frugal
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We have just come back from a holiday in New York. As expected we went out to museums and arts and crafts places, so I came back with a couple of photos and a lot of great ideas.
The first was a wonderful cabinet by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art:
(Click on the photos to go to the Flikr page that has larger copies of the image).
I loved the curved elements and the custom made hinges in enamelled copper.
The second was a desk from an art shop that specialised in American artists called Anamerican Craftsman, there were loads of lovely glasswork and wooden boxes, but the thing that stood out the most was this desk:
Only $45,000 if you want to take it home. Apparently it took 18 months to make and contains at least 30 different kinds of wood.
Some of the Jewellery boxes were outstanding and I have come away with a whole load of ideas.
The first was a wonderful cabinet by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art:
(Click on the photos to go to the Flikr page that has larger copies of the image).
I loved the curved elements and the custom made hinges in enamelled copper.
The second was a desk from an art shop that specialised in American artists called Anamerican Craftsman, there were loads of lovely glasswork and wooden boxes, but the thing that stood out the most was this desk:
Only $45,000 if you want to take it home. Apparently it took 18 months to make and contains at least 30 different kinds of wood.
Some of the Jewellery boxes were outstanding and I have come away with a whole load of ideas.