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shiftythrifting · 2 years
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The finest of china, found in a Goodwill in Los Angeles, CA
I regret not buying it
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uwmspeccoll · 11 months
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Decorative Sunday with Henry P. Kirby
These charming sketches are the work of New York architect Henry P. Kirby (1853 - 1915). Architectural Compositions contains fifty loose plates printed on Whatman paper and housed in a portfolio. It was published in Boston in 1892 by Bates, Kimball & Guild, publishers of one of the United State’s leading architectural journals of that time, The Architectural Review (Boston), not to be confused with the longer running Architectural Review still in publication out of London. 
Kirby would have been working as a draftsman for George B. Post at the time of publication, for whom he later worked as lead designer before striking out on his own. Some of the subject matter also evokes Kirby’s time in France, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts after training with his father, also an architect. Per the subtitle, some of the sketches were “made in connection with actual projects,” while many were “the result of study during leisure moments.” I found Kirby’s eye for the human elements in his sketches particularly endearing, from the foreground figures to details on the buildings themselves, like open widows and overgrown foliage, or what looks like a duvet cover hanging out to dry (first image above). 
For any music buffs reading, the final sketch includes some bars of "Très-jolie" from the opéra comique smash hit La Fille de Madame Angot. 
Our copy of Architectural Compositions was gifted to UWM by Gustav A. Elgeti in 1966. 
Find more Decorative Sunday posts here.
-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern
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amatesura · 1 year
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plates, 16th century
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97b0n3s · 3 months
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Was on my way to a show and saw these in a 99 store. When I tell you I freaked.
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I was short literally like 2 quarters and my friend decided to buy the TOS one for me!!!! It is literally numbered on the back limited edition the lady called it Star Wars and gave it to me for 6 dollars LOL when I tell you I’m so happy
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bestthriftfinds · 11 months
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little-ceramic-head · 15 days
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A gift I made for a family member. Inspired by minhwa folk paintings. I'm pretty pleased with this one. I also included holes in the foot to allow for hanging. 👐🏼
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yourcoffeeguru · 1 month
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Vintage Alpine White Ironstone Wood & Son England Set x 2 Trincket Dishes Plates || SWtradepost - ebay
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emaadsidiki · 2 months
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Ponte Vecchio = Old Bridge
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toyastales · 1 year
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Everyone needs a complete set of dishes and cutlery
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lomkaill · 9 months
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BUGSFAST TIME!!
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I made them out of homemade clay, baked them, painted them, and they really smell like food :_)
I'm a little careless because it's the first time when i sculpting
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shiftythrifting · 20 days
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jfk plate. i wish i bought this so i could see Glorious Former President John F Kennedy Glaring up at me through my mashed potatoes
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uwmspeccoll · 2 months
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A Wisconsin Decorative Arts Feathursday
This week we present some decorative avian motifs form the 1948 portfolio Decorative Art in Wisconsin by Anne Kendall Foote (1910-1986) and Elaine A. G. Smedal (1922-2014), published in Madison, Wisconsin by Screen Art Company. The portfolio is a follow-up to the authors' 1946 portfolio Norwegian Design in Wisconsin, and was funded by a grant from the University of Wisconsin's Committee on the Study of American Civilization. The portfolio includes 15 original silk-screened prints with photographs and descriptions of the artifacts that the designs are drawn from.
We were delighted that bird images were included, and particularly delighted that some of them were . . . CHICKENS!!
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lechatboiseceramique · 9 months
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🌹✨ handmade painted deep plate ✨🌹
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scofieldshumway · 5 months
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Contemporary Dining Room in Seattle An illustration of a large, modern, medium-tone wood floor great room with a wood stove and white walls.
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bestthriftfinds · 13 days
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