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This tile shows three cranes flying above waves, with a full moon and two clouds behind them. This image was posted on February 07, 2023. #japonisme #japan #design #tile #ceramics #transferware
The Gorham Manufacturing Company, along with Tiffany & Company, was a leading manufacturer of precious metals at the height of Japonisme in the late 19th century. This image was posted on January 18, 2023. #japonisme #japan #design #metalwork
This year marks the 70th anniversary of All Nippon Airways (ANA), which began as Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Company #onthisday in 1952. This image was posted on December 27, 2022. #ana #avgeek #allnipponairways #japan #luggagelabel
Japanese art was influenced by other Eastern countries, such as China and India. This image was posted on December 13, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #dragon #ceramics
Following the peak of their popularity in the West during the 1880s, Japanese designs continued to provide inspiration to the Art Nouveau movement at the turn of the twentieth century in Europe and the United States. This image was posted on November 28, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design
Small utility knives, known as kozuka (小柄), had long been highly valued craft objects in Japan where they were traditionally cast from fine metals, such as bronze. This image was posted on October 25, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #knives
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
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
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
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
In the 1860s, Minton & Company, a major English ceramic producer whose wares ranged from affordable transferware to hand-decorated porcelain and large-scale monumental design, acquired books of Japanese birds and flowers. This image was posted on July 11, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #minton #ceramics
One of the most popular transfer-printed designs in the Japonesque style was the pattern Gildea & Walker marketed under the trade name of “Melbourne”. This image was posted on June 30, 2022. #japonisme #japan #design #transferware