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L. and J.G. Stickley & their Furniture.
Leopold and J. George Stickley were brothers of cabinetmaker Gustav Stickley, one of the foremost American craftsmen working in the Arts & Crafts style. They established a furniture shop in Fayetteville, New York, in 1902 near Gustav’s factory and began marketing their “Hand Craft” furniture two years later. The two brothers produced furniture into the 1920′s that closely followed Gustav’s designs and philosophy. This style was known [...] Click here to continue reading.
Roycroft – New York Arts & Crafts Community
After visiting William Morris’s Kelmscott community of artisans, charismatic businessman and writer Elbert Hubbard (1856 to 1915) embarked on his own version in East Aurora, New York. His Roycroft community, America’s only Arts & Crafts campus, began in 1895 as a high quality leather bookbindery and publishing house. The name came from two 17th century London printers. The community’s large and prominently displayed mark, the orb [...] Click here to continue reading.
Heintz Art Metal
The most collected and prized art metalware from the Arts & Crafts era was “brown metal.” Hues ranged from an old tarnished penny to worn leather. One company, Heintz Art Metal Shop of Buffalo, New York, specialized in chocolate brown metal and their dark patina has never been duplicated. The chemical formula died with owner and innovator Otto Heintz (1877 to 1918).
Heintz preferred bronze with a sterling silver overlay, not [...] Click here to continue reading.
David Y. Ellinger (American, 1913 to 2003)
The following obituary for David Y. Ellinger was published in the May, 2003 issue of the Maine Antique Digest, page 4-A.
“David Ellinger wanted to be remembered as an antiques dealer first, then as a painter,” said Charlie Steinberg, the Abington, Pennsylvania antiques dealer. “He was a very good picker. He found many things now in the Geesey Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and he [...] Click here to continue reading.
Harrison Fisher (American, 1877 to 1934)
“The Father of A Thousand Girls”, Harrison Fisher showed an early interest in drawing and from the age of six was instructed by his father, Hugh Antoine Fisher, a landscape painter. When his family moved from Brooklyn to San Francisco, Harrison studied there at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. At sixteen, Fisher had begun to make drawings for the San Francisco Call and later for the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Silhouettes
Silhouettes are side-view portraits much in fashion between 1770 and 1860 as a lower cost alternative to oil or watercolor portraits. Silhouettes are also known as “shades” (for shadows) or more correctly as “profiles” (profiles in miniature). The origin of silhouettes is thought to go back to the shadows cast by a fire on the walls of caves so it can be claimed that silhouettes or “shades” were an important influence in the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Robert Wood & Co.
Robert Wood began his business as a blacksmith in Philadelphia in 1838. He operated under “Robert Wood, Philadelphia Maker” until 1857 when he took on a partner, Elliston Perot and changed the name of the foundry to “Wood & Perot.” Perot died in 1865 and Wood, in 1866 took on Thomas S. Root to form Robert Wood & Co. He operated under this foundry name until 1878. Wood was the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Jules Moigniez (French 1835 to 1894)
A noted “animalier” sculptor, Moigniez was born in 1835 in Senlis, France. The artist’s most plentiful subjects were game birds – inspired by his studies with Paul Comolera – but he sculpted dogs, horses and a few equestrian groups.
Moigniez first exhibited his work at the age of twenty at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1855. Thereafter he exhibited regularly at the Salon in Paris until 1892. [...] Click here to continue reading.
Lumiere Tri-Chromie Process
The Tri-Chromie or three-color process basically uses black and white panchromatic film with three different colored filters to achieve a multi-colored image. The Lumiere Tri-Chromie process dates from about 1893. It was part of their color experimentation that eventually led to the Autochrome. It is not believed that the Tri-Chromie process was never sold commercially.
Information courtesy of Stereographica.com.
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina
Tryon Palace was built between 1767 and 1770 and was the first permanent capital of the colony of North Carolina. Governor Tryon and several other governors used the Palace before and after the American Revolution before Raleigh became the state capital in 1794. On April 21, 1791, George Washington was the guest of honor at a gala dinner and dance held at the Palace.
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