This guy remains one of my favorite contemporary craftsmen.
stuff I like: bell & turn plate, 1891 patent
For the bargain price of $275, this antique doorbell set can be yours. One in stock, available from Rejuvenation Hardware in Portland, Oregon; $22 shipping to the rest of the US.
I saw several similar in Nova Scotia where they are quite popular; they were all painted black, though.
this month’s ebay finds
Plenty of interesting furniture, metalwork, glass & more on Ebay this month, with more than the usual number of small gift items available:
- very detailed spindle-sided dollhouse furniture
- attractive new prairie box chair, from craftsman Dale Martin
- Guthrie oak sideboard
- antique Craftsman child’s rocker
- contemporary Stickley #89-1128A stereo cabinet
- enormous contemporary corner desk / office set
- attractive 1907 Limbert glass-front china cabinet
- a very unique sideboard / dental cabinet, c 1910
- pretty 1906 Limbert daybed with spade cutout
- Limbert book & letter holder, c 1910
- pair of Roycroft copper bookends
- inexpensive Roycroft copper letterholder
- Roycroft hammered copper trays, set of three
- tapered form Roycroft vase, hammered copper with rare nickel patina
- Grueby Faience tall green vase
- pretty yellow and green vase by Scott Draves formerly of Ephraim Faience
- Teco matte green buttressed vase
- contemporary oak wall mirror with shelf
- signed Gustav Stickley rocker with leather seat
- attractive slat-back A&C armchair
- Mission style bench salvaged from railroad station
- Stickley Bros. drop-front desk #6534, circa 1903
- chest of drawers, Gustav Stickley red label
- Craftsman secretary, unique design
- contemporary wood and mica ceiling-mount light fixture
- contemporary wood and mica lamp by same designer as above
Jay Curtis: “ArtGlass & Metal” in the Arts & Crafts tradition
Jay Curtis is a craftsman specializing in etched glass and metal, and his techniques include "water-jet cutting, hand painting, airbrushing, leading, beveling and glue-chipping." His work ranges from the whimsical to the elegant, and much of it is very strongly influenced by the floral designs of the Arts & Crafts Movement.One recent line of products includes etched "special occasion" bowls, available for sale through the website.
Photos of Jay’s more Arts & Crafts-influenced work are up in our art glass album on Flickr.
Arts & Crafts on Ebay: August 2007
There are plenty of interesting pieces of A&C furniture and ceramics on Ebay right now – almost 50% more than I usually see up there, with some neat Roycroft pieces and pretty tiles too. Maybe people are cleaning out their own collections this summer, or trying to cover the costs of their rising mortgages by selling off family treasures (I hope not!). Here are some items closing soon that caught my eye:
- very pretty L & JG Stickley "game table"
- super-clean Limbert desk
- new-looking L&JG Stickley lamp table c1915
- beautiful Roycroft silver / copper vase
- very interesting and probably one-off child’s bed, probably made for the Roycroft Inn
- Roycroft copper vase
- big stack of Roycroft pamphlets / brochures
- Old Mission Kopperkraft eucaluptus-design bowl
- unique German-made (Herweg) hammered-silver matchbox holder
- clean matched pair of Roycroft candlesticks
- gorgeous Limbert rocker
we’re #1 (for houseporn, at least)
I noticed today that we were getting an awful lot of visitors who found us from Google searches for "houseporn." 200 today alone! After checking, I found that we were the number 1 result for this rather odd search term. Not that I’m complaining.
So, to accomodate all of you, some very G-rated houseporn (my favorite kind):
This was created with BigHugeLabs’ neat Mosaic Maker. Too bad it doesn’t generate a clickable html/javascript mosaic!
The photographers are as follows. Click on each link to see the original photo:
1. Heintz Art Metal Collection, 2. details, 3. IMG 1431, 4. Detailed woodwork, 5. Our Dining Room, 6. Arts & Crafts door, 7. Secessionist style Art Glass Door, 8. Plinthy, 9. Roycroft Hanging Lantern, 10. MG 0447, 11. Rockridge – 30, 12. Kitchen Remodel – After, 13. Maybeck church
Urban Archaeology: architectural salvage in New York City
Urban Archaeology, with showrooms in Manhattan, Bridgehampton, Boston and Chicago, has been in the business of saving urban architectural treasures since they opened their Manhattan store in 1978.
In addition to a large stock of salvaged materials, they have also developed their own line of lighting, bath accessories, washstands and medicine cabinets based on popular historic designs.
As far as salvage goes, though, this is no scrapyard, but rather the highest end of the collectible architectural antique sellers.
Eleek – metal casters in Portland, Oregon
