Tag Archives: Product

Deco Rate

March 3, 2011UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

I’m seeing Art Deco everywhere I turn. I didn’t think it was my cup of tea, but every time it enters a room, well, it’s just so rich and sleek and glam. Hard to argue.

Emile Jacques Ruhlman Nicolle chest, 1926, image courtesy of DeLorenzo Gallery.

As Luck Would Have It

February 11, 2011UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

A welcome break this week, a delicious dinner with smart and funny women. Our hostess has a wonderful apartment and every time I am there I find small additions, not the stuff of boast and bluff, but really personal things that delight.

This time, in addition to a new snappy, red bar and a remarkable book stand, was this small piece of art in the living room. A girl, what, doing a card trick? Playing solitaire? It matters not as her message is so enchanting with the shift of a lever. “You are amazing.” Could there be a better surprise?

The creation of Ann Wood and Dean Lucker, these mechanical drawings charm and amuse.

The two attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and have been creating collaborative works since 1990.

You can see their work here and on Etsy here.

The pieces are incredibly reasonable; I feel the return on your investment would be ten fold.

All images courtesy of woodlucker.com.

Friend of a Friend

February 2, 2011UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

Snowmaggedon. That’s what they are calling it, anyway, and I’m giddy that I haven’t left the house since four o’clock on Monday. I don’t think it’s particularly a secret that I think the joys of the New York International Gift Fair are a well-curated few (when it’s good it’s very good and when it’s bad…), so I am happy to sit here in my p.j.s and watch what other bloggers turn up.

Marisa Marcantoinio of Stylebeat and Kevin Isbell have both steered me in the direction of Audrey Sterk. I am particularly grateful for the heads-up on the Circle and Stars pattern, available as paper, floor cloth and covered table, as it is hitting that sweet spot of folk art meets modern. And you can see it all right there from the comfort of your own blinking screen.

Red Herring

February 1, 2011UncategorizedProductMrs. Blandings

Unfortunately, the paper used in Mary’s bedroom was Zoffany’s Bergere in Red from the French Prints Collection. Unfortunate as it is discontinued. The St. Antoine paper from Farrow & Ball has a similar feel.