William Morris
1845 – 1896
During his lifetime, Morris produced items in a range of crafts, mainly those to do with furnishing, including over 600 designs for wallpaper, textiles, and embroideries, over 150 for stained glass windows, three typefaces, and around 650 borders and ornamentations for the Kelmscott Press. He emphasised the idea that the design and production of an item should not be divorced from one another, and that where possible those creating items should be designer-craftsmen, thereby both designing and manufacturing their goods. In the field of textile design, Morris revived a number of dead techniques, and insisted on the use of good quality raw materials, almost all natural dyes, and hand processing.
Read more about William Morris in our post: William Morris: The First Celebrity Designer?
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Unfinished Morris Microfiber Pillow Sham$32.00 – $35.00 -
Pacific Blue Women’s Cut & Sew Racerback Dress$39.00 -
Morris Ivy Tripod Lamp$52.00 -
Blue Floral Morris Microfiber Pillow Sham$32.00 – $35.00 -
Jasper Falls Microfiber Pillow Sham$32.00 – $35.00 -
Birmingham Dornier Rug$38.00 – $165.00 -
Morris Vine Women’s Racerback Dress$37.00 -
Amber Harvest Premium Pillow$27.00 – $30.00
August Racinet
1825 – 1893
Albert-Charles-Auguste Racinet (1825–1893), himself an accomplished artist, is best known today for publishing two major pictorial works on the history of design — Le costume historique and L’Ornement polychrome — while engraver and artistic director at the Parisian publisher Firmin Didot et Cie. Published in ten instalments between 1869 and 1873, the first iteration of L’Ornement polychrome (Colour ornament) is a visual record in 100 plates of the decorative arts from antiquity to the eighteenth century. The work was such a huge success that in 1885–7 Racinet brought out a second series, this time of 120 plates, and updated to include designs of the nineteenth century as well. The imagery presented in both series is drawn from a wide array of various mediums, including woodwork, metalwork, architecture, textiles, painting, and pottery, and from cultures all over the world.
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Racinet: Persian Women’s Racerback Dress$36.00 -
Racinet: Jade Flower (detail) Laptop Sleeve$28.00 – $30.00 -
Racinet: Jade Flower Sherpa Blanket$39.00 – $51.00 -
Racinet: “Persia” Tripod Lamp$60.00 -
Racinet: “Medieval” Area Rug$40.00 – $120.00 -
Racinet: “Persian” Area Rug$40.00 – $120.00 -
Racinet: “Renaissance” Area Rug$40.00 – $120.00 -
Racinet: Pompeian No. 3 Area Rug$40.00 – $120.00
E. A. Séguy
1890 – 1985
E. A. Séguy was one of the foremost French designers of decorative art during the first third of the twentieth century. He produced numerous color portfolios of visual ideas for artists, illustrators and designers over a long and distinguished career. His books reproduce in full color all 40 of the extraordinary plates from Papillons (Butterflies) and Insectes, two portfolios Seguy published in the 1920s. Included are 81 specimens of butterflies plus 16 artistic designs based on butterfly motifs, and 80 insects other than butterflies with 16 decorative compositions utilizing insects.
Learn more about this artist from our post: Eugène Séguy & the pochoir method
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Abstract Gardens Bucket Hat$25.00 -
Oceans Garden Bucket Hat$25.00 -
Tropicale Bucket Hat$25.00 -
Hyacinth Faux Leather Shoulder Bag$55.00 – $60.00 -
Sea Flower Sherpa Blanket$35.00 – $78.00 -
Tropicale Faux Leather Shoulder Bag$55.00 – $60.00 -
An Undersea Garden Faux Leather Shoulder Bag$55.00 – $60.00 -
Undersea Gardens Broadcloth Pillow$20.00 – $47.00
Gustav Klimt
1862-1918
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d’art. Klimt’s primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Wikipedia
His works were mainly paintings, murals, and sketches. Marked by his numerous erotic drawings, Klimt’s primary subject were female figures. Klimt found financial success in his “Golden Phase” with decorative techniques and the prominent use of gold leaf in his paintings.
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Klimt’s “Farm Garden” Recycled Long-sleeve Crop Top$47.00 -
Klimt’s “Baby (Cradle)” Spun Polyester Pillow$35.00 – $50.00 -
Klimt’s “Mohnfeld” & “Beech Grove I” Spun Polyester Pillow$35.00 – $55.00 -
Gustav Klimt: “Water Serpents II” & “The Virgin” Spun Polyester Pillow$35.00 – $55.00 -
Gustav Klimt: Attersee (detail) Pillow Sham$20.00 – $25.00 -
Two Impressions of Klimt Crossbody Bag$42.00 -
Gustav Klimt: Choir of Angels Detail Velveteen Minky Blanket$26.00 – $58.00 -
Farm Garden (Gustav Klimt, 1907) Long Sleeve Kimono Robe$66.00
Paul Klee
1879–1940
Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Wikipedia
Klee was a central figure of the Bauhaus movement and the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter. Vibrant paintings influenced by Cubism and Surrealism, including minimal stick figures, abstract forms, vivid colors and use of symbols drawn from imagination, poetry, music and literature.
For a more in-depth understanding of this artist’s technique, background and inspiration, read our post Artist & Author: Paul Klee
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Paul Klee: “The Firmanent Above the Temple” Microfiber Pillow Sham$32.00 – $35.00 -
Klee’s Color Chart Luggage Cover$30.00 – $40.00 -
Paul Klee Duet Tufted Floor Pillow, Square$51.00 – $75.00 -
Paul Klee: “Old City” (1928) Fleece Sherpa Blanket$50.00 – $65.00 -
Paul Klee: Color Chart Shoulder Handbag$49.00 -
Paul Klee Color Chart Glass Cutting Board$22.00 – $30.00 -
Paul Klee: “Late Evening Looking Out of the Woods ” Tripod Lamp$60.00 -
Paul Klee: “Qu1” Tripod Lamp$60.00 -
Klee’s “Late Evening” Area Rug$40.00 – $120.00
Edward Penfield
1866-1925
Edward Penfield was an important American poster artist and a pioneer of the American poster movement. He worked as an art editor for Harper’s Magazine and created captivating posters for over seven years to promote each issue. Penfield had a unique avant-garde style that simplified everyday scenes and used vibrant colors to depict various subjects like horses, cats, sports, and women’s fashion.
Penfield lived in New Rochelle, New York, a popular art colony among actors, writers and artists of the period. The community was most well known for its unprecedented number of prominent American illustrators. He was one of the founding members of the New Rochelle Art Association which was organized in 1912.
His posters were bold and stood out from a distance with great clarity. As artists like Alphonse Mucha, Théophile Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec popularized the poster in Europe, Penfield accomplished the same feat in the United States. For his posters, Penfield utilized simple shapes and a limited palette of colors that lent themselves to the primitive methods of reproduction of the era.
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Cornell Crew Unisex Classic Tee$15.00 – $30.00 -
Edward Penfield: “The Labor Day Number” Greeting Cards$5.00 – $25.00 -
Edward Penfield: College Crew Greeting Cards$5.00 – $25.00 -
Edward Penfield: Cornell Crew Greeting Cards$5.00 – $25.00 -
Edward Penfield: Ivy League Athletics Multi-Design Greeting Cards (5-Pack)$21.00