Thursday, March 26, 2015

Rare late 19th-early 20th century "Hopkinson" pattern, 13 star American flag. Francis Hopkinson designed this 3-2-3-2-3 star patter for maritime and nautical use.

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This flag was made sometime between 1895-1925. It has thin wool bunting (red and white stripes), cotton stars, cotton sewing thread, machin...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Pair of 1920's pen, ink and watercolor drawings of costume or set design clothing.

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I love stuff like this because it makes me think. My first glance at these made me think they were schoolboy or schoolgirl art class pieces...

The Dazzle Camouflage Paintings of Kristian Goddard

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While researching the previous post on Dazzle Ships I came across the artwork of UK native Kristian Goddard. He offers some additional in...

Dazzle Ships

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From Publicdomainreview.org    One of my very favorite websites is Public Domain Review, check it out. Dazzle camouflage (also know...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Edgar A. Tafel (1912-2011) "Years With Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice to Genius" Wonderful, inscribed, First Edition from 1979.

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Edgar Tafel was the last of the original Taliesan Fellows. He passed away in 2011. In 1980, I got to meet him at a party in honor of his la...

Fred Press (1919-2012) American designer of some of the swankiest cocktail glasses ever created.

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Fred press was born on October 14th, 1919. As a teenager he won the Proctor and Gamble Soap Sculpture 4 years in a row. He studied painti...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Just in: Antique Easter Candy Containers

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