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Tiffany & Company was America’s most distinguished artistic goods manufacturer and one of the first to adopt Japanese-influenced decoration, which was lauded as far as Europe and Japan. This image was posted on October 13, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #silver
Bruce Bradbury arrived in San Francisco from Maine in the 1960s and discovered neighborhoods with seemingly endless rows of elaborately ornamented Victorian houses. This image was posted on October 05, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpapers #design
Japan’s outstanding metallurgy inspired Western silver manufacturers to reconsider their design and production processes. This image was posted on September 30, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #silver #decorativearts
Handkerchiefs, like samplers, display an infinite variety of handwork to showcase embroiderers’ talent and skills. This image was posted on September 27, 2022. #pineappletopina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #philippines
Maria Beatriz “Patis” Pamintuan Tesoro (b. This image was posted on September 13, 2022. #pineappletopina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #phillippines
The individual patterns of this Persian ceiling paper set were drawn and adapted from examples of the Persian and Indo-Persian patterns depicted in Albert Racinet’s compendium L’Ornement Polychrome, published in installments between 1869 and 1873. This image was posted on August 24, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
During the 1870s, stores specializing in Japanese art and merchandise, commonly referred to as Japanese novelty stores or fancy goods stores, opened across the United States—from New York and Boston to Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco. This image was posted on August 22, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #1900s #storeinterior
The traditional men’s blouse of the Philippines, the barong tagalog, is a sheer, long-sleeved embroidered formal shirt worn untucked and made from piña or other natural fibers. This image was posted on August 19, 2022. #pineappletopina #piña #pineapple #lace #fashion #design #philippines
Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign (1798–1801) ignited a fascination with ancient Egypt that continued into the Victorian era, when the Egyptian Revival design style permeated decorative arts. This image was posted on August 17, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpapers #design #wallpaperwednesday #egyptianrevival
How’s this for a stylish and elaborate way to announce dinner? This image was posted on August 10, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #gong #bird
“Why not then, have beautiful ceilings, especially as they can be seen complete, while the wall is part hidden by furniture and pictures?….We glory in a clear blue sky overhead, and we speak of the sky as increasing in beauty as it becomes deeper in tint…Why then make our ceilings white?” -Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) Christopher Dresser realized a future in which high-quality design could merge with machine production. This image was posted on July 27, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design