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1. Bandbox revival: originally popularized in the mid- to late 1800s as utilitarian storage containers for everything from gentlemen's neckbands to ladies' hats, today's bandboxes are finding a renewed popularity thanks to the skill and devotion of artisans like Jeanette McVay

Author

Bilotti, Lawrence

Subjects
Boxes -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Design, Decorative -- Innovations, Decorative arts -- Innovations, Food/cooking/nutrition, Home and garden, Company business management, Management, Innovations
Abstract

In 1989, Jeanette McVay enrolled in a tole painting class at a local shop near her home in Kansas City, Kans. 'It really started out as a hobby,' she recalls, [...]

Published
2004

2. Have a holly jolly holiday

Subjects
Christmas decorations -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Christmas cookery
Published
1998

3. Words to live by

Subjects
Interior design -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Bookcases -- Decoration and finishing, Bulletin boards -- Innovations, Decoupage -- Methods
Published
1997

4. Changing seasons in Kyoto: tea master John McGee's historic 17th-century farmhouse in Japan

Author

Lutfy, Carol

Subjects
McGee, John -- Homes and haunts, Architecture, Japanese -- Remodeling and renovation, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Farmhouses -- Japan, Japanese tea ceremony -- Personal narratives, Architecture and design industries, Home and garden
Abstract

Canadian-born John McGee settled in Japan in 1970 when he discovered the art of creating Japanese-style tea ceremonies. He bought a 1657-built farmhouse in 1987 and filled it with his vast collection of Asian antiques, crafts and sculpture.

Published
1993

5. Tradition renewed

Author

Murphy, Rhoda Jaffin

Subjects
Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Interior design -- Innovations
Published
1991

7. LOUIS POULSEN LIGHTING

Subjects
Electric light fixtures -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Design, Decorative -- Innovations, Decorative arts -- Innovations, Architecture and design industries, Business, Innovations, Behavior
Abstract

To accommodate the circular version of the TS fluorescent tube, Louis Paulsen has designed a new fixture Q the name reflects the simple shape. It consists of two parts, the [...]

Published
2001

8. Matisse's armchair

Author

Tomkins, Calvin

Subjects
Painters -- Innovations, Artists -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations
Published
1980

9. Great illusions

Author

Reiter, J. Bradley and Kontos, Jason

Subjects
Interior design -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Painting
Published
1978

10. An artist: root, stem and petal

Author

Raver, Anne

Subjects
Ost, Daniel -- Innovations, Flower arrangement -- Innovations, Designers -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Design, Decorative -- Innovations, Decorative arts -- Innovations
Abstract

THE good women of the Garden Club of Palm Beach slaved away last week for the master flower designer Daniel Ost, cutting 15,000 sea-grape leaves to make a giant green […]

Published
2002

12. Hospitals are discovering their inner spa

Author

La Ferla, Ruth

Subjects
Health care industry, Hospitals -- Innovations -- United States, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Health care industry -- Innovations, Design, Decorative, Decorative arts
Abstract

A SMILING concierge in the lobby directed Debra Paget toward the eighth-floor lounge, a sumptuous room, where she plunged into a cushy banquette. Sitting with a friend amid fountains, pink […]

Published
2000

13. Invasion of the design lab mutants

Author

Williams, Stephen P.

Subjects
Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Architecture -- Innovations, Design, Decorative -- Innovations, Decorative arts -- Innovations, Furniture design -- Innovations
Abstract

THERE was a time, in the distant 80's, when Corian was such an exotic material it had to be installed by licensed technicians. Now, it's just another tired surface at […]

Published
2000

14. Russia's wit and whimsy

Subjects
Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Cottages -- Decoration and finishing
Published
1992

15. Magnificent mosaics

Author

Poe, Andrea

Subjects
Mosaics -- Innovations, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Decorative arts -- Innovations, Design, Decorative -- Innovations, Company business management
Abstract

Designers and architects from Mustique to Montauk are adorning foyer floors, kitchen walls, bathrooms, fireplaces, furniture and garden walkways with mosaics created by Sara Baldwin (above). Her company, NEW RAVENNA, […]

Published
2006

16. Fringe binge

Author

Scherer, Barrmore Laurence

Subjects
Tassels -- Usage, Braid -- Usage, Interior designers -- Methods, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Notions (Merchandise) -- History, Drapery -- Decoration and finishing
Published
1986

18. Still lifes to create

Subjects
Tables -- Decoration and finishing, Bowls (Tableware) -- Decoration and finishing, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations
Published
1989

19. Posters as art

Subjects
Posters -- Usage, Decoration and ornament -- Innovations, Art in interior decoration -- Methods, General interest, Home and garden
Published
1989

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