-the+grammar+of+ornament-stained+glass+1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b><i>Stained Glass</i> from Owen Jones <i>The Grammar of Ornament</i>, 1856</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Britain stained glass design and production saw a massive rise in both popularity and function in the nineteenth century. It was used extensively in both the domestic and ecclesiastical markets and although artistically it can be said that the twentieth century may well have seen the apex of stained glass design work as far as creativity is concerned, it is still the nineteenth century that saw the craft appealing almost universally, probably for the first time since the medieval period.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although Owen Jones does cover stained glass decorative work in his 1856 <i>The Grammar of Ornament</i>, it is very much tucked away within the larger <i>Medieval Ornament</i> chapter. However, there are twenty nine examples on two large colour plates covering the time period between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As with many examples of ornament around the world and in a number of different time periods that Jones included within his seminal book, he was convinced that on average and with some exceptions, the earlier the period of decoration the more symptomatic it was to an ideal that later became subverted or diluted, ending in an eventual ghost impression of the original ideal. Although this to a certain extent is a simplification of Jones theories regarding the history of decoration, it is also to some extent again, an over simplification on Jones part of the history of the decorative arts. There are always a number of factors that go into the development of styles and eras of decoration. Trying to seek the early purest form of a decorative style and isolating that style from all other influences and cultural cross-pollinations is difficult at the best of times and often impossible.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGwCX0hv4hI/AAAAAAAAF6c/aA4Rzb5vwFE/s1600/owen+jones-1856-the+grammar+of+ornament-stained+glass+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="715" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGwCX0hv4hI/AAAAAAAAF6c/aA4Rzb5vwFE/s640/owen+jones-1856-the+grammar+of+ornament-stained+glass+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b><i>Stained Glass</i> from Owen Jones <i>The Grammar of Ornament</i>, 1856</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This theory of <i>early is best</i>, was used by Jones for his all too brief description of medieval stained glass decoration. He closely associated the pattern and ornamental elements of early stained glass design with that of medieval illuminated manuscripts. In some respects this makes a great deal of sense as stained glass, along with painted wall decoration was often the only physical example of the ideals of a religion that was available to the general public. The Bible itself during this period was considered off limits to all but the chosen few and therefore interpretation was limited to the visual.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jones believed that the more accomplished stained glass designers and craftsmen became, the more pretentious they eventually became, adding superfluous affectations and gimmicks within the work. Eventually this was to lead to the craft trying to imitate the world around it, rather than being content to interpret that world symbolically. As far as Jones was concerned, along with many of his contemporary nineteenth century critics, the attempt was always doomed to failure with the craft tradition and decorative arts always being the ones to suffer most.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although perhaps Jones critical stand was more of an ideological one than that of one that considered the elements of practical application, there is still much to be said for the theory. There is little doubt that many craft disciplines, particularly those such as stained glass that were heavily defined by their own practicalities, have suffered by the imposition of decorative fashions and styling. There are particular eras whereby designers either failed to understand the physical limitations of stained glass, or refused point blank to curtail their enthusiasm for decorative schemes in order to accommodate stained glass limits.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This attitude has inevitably led to stained glass work that can only be seen to be classed as such under the very loosest of definitions. It was perhaps no bad thing for Victorian stained glass designers to be gently attracted towards the earlier forms of the craft by such critics as Jones.</div><br /><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Ornament-Victorian-Sourcebook-Pictorial/dp/0486254631?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0486254631" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Ornament-Folio-Owen-Jones/dp/B002Q6YTUI?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Grammar of Ornament. Folio Edition</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002Q6YTUI" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Ornament-Monumental-Work-Art/dp/185170048X?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Grammar of Ornament: A Monumental Work of Art</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=185170048X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Stained-Pattern-Pictorial-Archives/dp/0486238113?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Victorian Stained Glass Pattern Book (Dover Pictorial Archives Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0486238113" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stained-Victorian-Gothic-Revival-Studies/dp/0719063469?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Stained Glass and the Victorian Gothic Revival (Studies in Design)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0719063469" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Renaissance-Stained-Victoria-Albert/dp/0810966131?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0810966131" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/English-Medieval-Collection-Metropolitan-Vitrearum/dp/1872501370?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">English and French Medieval Stained Glass in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Corpus Vitrearum)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1872501370" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-16330962949321767162010-08-18T06:53:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.908-07:00Interior Pictures<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.rentok.it/App_Themes/RentOK/flash.jpg" alt="interior pictures" title="interior pictures" align="center" /><br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="medium_text"><span style="" title=""></span></span>Interior design by integrating several warnasehingga create a cool and beautiful impression in the eye<br /></div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-58175293199058311412010-08-17T10:03:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.134-07:00Wallpaper Design by Otto Eckmann<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGlZNhBgocI/AAAAAAAAF5s/NI2KV7vzXp4/s1600/otto+eckmann-1899+4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="750" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGlZNhBgocI/AAAAAAAAF5s/NI2KV7vzXp4/s640/otto+eckmann-1899+4.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: Otto Eckmann. Wallpaper design, c1899</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Otto Eckmann can be counted as one of the most interesting and diverse designers of his period. When he took up a second career in design at the end of 1894, he put a symbolic end to his first career as a fine art painter by auctioning off his entire collection of work, so as to start anew and fresh as a decorative artist.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Eckmann was involved in the design work of textiles and in particular embroidery and tugs, ceramics, metal, furniture, wallpaper and graphics. It is with wallpaper design that we are concerned with in this particular article. All of the wallpapers featured here were produced by Eckmann in around 1899. They are a stunning display of an individual's approach to wallpaper design and shows that Eckmann was neither overly influenced nor cowed or intimidated by the long history and traditions of the wallpaper industry, particularly by an individual who was approaching commercial design from a fine art background.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq-UnmNWkI/AAAAAAAAF6A/9ebZZDX4Xi8/s1600/otto+eckmann-1899+1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="917" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq-UnmNWkI/AAAAAAAAF6A/9ebZZDX4Xi8/s640/otto+eckmann-1899+1.gif" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: Otto Eckmann. Wallpaper design, c1899</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It could be said that it was actually Eckmann's artistic experience that gave him a particular edge over some of his rivals. It was the individual approach to both styling and composition that made his work appealing for both its novelty and its decorative potential. It was this external attitude that often produced work by artists and designers that stood out when they approached another and relatively unfamiliar discipline, achieving results of unexpected and unusual directions. However, this was not always the case and there were some spectacularly dire results of cross-discipline experiments. These failed ventures have proved to be of a serial nature and have dogged the decorative arts world down to our own contemporary era, mostly in the form of celebrity design launches.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq-yyGbJmI/AAAAAAAAF6E/-M6pIffUcuY/s1600/otto+eckmann-1899+2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="864" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq-yyGbJmI/AAAAAAAAF6E/-M6pIffUcuY/s640/otto+eckmann-1899+2.gif" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: Otto Eckmann. Wallpaper design, c1899</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eckmann himself was not of this ilk and the wallpaper design work that he produced from the 1890s until his death in 1902 at the incredibly early age of thirty seven, show a clear definition of his approach to the decorative arts. It has been said by many that the artist turned designer was heavily influenced by the Japanese artistic and decorative format, and while this is true to a certain extent, it can only ever be classed as one thread of the creative work of Eckmann, not the only one.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is the graphic work produced during the last years of his life that tended to influence the rest of his work through the various disciplines. This is an interesting development as many of the decorative arts had come to rely on the defined graphic quality of flat design. This came to be particularly true at the end of the nineteenth century when considering the textile and wallpaper disciplines for example. A number of illustrators and graphic artists became involved in wallpaper design at the turn of the century and there was a relatively busy and productive cross-pollination of ideas and theories that was to include the whole world of poster art, text, book illustration and wallpaper design.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq_KI3rgCI/AAAAAAAAF6I/9vSXG439KvQ/s1600/otto+eckmann-1899-margueriten.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="878" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq_KI3rgCI/AAAAAAAAF6I/9vSXG439KvQ/s640/otto+eckmann-1899-margueriten.gif" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: Otto Eckmann. <i>Margueriten</i> wallpaper design, c1899</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was this fruitful period that coincided with the general European Art Nouveau movement, known more specifically in Germany as the Jugendstil of which Eckmann became one of the leading lights. It was with the help of the individual styling of Eckmann's work along with that of others in Germany, that the Jugendstil made its own unique contribution to that of Art Nouveau, often countering to a certain extent, the inbuilt and often overly conscious flamboyance of the French and Belgian versions of the movement.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As with so many scenarios of the early death of a talented individual, it would have been interesting to have known how Eckmann had he lived past 1902, would have affected and influenced not only the dynamics of German decorative arts under the Jugendstil, but much further a field towards that of German Modernism. How his own personal career would have faired during the first and most important half of the twentieth century, we will never know.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq_g9VAizI/AAAAAAAAF6M/cpX_x0wzv-4/s1600/1897-otto+eckmann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="711" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGq_g9VAizI/AAAAAAAAF6M/cpX_x0wzv-4/s320/1897-otto+eckmann.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: Otto Eckmann. Self Portrait</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Style-Jugendstil-Nouveau-1899-1905/dp/389790229X?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Modern Style: Jugendstil/Art Nouveau 1899-1905</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=389790229X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jugendstil-Graphik-Druckkunst-Hans-Hofst%C3%A4tter/dp/3907194349?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Jugendstil, Graphik und Druckkunst</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3907194349" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-nouveau-Munich-Stadtmuseum-collections/dp/0876330766?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Art nouveau in Munich: Masters of Jugendstil from the Stadtmuseum, Munich, and other public and private collections</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0876330766" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jugendstil-Art-Nouveau-Siegfried-Wichmann/dp/0821216074?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Jugendstil Art Nouveau</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0821216074" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ornament-Illustration-1900-Textdokumente-unbekannter/dp/3881840265?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Ornament und Illustration um 1900: Handbuch fur Bild- und Textdokumente bekannter und unbekannter Kunstler aus der Zeit des Jugendstil (Asthetik der Alltagswelt) (German Edition)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3881840265" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-70844923309150033692010-08-17T09:34:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.922-07:00Rajdeep Interior Decoration and Cleaning Servicescordyn<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="33bfa7cba4211fa9" src="http://iklanbaris.detik.com/assets/attachments/1815/medium/33bfa7cba4211fa9.jpg?1271237587" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="8159f6d279a5269f" src="http://iklanbaris.detik.com/assets/attachments/1816/medium/8159f6d279a5269f.jpg?1271237588" /><br />Rajdeep Interior Decoration<br /></div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-29062771429002029112010-08-15T13:29:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.934-07:00Modern Luxury Bedding<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmyIU_rDAI/AAAAAAAACbM/TmLBye40djg/s320/lar_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222401099057269762" border="0" />Southern Textiles Larisa Bedding is a beautiful French vanilla shantung comforter made in a cotton poly blend that easily lends itself to a variety of room décor. The vertical stripes of the bedskirt and square accent pillows lead the eye to the splash of red and the look of a gold embroid<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmyAryeI1I/AAAAAAAACbE/dZByaQO756U/s320/lat_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222400967736959826" border="0" />Southern Textiles Lattice Bedding is a soft teal lattice work design on a chocolate brown background with teal micro suede accent pillows<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmx6-oZShI/AAAAAAAACa8/2bMPPPe7MYk/s320/leg_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222400869715757586" border="0" />Southern Textiles Legacy Bedding is a sophisticated ensemble in rich golden hues with detailed cording and fringe<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmxysq7tuI/AAAAAAAACa0/zY2iijozhqs/s320/mab_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222400727455610594" border="0" />Southern Textiles Mabry Bedding is a contemporary set featuring a block design in sangria and khaki<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmxsxVUgwI/AAAAAAAACas/PxBoC40xoDY/s320/mal_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222400625627923202" border="0" />The Southern Textiles Malibu Bedding Ensemble is a California or Florida cotton print concept of the magnolia flower, conventionalized. The creamy-yellow petals of the flower motif are punctuated by bright red-orange centers with multi-green leaves super-imposed on a grayed blue ground.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmxn3Ol9hI/AAAAAAAACak/4Pijjubiz9E/s320/pad_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222400541310973458" border="0" />Southern Textiles Paddock Bedding is a large contemporary paisley print in avocado green and chocolate brown with muted yellow shantung accents and stripes with the same colors combined.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHmxi8-7MBI/AAAAAAAACac/NgbBPGPjiWU/s320/pre_mainLrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222400456956522514" border="0" />Southern Textiles Prescott Bedding is a gold comforter background with large Chrysanthemum flowers in colors of bronze and light beige.homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-78788466997749068252010-08-15T13:28:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.947-07:00Modern Bedroom Furniture<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjN7mwQfsI/AAAAAAAACXQ/gn92nmpF1ms/s320/emily_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222150191835020994" border="0" />If you want a modern bed with a traditional feel, check out this Contemporary Platform Bed in Cherry finish. It has the headboard shape of a traditional sleigh bed with modern cutouts and an angular platform base. The finish is rich and stunning, and this Contemporary Platform Bed is a beautiful way to modernize your bedroom. Add additional pieces from this Collection for a complete set.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjNnvigQDI/AAAAAAAACXI/iGXSAf1nwJ4/s320/emily_full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222149850595868722" border="0" />If you're looking to redecorate your child's room with class and elegance, this Contemporary Kids Full Bed is perfect for you. You can't go wrong with its subtle and sophisticated style! Add other pieces from this collection to complete the look.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjNfl8NDiI/AAAAAAAACXA/P4u2eV-YcZM/s320/laura1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222149710580354594" border="0" />Modern platform bed with mat finish, has one drawer on the side and two drawers in front of the bed. Optional two drawer nightstand. Eight drawer dresser with st steel handles. Stylish mirror has wood frame.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjNXTkLGBI/AAAAAAAACW4/p02WrWtspTQ/s320/verona2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222149568208771090" border="0" />Modern contemporary bed in lacquer finish</div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-16854014312924535212010-08-15T13:27:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.959-07:00Modern Beds<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjLKTqwwsI/AAAAAAAACWw/b75GihNekOs/s1600-h/b98_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjLKTqwwsI/AAAAAAAACWw/b75GihNekOs/s320/b98_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222147145874850498" border="0" /></a> Modern lacquer bedroom in beige color<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjLCnT5gXI/AAAAAAAACWo/RxQQpRnzN90/s1600-h/maya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjLCnT5gXI/AAAAAAAACWo/RxQQpRnzN90/s320/maya.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222147013708710258" border="0" /></a>Planning to give a new look to your bedroom? If yes! Then the best option is to go for the modern beds. The bed in the above picture is known as Maya Modern Lacquer Bed, which is a perfect bed to give a new, and a modern look to your bedroom.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjK5E8jMsI/AAAAAAAACWg/OvilG9Tralo/s1600-h/Palermo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjK5E8jMsI/AAAAAAAACWg/OvilG9Tralo/s320/Palermo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222146849865151170" border="0" /></a>Contemporary design furniture doesn’t always adopt a minimalist lifestyle. Rather, it focuses on how space can be made useful no matter how big or small it is. And this is what this modern platform bed is all about.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjKwGelh0I/AAAAAAAACWY/knmJOwIIT8s/s1600-h/vallenta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHjKwGelh0I/AAAAAAAACWY/knmJOwIIT8s/s320/vallenta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222146695657523010" border="0" /></a> Contemporary elegant bedhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-57624459830862133902010-08-13T10:06:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.178-07:00Lace Design Work of Arpad Dekani<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGVqUHFe1zI/AAAAAAAAF4c/kC1tb7MuuAo/s1600/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+4.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGVqUHFe1zI/AAAAAAAAF4c/kC1tb7MuuAo/s1600/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+4.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Arpad Dekani Lace design c1908</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Much of the early twentieth century revival of practical lace making, but more particularly that of designing lace within Hungary, can be attributed fairly squarely to Arpad Dekani. Professor Dekani, who started his career relatively humbly as a teacher at a provincial school in Hungary, eventually became a professor at the Arts and Crafts School in Budapest. It was in this position that he had the influence to restructure some of the aims and ambitions of lace production throughout Hungary.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dekani used old traditional Hungarian patterns as an origin point in which to engender the production of a whole new system of styles for twentieth century lace production. He was also able to engineer the training of students on two levels. Firstly, there were those who would hopefully produce lace as a going concern. These students were trained in all forms of lace making as well as that of book keeping and the general maintenance and organization of a business. On another level Dekani organized the training of students which in turn who become teachers themselves. These newly trained teachers who were well versed in the new production and design parameters that Dekani had set out for the modernisation of Hungarian lace making, would filter out into the traditional areas of lace making in Hungary, particularly in the north of the country. These Dekani disciples if you will, were given the task of restructuring and repositioning local customs and traditional frameworks of lace production, not to industrialise the craft as such, but to give it a decent competitive edge within Europe.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGV6JpGAcQI/AAAAAAAAF4g/mtIpUzx8RsU/s1600/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGV6JpGAcQI/AAAAAAAAF4g/mtIpUzx8RsU/s400/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+2.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Arpad Dekani lace design c1908</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A number of areas of traditional lace production in Europe particularly that of Italy and Austria, had already gone through a restructuring process, giving exports a much more contemporary look and feel to their lace design work. Although still based very much as a traditional craft, European lace did see a considerably robust marketing campaign in the late nineteenth century, but particularly that of the early years of the twentieth century, when so many other crafts and traditions were also having to reshape and redesign themselves for the new century.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Hungary as a partner within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, tended to follow the structure already set out by the Austrian craft schools and college system, whereby traditional craft design and decoration was upgraded, restyled, repackaged even. However, Austria was not the only example of this repositioning of design and craft for the new century. Schools and colleges from Glasgow to Moscow were having to re-evaluate the textile craft system, its present position and its potential future in a rapidly expanding market that was becoming increasingly dominated by mass production and consumerism. Hand production of printed and woven textiles, as well as that of embroidery and lace was particularly vulnerable to market forces. The situation was not helped by the increasing reluctance of customers to subsidise these traditional crafts by paying much more for hand crafted work than they would for industrially based work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGV6VgNLlqI/AAAAAAAAF4k/zCaKeENL9KY/s1600/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGV6VgNLlqI/AAAAAAAAF4k/zCaKeENL9KY/s400/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+3.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Arpad Dekani lace design c1908</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In some respects the blame for the decline of the craft system of hand production can be placed with the general buying public as much as with industry. Many who could afford to subsidise these old traditions did so on a progressively smaller scale. As fashion began to incorporate the marketing ploy of inbuilt obsolescence, there was even less room for the craft system to manouvere, particularly with a product that was often produced with the intention that it be seen as outside the role of obsolescence and therefore fashion. Even though some craft work might have attempted to compete with fashion, by its very nature and its high price tag, craft products were meant to be bought as long term investments rather than for short term profit.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This by no means implies that Dekani and many others like him across Europe failed in their attempt to redesign and in many cases relaunch craft traditions. There is a long line of repeated craft initiatives that stretch across the twentieth century. Many of these might well have been short term or failed for various marketing, pricing and fashion reasons. However, the craft system is still with us today and as it yet again restructures itself in the form of contemporary craft, we should be thankful for the many individuals, such as Arpad Dekani who kept the ideal of production that was largely outside the increasingly fragile and some might even say destructive cycle of fashion and redundancy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGV6jFX2YBI/AAAAAAAAF4o/AOJTyms5KmM/s1600/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGV6jFX2YBI/AAAAAAAAF4o/AOJTyms5KmM/s400/arpad+dekani-1908-lace+design+1.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Arpad Dekani lace design c1908</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Use-Craft-Contemporary-Art/dp/1568989423?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1568989423" style="border: medium none ! 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important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Crafts-Furniture-Classic-Contemporary/dp/1561583596?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Arts and Crafts Furniture: From Classic to Contemporary</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1561583596" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-African-Arts-Crafts-Site/dp/0517514672?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Contemporary African Arts and Crafts: On-Site Working with Art Forms and Processes [460 Photographs; 23 Color Plates]</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0517514672" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Common-Ground-Contemporary-Architecture-Decorative/dp/0660175053?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Common Ground: Contemporary Craft, Architecture and the Decorative Arts (Mercury Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0660175053" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Craft-Contemporary-Theory-Sue-Rowley/dp/186448313X?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Craft and Contemporary Theory</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=186448313X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Craft-contemporary-culture-Seonaid-Robertson/dp/B0006DKUXS?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Craft and contemporary culture,</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0006DKUXS" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Praise-Hands-Contemporary-Crafts-World/dp/0821205587?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">In Praise of Hands: Contemporary Crafts of the World</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0821205587" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Contemporary-Craft-History-Critical/dp/1552451070?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Exploring Contemporary Craft: History, Theory and Critical Writing</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1552451070" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Partridge-Contemporary-Craft/dp/0853318905?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Jim Partridge (Contemporary Craft Series) (Contemporary Craft Series)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0853318905" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-38158484710775339122010-08-12T20:10:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.979-07:00Creating a Romantic Atmosphere with Color Alloy mood of a room<div style="text-align: center;" class="photo-div"> <img style="width: 496px; height: 352px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3802499421_520f38ea1f_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="photo" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>A title and description Can Provide essential detail about this photo.<br />HOLIDAY INN<br /><br />Creating a Romantic Atmosphere with Color Alloy mood of a room can be influenced by many things. One of them is by color. Selection of color for the bedroom is actually not a difficult thing. The average person applying neutral colors for her bedroom. Some people, choose the bold play of color in order to create a more romantic atmosphere. Similar to build another room in the home atmosphere, while establishing a bedroom, it should also set the theme of the atmosphere is expected.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Therefore, the bedroom becomes a place of rest, then the atmosphere must also be quiet and romantic. One way to create an atmosphere of calm and romantic, among others, using soft colors that match. If you want to add a motif, it can also be added floral motifs. For example as accent walls, curtains, or floor elements.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Moreover, note colors also blend elements of the space with color / motif beddings. Wherever possible, keep the color difference and the motive is not much different. Contrast differences can be reduced antarelemen harmony. Which consequently, may reduce the quality of calm and romantic atmosphere you want created.</div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-39857194190592966002010-08-12T19:56:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:08.992-07:00INDONESIAN,Ravana model bed with coffee,<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 380px; height: 244px;" src="http://jeparamebel.com/wp-content/uploads/setkamarrahwana2-300x194.jpg" alt="setkamarrahwana2" title="setkamarrahwana2" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3144" /><br /></div><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span title=""><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ravana model bed with coffee brown color finishing we offer to you at cheap prices.<br />Get a set of Ravana's room at a price of Rp 12.3 million, - which consists of a bed, a cupboard, three doors, one tolet / dressing table and two nightstand / bedside.<br />Moisture content of wood / Moisture below 10%.<br />By size:<br />Length: 200cm<br />Width: 180cm<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 414px; height: 311px;" src="http://jeparamebel.com/wp-content/uploads/tempattidur-rahwana-300x225.jpg" alt="tempattidur-rahwana" title="tempattidur-rahwana" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3206" /><br /></div><span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title=""></span></span><div style="text-align: left;">Ravana model bed with teak wood is to use first quality teak TPK Perhutani.<br />With the best finishing processes with wood natural color makes this bed is very elegant and makes a fantastic work.<br />This bed is the best selling products in jeparamebel.<br />Contact us now to get these beds.<br /></div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-60861764845275382242010-08-12T09:42:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.192-07:00Bohemian Embroidery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQKTWWN8OI/AAAAAAAAF3A/uLfaWttELGU/s1600/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQKTWWN8OI/AAAAAAAAF3A/uLfaWttELGU/s400/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Egerland embroidered cuff</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bohemia is the westernmost region of the modern Czech Republic and for centuries was part of the multi-ethnic and sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire. Bohemia itself was, to a certain extent, an example of at least a bi-ethnic community with both Czech and German towns and communities within its regional borders. The embroidery within this article is generally Bohemian in context, but to be more specific it concerns what was generally known as Egerland embroidery. Egerland, surrounding the town of Eger, modern day Cheb, was in the extreme western area of Bohemia and was until as recently as the end of the Second World War, largely populated by those of German descent.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQg9F7qc9I/AAAAAAAAF3E/Cwlo3FH2dyU/s1600/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQg9F7qc9I/AAAAAAAAF3E/Cwlo3FH2dyU/s400/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Egerland embroidered cuff</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this respect it is probably wise to differentiate, at least partially, between German and Slav embroidery in the region. All the examples of embroidery shown here are of Ederland and therefore German origin. The rest of Bohemia tended to follow the larger Slavic tradition of national costume with large areas of embroidery work. However, Ederland embroidery was much more localised, and became more so the closer we get to the twentieth century where modern clothing replaced much of the traditional national costumes of the area. Embroidery became limited to much smaller areas of decoration, particularly around the cuffs of shirts and blouses.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Traditional Egerland colours for embroidery work tended to contain large amounts of blue and yellow, rather than the predominant red of Slavic embroidery. Whether the colour variation was used to differentiate regions and ethnic divisions is unclear, although the Egerland population's natural and consistent sympathy towards German culture, whether that be Austria itself or neighbouring Bavaria, rather than with the Slavic Czechs in the rest of Bohemia, may have something to do with the consistency of colour.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQhSKBcWoI/AAAAAAAAF3I/LJxTdAimYzA/s1600/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQhSKBcWoI/AAAAAAAAF3I/LJxTdAimYzA/s400/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Egerland embroidered cuff</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What is interesting about the design work shown here is how closely at least some of the examples are to the decorative work produced at the turn of the twentieth century, particularly by those designers associated with the Wiener Werkstatte. This groundbreaking and popular decorative movement, which was founded in 1903 and was to dominate the decorative arts of Vienna for at least a decade or more, was dominated in its turn by what at the time was considered traditional peasant art. The regional diversity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire proved a particularly rich resource for the designers of the Werkstatte.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bohemia was connected directly to the Wiener Werkstatte on a number of levels. At least a dozen of the large contingent, who worked for the Werkstatte over its lifetime, were born within Bohemia or Moravia, including Josef Hoffmann himself. Factories and workshops within the region also supplied products with the distinctive Wiener Werkstatte look, particularly in glass of which Bohemia was and still is famous.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQhhOt-h_I/AAAAAAAAF3M/1HqKmD4mt-E/s1600/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQhhOt-h_I/AAAAAAAAF3M/1HqKmD4mt-E/s400/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Egerland embroidered cuff</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although no sweeping statements can be made about designers with Bohemian or Moravian backgrounds swamping the Werkstatte with ethnically derived decoration, it is within the realms of possibility to say that at least some of the background and initial ideas of an artist or designer can originate from childhood memories and neighbourhoods. Josef Hoffmann himself has gone on record as admitting that his Moravian background influenced at least some of his Werkstatte decorative work.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Whatever the reasoning behind any influence on the Werkstatte itself, the design work shown here is fresh, lively and unpretentious. There is little of any classically static engineering of the decoration, with work appearing to be both bold and spontaneous. This general style of embroidery work which could be found across Central and Eastern Europe provided an enormous inspirational vocabulary for a number of schools, organizations and movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is certain that its influence, at least to some extent has been downplayed by the perceived influences of more exotic areas of the world outside of Europe. Perhaps this has more to do with European ethnic and regional decoration being judged as largley unaesthetic and broadly amateur in quality and nature. However, this makes it all the more important to recognise as an influence on the decorative arts of Europe.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQhxE1tdrI/AAAAAAAAF3Q/fJGyhHHfXRo/s1600/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGQhxE1tdrI/AAAAAAAAF3Q/fJGyhHHfXRo/s400/bohemian+embroidered+cuff+1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Egerland embroidered cuff</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Egerland Embroidery, like all other regions of European embroidery work, has a decorative list of parameters that makes it unique within the larger European framework. It is this regional uniqueness, all with separate vocabularies, that has allowed European embroidery to become such a rich, diverse and influential medium that has spread well beyond its own craft.</div><br /><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peasant-Austria-Hungary-Charles-Holme/dp/1141623242?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Peasant Art in Austria and Hungary</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1141623242" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wiener-Werkstatte-1903-1932-Gabriele-Fahr-Becker/dp/3822837733?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Wiener Werkstatte: 1903-1932 (Special Edition)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3822837733" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Embroideries-Patterns-patterns-nineteenth-collection/dp/1851492836?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Embroideries & Patterns from 19th Century Vienna (Embroideries & patterns from nineteenth century Vienna from the Nowotny collection)</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Goddesses-their-offspring-European-embroideries/dp/0937318124?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Goddesses and their offspring: 19th and 20th century Eastern European embroideries</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0937318124" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wiener-Werkstatte-Design-Vienna-1903-1932/dp/B000C4SZR4?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Wiener Werkstatte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000C4SZR4" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Textiles-Wiener-Werkstatte-Angela-Volker/dp/0500285187?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Textiles of the Wiener Werkstatte: 1910-1932</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0500285187" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Viennese-Design-Wiener-Werkstatte-Kallir/dp/0807611530?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstatte</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0807611530" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><b><br /></b>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-77013933134744705992010-08-11T09:54:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.207-07:00Mixed Media Artist Judith Plotner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLB2yoilVI/AAAAAAAAF2U/GnCL2gritJM/s1600/adirondack+journal+I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLB2yoilVI/AAAAAAAAF2U/GnCL2gritJM/s400/adirondack+journal+I.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Judith Plotner <i>Adirondack Journal I</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many creative journeys are supremely private; others less so, many are degrees in between. The work of textile and mixed media artist Judith Plotner, although largely falling into the former category, can still be considered purely as an example of the rich world that can be composed from the elements that go to make up a mixed media base.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLT3aev0SI/AAAAAAAAF2g/ymmeYYyBYTs/s1600/slate+valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLT3aev0SI/AAAAAAAAF2g/ymmeYYyBYTs/s400/slate+valley.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Judith Plotner <i>Slate Valley</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Plotner uses the broad spectrum of the creative arts, bringing into her compositions the sensibilities of a fine art painting background, as well as that of printmaking, collage and textiles. The great strength of mixed media is the fact that layering and juxtapositioning can be achieved not only with the raw materials available within the different mediums, but also with that of mediums themselves. It is always fascinating to observe how sometimes a medium can complement another, while at other times the opposite can be both the aim and result. This can cause tension within a composition which can be intentional on one level, but have reactions and unforeseen results, sometimes on more than one level.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLSbauv4TI/AAAAAAAAF2Y/aVVodz8G_I4/s1600/adirondack+journal+III.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="726" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLSbauv4TI/AAAAAAAAF2Y/aVVodz8G_I4/s640/adirondack+journal+III.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Judith Plotner<i> Adirondack Journal III</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The compositions chosen for this article seem reminiscent of small contained packages as if they were enclosed personal observations of the artist themselves. In some respect that is exactly what they are. These observational diary pages if you will contain information, thoughts and muses, often scattered and seemingly random, though often connected by both the individual and the experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a sense of confinement that is physically attached to the compositions. The surrounding and inert space of these observational essays can seem to isolate the experience, but in fact it is much more a case of the outside space allowing the artist to pinpoint an experience. This helps to discover and identify the completed observation and in some ways allow the outsider to study at least some elements of the parameters that contain the thoughts and processes of the artist.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLS1rjem0I/AAAAAAAAF2c/HqNuJffvU10/s1600/autumnal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="609" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLS1rjem0I/AAAAAAAAF2c/HqNuJffvU10/s640/autumnal.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Judith Plotner <i>Autumnal</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the outside observer is not privy to the internal creative workings of the artist, whether that be personalised or externalised observations and encounters, they can in some respects be privy to the journey itself. By understanding the practical application of mediums and materials, whether that be through layering, stitching, stamping, dyeing, painting or printing, this functional part of the creative journey can be both observed and admired.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is said that all creativity is subjective, and in many respects that is true. However, often the practical working journey of materials and processes used by the artist can be objectively followed, sometimes producing profound or at least interesting analogies and discoveries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These five compositions of Plotner's are finely tuned and specifically composed. They are an interesting example of both the personalised experience of an artist, but also of the sometimes complex procedures that can entail the practical application of a mixed media artist. The compositions are wide ranging in their use of mediums and materials and show the genuine creative scope that can be found within the mixed media world.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLUFCga-dI/AAAAAAAAF2k/xPV28W4PRTM/s1600/global+warming.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="571" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGLUFCga-dI/AAAAAAAAF2k/xPV28W4PRTM/s400/global+warming.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Judith Plotner <i>Global Warming</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Judith Plotner has exhibited extensively across the US. She has her own comprehensive website where many more examples of her work can be found. A link to the site can be found below.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">All images were provided with the kind permission of the artist.</div><br /><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.judithplotner.com/index.htm">Judith Plotner website</a>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-90776121550380016062010-08-10T11:32:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:09.009-07:00Home Decorating:New Home Fashions for Fall<div style="text-align: left;">The New Necessities with Susanna Salk<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Many of the pieces debuting for fall have wonderful personality. They feel handcrafted but not old fashioned; modern but never slick. From sofas to accessories, there's texture and personality in the details and, as a result, these pieces bring immediate character to any space. As unique as they look, there is always a modern accent at play. They can work with the existing look of any room—from antique to modern—so you won't have to compromise your style! <img src="http://i.ivillage.com/HH/slideshows/Susanna_Salk/fall_trends/living_room_325.jpg" alt="The New Necessities with Susanna Salk" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Home Decorating:New Home Fashions for Fall</span><br /></div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-72960783550863712132010-08-10T10:13:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.224-07:00Anders Zorn Tapestries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGF0Wa4XKRI/AAAAAAAAF1o/hgL3tICKCxI/s1600/anders+zorn-licium-1909-dalecarlian+scene++tapestry+panel+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1113" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGF0Wa4XKRI/AAAAAAAAF1o/hgL3tICKCxI/s640/anders+zorn-licium-1909-dalecarlian+scene++tapestry+panel+1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Anders Zorn. <i>Dalecarlian Scene</i> tapestry panel, 1909</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anders Zorn the Swedish fine art painter is probably better known outside of his native Sweden, as that of an accomplished and highly successful nineteenth and early twentieth century portrait painter. Zorn travelled widely in both Europe and North America and his portraits made him wealthy and acclaimed. However, as if a tonic for the often unrewarding profession of portrait painter, Zorn had a keen interest in the traditions of his native Sweden. The representation of both a rural and traditional basis of life in Sweden became more important to him as his life and career progressed, so that nearer the end of his life the subject of the traditions of Swedish life and culture became much more acute. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zorn produced a number of compositions with subject matter that were based on the ordinary traditions of rural life in Sweden. These came in a number of disciplines, most admittedly within fine art painting, but some within the traditionally strong Swedish discipline of textiles. This was not particularly unusual for the period as many fine artists were keen to be seen as pan-discipline workers, producing efforts not only in textiles, but also that of ceramics, metal, glass and wood. That much of this work was art rather than design based did often limit the results, but it is still interesting to note the results of the process of a fine art sensibility being transposed into craft or design.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The examples shown here are relatively straightforward transpositions from a fine art origin to that of woven tapestry. Although there is no overly unique interpretation from Zorn, it is interesting to note how he has interpreted his compositions towards a textile based medium. The work has all the appearance of a graphic based dimension, with figures and backgrounds appearing both fresh and spontaneous, giving the impression of an element of contemporary vitality and spontaneity to the traditional rural scenes. Admittedly, this is not always the impression that has been immediately connected to either rural or traditional lifestyles, particularly by those of a more urban disposition.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGGGZ_EpxdI/AAAAAAAAF1s/NQfOl7Fyz_Y/s1600/anders+zorn-licium-1909-dalecarlian+scene++tapestry+panel+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1103" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGGGZ_EpxdI/AAAAAAAAF1s/NQfOl7Fyz_Y/s640/anders+zorn-licium-1909-dalecarlian+scene++tapestry+panel+2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Anders Zorn. <i>Dalecarlian Scene</i> tapestry panel, 1909</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All three tapestries are connected and should by rights be seen as a triptych of panels showing various aspects of the one theme. That theme was to illustrate the life lived in the Dalecarlian region of Sweden. Dalecarlia or Dalarna, is an area of the country that had become associated since at least the mid-nineteenth century as being in some respects, the heartland of both Sweden and its culture. The native Arts & Crafts movement was particularly interested in using Dalecarlia as a metaphor for all that was considered vital in preserving and prolonging the traditions of Swedish life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Perceived heartlands were a particular necessity for a number of Arts & Crafts movements, more so in Europe than elsewhere. Specific regions and areas were often interpreted as literal vaults containing the uncontaminated traditions and root culture of a nation. Although much of this was clearly romantically misplaced sentiment, it does not change the fact that areas like Dalecarlia became the subject of intense retrospection and rich subject matter for a wide ranging list of creative individuals that included fine artists, designers, craftspeople, photographers, critics, musicians and writers.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These particular pieces by Zorn were even displayed at the 1909 Exhibition of Swedish Applied Art that took place in the capital, Stockholm. Zorn was not the only fine artist represented at the Exhibition, a number of popular and well-placed names in both Swedish fine art and design were represented such as Alfred Wallander, Carl Larsson and Gunnar Wennerberg. Zorn's tapestry work can be seen as a fine example of both the traditions of Swedish craft and culture, along with the sensibilities of a contemporary artist to those traditions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGGGqjN0w_I/AAAAAAAAF1w/BXKVwo40QlA/s1600/anders+zorn-licium-1909-dalecarlian+scene++tapestry+panel+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="1129" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGGGqjN0w_I/AAAAAAAAF1w/BXKVwo40QlA/s640/anders+zorn-licium-1909-dalecarlian+scene++tapestry+panel+3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Anders Zorn. <i>Dalecarlian Scene</i> tapestry panel, 1909</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyone interested in good selection of the fine art work produced by Zorn during his career might wish to follow the link to the Anders Zorn website which can be found below in the <i>Reference links</i> section, along with some relevant books on Zorn that can be found on Amazon.com.</div><br /><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.anderszorn.org/">Anders Zorn website</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anders-Zorn-Cecilia-Lengefeld/dp/3496012927?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Anders Zorn</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3496012927" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anders-Zorn-Rediscovered-Jane-Bledsoe/dp/0936270233?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Anders Zorn Rediscovered</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0936270233" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/ANDERS-ZORN-His-Life-Work/dp/B000PIEBMU?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">ANDERS ZORN, His Life and Work</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000PIEBMU" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nationalism-Nordic-Imagination-Swedish-1890s/dp/0520206266?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Nationalism and the Nordic Imagination: Swedish Art of the 1890s</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0520206266" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Greeting-Cards-Anders-Zorn-Paintings/dp/B00303UZO0?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Greeting Cards: Anders Zorn Paintings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00303UZO0" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anders-Zorn-Woods-19-Print/dp/B001AXOQ8I?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Anders Zorn In the Woods 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 Print</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001AXOQ8I" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anders-Zorn-1860-1920-Introduction-Achievements/dp/9197251933?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Anders Zorn 1860-1920: An Introduction to His Life and Achievements</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=9197251933" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prints-Anders-Zorn-Elizabeth-Broun/dp/B00174W7IG?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Prints of Anders Zorn</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00174W7IG" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anders-Zorn-Hans-Henrik-Brummer/dp/B001O8382O?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Anders Zorn</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001O8382O" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Etchings-Anders-Zorn-Collection-Springfield/dp/0934306028?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Etchings of Anders Zorn: From the Collection of the Springfield Art Museum</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0934306028" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dagmar-Giclee-Poster-Anders-Leonard/dp/B0033DAQ0A?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dagmar, 1911 Giclee Poster Print by Anders Leonard Zorn, 24x32</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0033DAQ0A" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-68962505139619396432010-08-09T10:07:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.238-07:00Embroidered Panel by George Washington Jack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGAkiWH1v6I/AAAAAAAAF00/PqtacKaW_c0/s1600/george+washington+jack+1890-embroidered+panel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TGAkiWH1v6I/AAAAAAAAF00/PqtacKaW_c0/s400/george+washington+jack+1890-embroidered+panel.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Illustration: <b>George Washington Jack. Embroidered panel, 1890</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">George Washington Jack is the patriotically named Scottish American designer who spent much of his professional career in England. Jack trained as an architect and from 1882 became the chief assistant of Philip Webb, taking over sole responsibility for the company in 1900 when Webb retired.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jack was largely responsible and best remembered for his prodigious amount of furniture design produced for, amongst others Morris & Co. Much of this work was produced during the 1880s when Jack became a convert to the English Arts & Crafts movement. This may well have been through his contact with William Morris, through Morris friendship with Webb and Jack's work for Morris & Co. However, Jack was no mere disciple of Morris, but in fact an independent and enthusiastic supporter of the movement which can be noted by his membership of such prestigious groups and associations as the Art Workers Guild for example.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although trained as an architect and mostly remembered now for his furniture design work, Jack was also a designer of at least a certain amount of stained glass and textiles. As far as textiles are concerned, a particularly fine example is that of an embroidered panel produced in 1890. The example shown in this article is an excellent representation of what can be achieved through the medium of embroidery. Both the colours and composition are forceful, without appearing strident. There is a rich, though graphic quality to the work that places it very much as an example of the contemporary state of the decorative arts in England as it approached the final decade of the nineteenth century.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is an example also of Arts & Crafts sensibilities, with the usual use of the abundant elements of the natural world. However, while much of the output of the English Arts & Crafts world was largely tempered by conservative values, along with the characteristic natural inclination towards understatement, Jack's embroidered panel is anything but. A certain element of the exuberant curving of the foliage could be seen as an indication of the inroads being made by the European Art Nouveau movement, and it must be remembered that this piece does date from 1890. However, although elements pertaining to Art Nouveau could be seen in the composition of this piece, it does not necessarily mean that that is what they are.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Art Nouveau struggled to make any headway in England, 1890 being still relatively early for an all out assault by a designer on the English market. This does mean that there was no evidence of the new European movement in England at the time, but is unlikely that a man as steeped in the philosophy of Morris, Webb and the Arts & Crafts movement would have seen the potential of Art Nouveau, when most saw it as a mere fashion fad that had no depth or substance. Most English and in fact British critics saw Art Nouveau as a European, but mostly French folly that would be replaced rapidly by an equally trivial folly. That Art Nouveau made such a fundamental and fairly universal impact on the decorative arts of not only Europe but also that of North America, and was to lead directly into the even more universal and all-pervading Art Deco style, perhaps showed the lack of objective judgement made by the British in regards to that of Europe, but more particularly France.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It would be tempting to imagine that Jack had brought an element of exuberant and youthful vitality from the new world to that of a stuffy and overly traditional old one. It seems unlikely that this is the case as Jack himself was very much an integral part of the English Arts & Crafts movement and of its traditional English philosophy, though it can perhaps not be ruled out entirely.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the case of Jack's embroidered panel of 1890, it seems more a matter of exuberant detailing on the theme of the English Arts & Crafts mould, but perhaps more specifically of that of Morris. Notably, some of the central foliage seems reminiscent of a Morris design style, particularly some of his more Indian inspired textile work. The embroidered panel also seems similar in some respects to that of a furniture inlay. This perhaps should not be so surprising considering Jacks history of both furniture design and his woodcarving ability. However, whatever the reasoning or origins of the design piece, it is still a fine example of English embroidery work of the late nineteenth century, and should be taken as such.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Reference links:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/International-Arts-Crafts-Karen-Livingstone/dp/1851774467?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">International Arts and Crafts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1851774467" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Crafts-Movement-Rosalind-Blakesley/dp/0714838497?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Arts and Crafts Movement</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0714838497" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Crafts-Movement-World-Art/dp/0500202486?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Arts and Crafts Movement (World of Art)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0500202486" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Crafts-Movement-Europe-America/dp/0500238154?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America: Design for the Modern World 1880-1920</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0500238154" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Textiles-Crafts-Movement-Linda-Parry/dp/0500285365?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Textiles of the Arts and Crafts Movement</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0500285365" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Crafts-Companion-Pamela-Todd/dp/0955304679?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Arts & Crafts Companion</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0955304679" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Crafts-Design-William-Varnum/dp/0879056991?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Arts & Crafts Design</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0879056991" style="border: medium none ! 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The Domino has fabulous matching bedside cabinets & chests in a huge variety of lacquer & wood colours & the bed itself is also available in with a fully wool covered frame.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHij56t7LXI/AAAAAAAACUw/LUt5ny0I9kY/s320/DominosCOMP3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222103983345839474" border="0" />Domino Short Bed with Kelly Red Wool cloth bedframe & set<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHijz4rvQjI/AAAAAAAACUo/TcUdLdTWqdY/s320/DominosCOMP32.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222103879720583730" border="0" />Bedroom made in Italy<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHijqrFEusI/AAAAAAAACUg/6xznYTCLf68/s320/statement.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222103721449929410" border="0" />Domino Bed with Black Pony Bedframe and set</div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-16497956325291775832010-08-08T17:35:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:09.054-07:00Modern Italian Bedroom,Bedroom Furniture<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHicpybRctI/AAAAAAAACTY/WGFIL3gmBw4/s320/gemini_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222096009660822226" border="0" />Here is a modern corner bed that will be the centerpiece of your bedroom. It is beautifully and carefully constructed with built-in nightstands. The versatility of corner platform bed makes them an ideal interior design. Its cherry color gives a modern feel to any room.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHickD1VbyI/AAAAAAAACTQ/D3CVQ-U8fjw/s320/polaris_Comp1_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222095911254322978" border="0" />To those who prefer a wooden touch on their contemporary bedroom, then this modern Italian bed would suit their tastes.<br /><br />The ultra modern Italian bed is designed to provide a functional bed space on a room that emphasizes the importance of space. This bed is wide enough for one to stretch on without feeling cramped.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHiccS-Gs7I/AAAAAAAACTI/hU9qChIxhtk/s320/sound_night_comp01_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222095777878684594" border="0" />If you want a solid, opaque atmosphere on your contemporary bedroom, then this modern Italian bed would do the trick.<br /><br />This modern Italian bed fuses solid colors of black and white to create a deep, spacious feel all throughout the room. This platform bed is designed to provide low-rise balance which aims to keep the owner at ease and comforted as he sleeps on it. The bed is also spacious enough to accommodate slumber parties as well as sudden honeymoons.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHicW2QK-MI/AAAAAAAACTA/Ib5PNZdA3xg/s320/sound_night_comp02_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222095684270487746" border="0" />Contemporary bedroom with black and white lacquer and white leather headboard, including lights from both sideshomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-77727972245501886252010-08-08T17:30:00.000-07:002010-08-22T22:30:09.070-07:00Italian Bedroom Set<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHigg4cAbyI/AAAAAAAACT4/2PrfoVlggcI/s320/ElectraComp_D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222100254702202658" border="0" />This contemporary Italian bed is made up of sleek, functional designs that try to make the bedroom space as functional as it can be. It is designed to keep up the balance not just in terms of style but as well as comfort. This bed is made of wood and is finished with wood veneer for a more traditional look. The cherry color provides a nature-inspired color making the whole bedroom piece as homely as possible.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHigYYuo0UI/AAAAAAAACTw/Dl8sy1aNleE/s320/orion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222100108751458626" border="0" />Modern contemporary furniture considers not only a minimalist style but as well as the infusion of various elements that would satisfy one’s need for comfort, function and style. This is the main objective of this modern Italian bed.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHigSBdBjnI/AAAAAAAACTo/qD5L_XpuONM/s320/sma_vanity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222099999424351858" border="0" />Obsessed with the color white? Then this bed is made just for you.<br /><br />This modern white leather bed is designed to meet the needs of those who want a white, clean and heavenly feeling in their bedroom. It is an Italian platform bed that is upholstered in top grain leather.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iogx1FDib64/SHigMJ3NEHI/AAAAAAAACTg/UNKDVhoO6j0/s320/sound_night_comp03_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222099898602426482" border="0" />Bedroom set made in Italy</div>homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354689900173337096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093867050094178369.post-32306590362796335562010-08-06T10:50:00.000-07:002010-08-18T19:55:08.254-07:00Joseph Paton Tablecloth Designer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFw2XIZ5UlI/AAAAAAAAFxM/yXoCKnZmPbk/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-linen+tablecloth.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFw2XIZ5UlI/AAAAAAAAFxM/yXoCKnZmPbk/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-linen+tablecloth.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Linen tablecloth design, 1851</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This series of linen damask tablecloths were featured at the Great Exhibition of 1851. They were produced by the Scottish company of Beveridge, founded by Erskine Beveridge and was based in Dunfermline.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a small element of confusion concerning the designer of these particular tablecloth pieces. In the catalogue that accompanied the Exhibition, the designer was listed as Joseph Paton. However, there are two Joseph Paton's, father and son. Joseph Neil Paton the father was a well known Dunfermline designer of damask work. However, Joseph Noel Paton his son, also produced damask work in Dunfermline, but only briefly before his real career as a successful fine artist became paramount.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxHmvC5SKI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/-EN5_lv0q4U/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxHmvC5SKI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/-EN5_lv0q4U/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+2.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Damask tablecoth design, 1851</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxIFXerOuI/AAAAAAAAFxU/rgE3rk-DjSk/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="409" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxIFXerOuI/AAAAAAAAFxU/rgE3rk-DjSk/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+1.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Damask tablecloth design, 1851</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is probably correct to think that Joseph Neil Paton a professional designer, was used for Beveridge's prestigious display at the Great Exhibition, though the work of his son cannot be entirely ruled out as a possibility, especially as Paton was to become a firm favourite of Queen Victoria, which Beveridge would have been an unwise not to have used as an opportunity. However, Joseph Noel Paton was at the start of his fairly illustrious career in 1851, and it might well have been a little too early to have caught the imagination and eye of Queen Victoria.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this respect these design pieces will be attributed to Joseph Neil Paton. The work is typical of the 1840s and into the 1850s. Much of the decorative work is European based, particularly French in style. An interesting point is that tablecloth design work often seems to have imitated carpet and rug design work. This can clearly be seen with the examples shown here. There is much in the design work that imitates French carpet styling and decoration during the period of the 1840s and 1850s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxIVvayNtI/AAAAAAAAFxY/VR0zGjV5CsU/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="483" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxIVvayNtI/AAAAAAAAFxY/VR0zGjV5CsU/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+4.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Damask tablecloth design, 1851</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxIpMuO_PI/AAAAAAAAFxc/p-xkknT6tsI/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="419" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxIpMuO_PI/AAAAAAAAFxc/p-xkknT6tsI/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+3.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Damask tablecloth design, 1851</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These tablecloths may well appear to us to be a little overly decorated for a table top cover. However, they are extremely fine examples of the genre and it must be remembered that they would have had to have competed with the best that France could produce, which was substantially above what British companies were manufacturing during this period. Although the company might well have struggled in supplying France with damask table linen, they did have a healthy export market to the United States as well as a very good domestic market for their product.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Beveridge the company, was obviously not taking any chances at either mis-representation or under-representation as these examples are only a handful of over a hundred that were on display at the Great Exhibition. Textiles were a very large part of the Exhibition, particularly during a period when Britain dominated the cheaper mass-production side of the world market. However, it was the decorative and design led textiles that drew attention, rather than, as was hoped, the technology of the machinery of mass-production.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxI4a3aVZI/AAAAAAAAFxg/5rqtIiXHro8/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+6.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxI4a3aVZI/AAAAAAAAFxg/5rqtIiXHro8/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+6.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Damask tablecloth design, 1851</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxJd06g6BI/AAAAAAAAFxo/e4IIeQWhmFg/s1600/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/TFxJd06g6BI/AAAAAAAAFxo/e4IIeQWhmFg/s400/joseph+paton-beveridge-1851-damask+tablecloth+5.gif" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustration: <b>Joseph Neil Paton. Damask tablecloth design, 1851</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Patriotism and a certain element of ingratiation was expected from a large proportion of at least the British and British Empire exhibits. Beveridge produced at least a proportion of tablecloth work that fitted this criterion. A medallion of Queen Victoria is one of the most obvious examples shown here. However, there were also examples that showed St George and the Dragon, and figures representing St Andrew and St Patrick. However, these were only ever meant to be display options and possible souvenirs, while the bulk of Beveridge and Paton's work was for the serious business of marketing and hopefully the creation of new export opportunities.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Many dismiss the Great Exhibition as a vulgar display of excess, badly designed and mis-placed creativity, and monotonous machine produced work. To a certain extent this was true, but only partially as there was a fairly broad spectrum of machine and hand made work, with many diverse examples from across the planet. To have engineered this extraordinary event, displaying the world as it was in 1851 at one venue, is a feat worthy of admiration. However, for all future generations it has proved to be a valuable snapshot, an example of the state of decoration and ornamentation, for better or worse, of the mid nineteenth century. It gives us an unrepeatable and fascinating library of decoration and design.</div><b><br /></b><br /><b>Reference links:</b><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Exhibition-1851-Nation-Display/dp/0300080077?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Great Exhibition of 1851: A Nation on Display</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0300080077" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/World-Shilling-Exhibition-Shaped-Nation/dp/0747266484?ie=UTF8&tag=thet08d-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The World for a Shilling: How the Great Exhibition of 1851 Shaped a Nation</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thet08d-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0747266484" style="border: medium none ! 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