A lesson in bathroom lighting Jan 22, 2008
A small recessed spotlight directed at a piece of decorative art or a beautiful powder room basin creates another layer of light in the bathroom. Similarly, a recessed shower fixture can be angled (most can be tilted up to 35 degrees at installation) to highlight nice tilework or fixtures and make them sparkle. (CNN)
A stunning gift lights up LACMA Jan 12, 2008
The plaza level galleries used to hold a jumble of ancient and American art, and before that a hodgepodge of English silver and Italian decorative art ... The work's incorporation of manufactured objects -- a wheel, a light fixture -- connects to the period furniture and other decorative arts incorporated into the display of painting and sculpture. (Los Angeles Times)
'Wool' paintings featured in Niles library gallery Jan 10, 2008
Traditional Rug Hooking, using strips of wool fabric on a burlap or linen foundation, has been a useful and decorative art form for hundreds of years. Today, both recycled and new wool is used to make rugs and other heirlooms, to decorate homes, for every season. (Niles Star, MI)
What a day for culture Dec 26, 2007
Permanent exhibitions are in the museum's The Root Family Museum of Americana and Cocoa Cola memorabilia, The Helena and William Schulte Gallery of Chinese Art, the Cuban Foundation Museum, Anderson C. Bouchelle Study Center and Gallery for International Decorative Art, The Kenneth Worcester Dow Mohan Dow Gallery of American Art, The Center for Florida History, Mary Louise Marzullo Gallery featuring The Levine Jewelry Collection and the Abraham and Dorothy Frischer Contemporary Sculpture Garden.... (Florida Today)
Tracey Albainy, was curator at Museum of Fine Arts; 45 Dec 23, 2007
Tracey Albainy had an eye for the exquisite, and as a senior curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, she brought her sensibility about decorative arts and sculpture to the museum's galleries ... While many she worked with championed masterpieces in the form of paintings, Ms. Albainy sought out the finest that the decorative art world had to offer ... "The Empire style would become one of the grandest and most opulent in the history of decorative arts. Bold, saturated colors, costly and elaborately... (Boston Globe)
Local artist creates holiday yard art for area residents Dec 20, 2007
Part of the fun of the holiday is decorating the home and yard in lights and decorative art. In that spirit, Benton County residents have the opportunity to purchase Christmas yard art, made right here in Benton County. (Camden Chronicle, TN)
From Valley and beyond, Tribal crafters are new store's focus Dec 13, 2007
The store features native-produced tribal items, from decorative art to games and music, as well as Pendleton wool products, including purses. "There's talent out there," said Nina Repin, a Snoqualmie tribal council member and dedicated craftswoman. (King County Journal Newspapers, WA)
Osbourne 'garage sale' nets $800 000 Dec 3, 2007
"Sharon has great taste in fine arts and furniture, so we had our normal fine and decorative art market," auction house chief executive Darren Julien told AFP on Sunday. "It was fun to see some of the hardcore Ozzy fans bidding against these refined art buyers.". (iAfrica.com)
Police & Fire Nov 27, 2007
Finally, city police were called to the 200 block of W. Portage on Saturday to investigate the theft of decorative art from a sandwich shop. According to reports, the 4 x 20 picture was valued at 150 and appears to have been removed by sliding the picture from its mounting brackets. (Sault Ste Marie Evening News, MI)
Foothills Gallery Christmas Show coming to LaFayette Nov. 29 Nov 24, 2007
Decorative art blocks, for the event s Block Party, will depict Mosaic art, unique painting and photographs. The art blocks are $30 each. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
The Osbournes Auction: Bat Coat, Crashed ATV, Lamp That Almost Burned Down Their House -- All For Sale! Nov 14, 2007
To be held November 30 and December 1, with pre-sale exhibitions planned for November 26-29, the "Osbourne Collection" has it all, from fine and decorative art, jewelry and furnishings to the wigs Sharon Osbourne wore following her treatment in 2002 for colon cancer (see ); the hairpieces' starting price is $200 each. As you'd expect, the lot is full of some rather amusing oddities and, well, artifacts associated with several recent misfortunes that have befallen the Osbourne clan. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Bradford Kelleher, 87; turned museum gift shop into model Nov 7, 2007
Under Mr. Kelleher's supervision, the museum's reproduction business grew to include a large selection of decorative art objects based on the museum's collection. Mr. Kelleher traveled around the globe in search of artisans who could produce good-quality reproductions. (Boston Globe)
Column: Bittersweet: an attractive invader Oct 23, 2007
At this time of year, its orange and red berries emerging from yellow husks are attractive as decorative art ... Should you receive any decorative art made with bittersweet, take care in its disposal. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Village Fair hits GE Oct 13, 2007
Local crafters and vendors will be selling decorative art, food and beverages. The youngsters of the Valley always make a stop by Kids' Alley. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
It's playtime again for the big names Oct 13, 2007
For this sale the firm seems to have looped in an unusually large offering of furniture, decorative art and jewellery - objects that, in the auction world, tend to take a back seat to the more lucrative business of flogging expensive Australian pictures. Sotheby's is clearly attempting to shift decorative arts up the value scale, setting the minimum entry price per item at $6000 to justify a place in the connoisseur's auction. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Sutherland Serves as Exclusive Corporate Sponsor of the High Museum of Art's Immortal Inspirations Gala Oct 6, 2007
With more than 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. For more information about the High or the gala, please visit or call 404. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Any old iron goes begging at Bunda's Oct 5, 2007
B&G's head of decorative arts, James Hendy, says overall it was a good clearance, with local buyers very much in evidence ... To celebrate the firm's big decorative art and furniture sale in Melbourne on November 11, the day after the Cup is due to be run, it is trotting out a magnificent silver trophy: the Melbourne Cup of 1892. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
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I like what I see in Stuttgart, Win Bruhl, juror of visual and decorative art at the festival and art department chairman at the University of Arkansas at Little rock (UALR), said. It takes vision, work and community involvement with a festival of this size. (Stuttgart Daily Leader, AR)
Pull up a postmodern chair at new Yale exhibit Sep 20, 2007
The collection has been recognized as one of the most important American decorative art and design undertaking of the 1980s ... "I've been a fan of Swid and Powell for quite a while, so when the opportunity arose to house the collection, I was thrilled." Gordon is the Benjamin Attmore Hewitt assistant curator of American decorative arts at Yale. (Stamford Advocate)
Community briefs Sep 20, 2007
Farmer will be at the museum, 311 D St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Farmer specializes in American furniture, folk art, fine art and decorative art, but does not appraise military items, firearms or coins. There is a $20 charge for each appraisal, with visitors limited to two items. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Artist gives stamp of approval Sep 16, 2007
She began with tole painting, which is a form of decorative art, she explained. Tole painting involves painting such things as tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture such as hope chests, chairs and tables. (Waynesboro Record Herald, PA)
Photo File, Inc. Launches Disney Gold Records Collection Sep 7, 2007
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Photo File, Inc., the leader in licensed sports photography, will debut limited edition framed, 24KT gold-plated records commemorating classic Disney soundtracks at Decor Expo, the world's largest decorative art and framing tradeshow, in Atlanta on September 7. The line will rollout at retailers nationwide with a suggested retail price of $249 each. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sting in the sale for buyers Sep 1, 2007
Critics say the emphasis on the more remunerative fine art side of the business has left the traditional strength of the historic Lawsons operation - its decorative art, furniture, tribal art, silver and book sales - looking down-at-heel. Anecdotal evidence suggests vendors with serious material to sell in these areas have been looking to other auctioneers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
What's it Worth? An increasing appreciation for Americana Aug 26, 2007
However, with renewed passion for our heritage, American art and decorative art, including such items as weathervanes, is now becoming extremely popular and, as a result, prices are going up dramatically. Quilts One of the best examples of this is the American quilt. (Woonsocket Call, RI)
Chairs sitting pretty as a design icon, but for how long? Aug 12, 2007
Others began as decorative art museums, like the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Mus. e des Arts-D. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A bucket of relics from Napoleonic era Jul 28, 2007
To be offered at B&G's furniture and decorative art sale in Sydney's Double Bay on Monday week, August 6, it carries an estimate of $8000 to $10,000 and Stanley wouldn't be surprised if it went considerably higher. Country comfort. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Music Hall film series ends tonight Jul 24, 2007
The work requires additional time to prepare for the opening gala on Saturday, Sept. 8, due to the quality of the interiors decorative art and the intricate hand detailing. As a result, Executive Director Patricia Lynch has decided to close SummerFilm earlier. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Andriivsky Uzviz Jul 9, 2007
The HIstory and Culture of Kyiv on One of its Oldest Streets. This short, steep, curvy, cobblestone road was originally created around the 10-1100's as a shortcut from Kyiv's aristocratic Upper/Old Town down the hill to the Podil district, birthplace of the city's trade, commerce, and industry. (Suite101.com)
Eye on Rusia Jul 7, 2007
We are recommended to a gallery that is housed in a stunning hall within the Baron Stieglits Museum of Decorative Art. The room has been painstakingly renovated, the white paint that covered the beautiful murals on the walls carefully removed. (CNN -- International)
Artprice and ADAGP Sign an Agreement Strengthening the Digital Economy and Copyright Jun 25, 2007
These resources, which will be digitised according to Artprice's proprietary standards, represent the world's largest source of information on the art market, as well as decorative art, design and antiquities ... By extending its standardised database to include catalogues from sales of design, antiquities and decorative arts and adding images and full catalogue information, Artprice is becoming the world's leading source of information on auctions, whatever the field. (PR Newswire)
Dramatic new home for art revives downtown Denver Jun 15, 2007
The Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art in the same neighborhood is more of a hands-off kind of place -- children under 13 aren't allowed -- but it's a good place to explore 20th century decorative arts ... Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art: 1311 Pearl St., (303) 832-8576. (San Francisco Chronicle)
* New show from old infatuations Jun 10, 2007
He has also accumulated a extensive assortment of cultural and historical relics ranging from lacquerware, bronze and jade artifacts to ancient furniture and decorative art works such as thumb rings, snuff bottles, belt hooks and plaques. Local and international museums have often borrowed objects from Wang's collection when putting together major exhibitions on Chinese themes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Live from downtown Mason City Jun 9, 2007
Mahogany doors and wall paneling in the second-floor attorneys office, decorative art glass windows and French doors and terra cotta tile floors were among the original features of the hotel that are being restored. Frank Lloyd Wright used autumn colors, so those will be the colors you re going to see in here, said Bang. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Holey George's pieces stay Down Under May 26, 2007
But Joel's manager for decorative art and furniture, Jennifer Gibson, believes both lots set new records for Owen wares of their size ... The bumper sticker might say "FREE TIBET" but there were no give-aways in the big assemblage of Tibetana offered by Sotheby's at its decorative arts sale on May 1 and 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
JoAnn Brandau wins Christmas Island Style design contest May 16, 2007
"My emphasis in the last few years has been on decorative art for the home-painted furniture, murals, mosaics and photo collage.". A limited number of Christmas Island Style Twentieth Anniversary commemorative ornaments will be on sale this fall at the Marco Island Chamber of Commerce and select retail outlets on the island. (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
St. Louis Art Museum May 12, 2007
The period rooms of the Decorative Art and Design collection run the gamut from Renaissance to present day. There s everything here from European and American furniture and textiles, to Tiffany stained glass, to eighteenth century ceramics to beautiful Meissen porcelain and stunning furniture by architects Greene & Greene and Frank Lloyd Wright. (Suite101.com)
FLW hospital opens new mother-baby unit May 3, 2007
A new nursery, three antepartum rooms, a new C-section room, state-of-the-art equipment all around, along with a modern motif and decorative art on the walls adds to the new unit s at-home feel. It s only the third major renovation GLWACH has seen in the past four decades. (Waynesille Daily Guide, MO)
Quirky Winter Harbor a secluded Maine gem Apr 22, 2007
Winter Harbor is a pleasant, compact town with an attractive stone library, a 5 and 10 cent store, several art galleries, an IGA grocery, a gift shop specializing in jewelry and other decorative art made from sea glass, and two very good eateries: Fisherman's Inn Restaurant, specializing in seafood that the owner smokes himself; and J.M. Gerrish Provisions and Cafe, known for its espresso, pastries, and light deli fare. Our lodging during our visit was an old boathouse, circa 1880, at the Main... (Boston Globe)
Little Train puffs back to saleroom Apr 21, 2007
Hocking, who introduced Australians to acts such as jazz duo Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth, guitar whizz Paco Pena and sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, was a self-admitted "restless spirit" whose taste switched from Japanese prints to pop posters, "school of" old masters, eastern bronzes and 20th century decorative art. That's assuming there are no lots introduced from elsewhere - a phenomenon that's frowned on but by no means unknown at auction. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
East. Meet West Apr 19, 2007
By commissioning participants to create work in China, Lam hopes to refute the Western assumption that fine art is superior to decorative art ... Lam's own interest in the decorative arts emerged only after she finished her various studies in London and moved to Shanghai to work for her family's real-estate and investment businesses. (BusinessWeek)
Otto Natzler, 99; glazer of daring ceramics Apr 18, 2007
The Natzlers' elegant and daring works she was the potter helped elevate ceramics from a "decorative art" to a fine art ... "The Natzlers are to vessels as ceramist Peter Voulkos is to sculpture renowned for their handling of materials, for their ability to create the perfect object by coaxing soulfulness anima out of inert, inchoate and meaningless clay," said Jo Lauria, an independent curator and specialist in contemporary decorative arts in Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
Design calender: Key design events of 2007-8 Apr 16, 2007
"20th Century Decorative Art and Design" Sales previews April 29 to May 4 ... "20th Century Decorative Art sale" Sale previews from June 2 to June 5 ... 20th Century Decorative Art sale. (International Herald Tribune)
Curry & Crafts Mar 22, 2007
Rangoli - a decorative art made of dried dyes - and henna natural dye tattoos will also be available. Kaushish said the decorative herbal henna dye is green but turns reddish when it dries, and stays red for at least two weeks, when it starts to fade. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Tiffany lamp exhibit illuminates women's role Mar 11, 2007
Stained-glass windows, mosaics, enamels and ceramics are part of the show, as well as workshop photos and details on how these unsung women selected, cut and pieced together glass for the lamps and other decorative art. The show also alludes to a larger Tiffany exhibition of spectacular stained-glass windows and furnishings from his Long Island country estate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 20. (AZCentral -- Home)
Lionsgate latches to Kinkade Mar 9, 2007
He noted that average retail price for a limited canvas is $1,000 while average retail for decorative art is $150. "His art really appeals to a very wide range of buyers," Paseornek added. (Variety)
Letters enlighten art buffs Mar 5, 2007
NEW YORK -- Asking who designed Louis Comfort Tiffany's iconic lamps might seem the decorative art world's equivalent to the schoolyard stumper, "Who's buried in Grant's tomb?" While Ulysses S. Grant is indeed buried in Grant's tomb, fresh evidence reveals that Tiffany did not design most of the lavish leaded-glass lamps bearing his name, solving a century-old mystery art historians didn't even know existed ... Once Eidelberg and Gray learned of each other's discovery, they joined forces with... (FOX59, IN)
Painting Ceramic Tiles Mar 5, 2007
This decorative art can make your kitchen a conversation piece. (Suite101.com)
Days Gone By ... One dedicated quilter Mar 4, 2007
Thankfully, those days or gone now and quilting is more of a decorative art than a practical necessity, Sue said. Many quilts back then were literally made up of scraps and pieces of cloth, hence the term piece quilting. (Texarkana Gazette, TX)
Melbourne toff's eclectic collection on the block Mar 3, 2007
Among Monday's highlights was a 40 centimetre high gilt bronze figure of Ratnasambhava from the Qianlong period circa 1750 which brought a stunning $789,425 including buyer's premium and GST - claimed as an Australian record for Asian art and for any piece of decorative art ... Not too many shocks at Lawson Menzies sale of decorative art on February 4, the first of the year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
A tiny condo is wrapped in luxury, reflecting the world travels of owner Sonya Taylor Mar 2, 2007
In a space of only 530 square feet, she is blanketed in international furnishings, paintings and decorative art. The quiet of her tiny domain is periodically punctuated by the coo-coo of a clock in her tiny kitchen. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Off the beaten path Feb 21, 2007
O'Neil's Berry Hill-based business, Hot Potatoes, relies on the groundswell created by her pass-along e-mails and newsletters to sell rubber stamps used for decorative art projects. "The people who are on my list definitely want to be there," O'Neil says. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
- Tristram Hunt Feb 17, 2007
In east London, Waltham Forest council intends to close the William Morris Gallery on weekdays, sack the specialist curators and put the manuscript collections and decorative art stock off limits. All of which would imperil educational access for school groups and researchers alike. (Guardian Unlimited)
Art Beat: Mission: Saving our cultural heritage Feb 16, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007. Cori Wegner stands in front of the Iraq National Museum. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Boyd's allegory on poverty rises again Feb 3, 2007
It was earmarked for a warehouse auction of second-hand wares - but the firm decided to hold it back for its major decorative art sale in Double Bay at the end of November. The Victoria Cross sold to media mogul Kerry Stokes, who paid a presumably tax-deductible $478,000 and is donating it to the National War Memorial. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
'Roadshow' Stories Jan 26, 2007
"That has been such a blessing." He began dealing decorative art in 1973 and opened Rago Arts and Auction Center in 1984. In time, he became a premiere appraiser and dealer of 20th century European and American art pottery. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Les arrivistes Jan 25, 2007
This the perfect way to work out your rococo from your neoclassical, and it clearly shows how decorative art has continued to reuse ideas from the past. The collection goes right up to the present day: it is odd to see furniture from the 1980s and 90s in a museum context. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Boston antique dealer new owner of historic Kittery mansion Jan 24, 2007
Bardonnet said a wealthy, high-stature family like the Pepperrells likely would have decorated their home with fine French and English furnishings, the foremost decorative art of the 18th century. Bardonnet said he will spend most of his time concentrating on the interior and will preserve the outside in its current condition. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Parisian fairs predict a fashionable season Jan 12, 2007
This season's Planete Meuble Paris interprets decorative art and haute couture in a modern and offbeat manner, focusing on Egypt, Spain and Portugal in particular, as part of the organizers' efforts to seek diversity. Maison runs from Jan. 26-30 at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Tooting the horn of a revolutionary relic Jan 10, 2007
Though the engraving began as a means of identification, it evolved into a decorative art. Fleming said that around the time of the War of 1812, the Conkling horn was cut down to reduce its size, which was a common practice because the larger horns were no longer considered practical. (Newsday -- Long Island)
Museum exhibits antique toys worth thousands Jan 9, 2007
"Toys are a big part of decorative art," he said. The Bruce Museum is showing off antique toys in its current exhibition, "Zip, Bop and Whir: Toys of the 20th Century." Connecticut had a major role in 19th century toy production, with factories located throughout the state. (Greenwich Time)
