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James Strang

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Specialist Dealer in 19th & 20th Century Design & Decorative Arts. LAPADA & CINOA

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Dr Christopher Dresser (1834 - 1904) attrib.
Rare silver plate and glass claret jug for
James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield c. 1880.

An interesting and innovative design with
stylised floral detail to handle; referencing
Dresser’s earlier studies in botany.

In stock - Sold 🔴

#silver
#christopherdresser
#aestheticmovement
#decorativearts
#interiordesign taken in Fife, Scotland by @jameslstrang

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Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954)
Secessionist glass vase with internal stripe decoration for Johann Loetz Witwe, Bohemia.
c. 1918 30cm h. In stock.

#loetz
#wienerwerkstätte
#secessionist
#interiordesign
#decorativefair taken in Fife, Scotland by @jameslstrang

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Largely due to ill health. I haven’t posted in over a year - as some old dead guy once said : It was the best of times, It was the worst of times’
Here are some pictures that mean something to me, life’s a journey - I’ve lost people on the way and made connections with amazing friends.
I’m really looking forward to being back in London this week and vetting @decorativefair which runs from Tuesday 29 Sept through to Sunday 4 Oct. Battersea Park, London.

#decorativefair
#interiordesign
#design
#antiques
#positivevibes taken in Fife, Scotland by @jameslstrang

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‘…a Miss Somebody, who is really a Mrs Somebody else. She has started a large restaurant, all very elaborately simple on very new school High Art lines. The result is gorgeous and a wee bit vulgar! She has nothing but green handled knives and all is curiously painted and coloured. Some of the knives are purple and are put as spots of colour! It is all quite good, all just a little outrè, a thing we must avoid and shall too.’

Architect, Edwin Lutyens writing to his wife, describing a visit to Miss Cranston’s Tea Rooms, Glasgow c1900

#charlesrenniemackintosh #misscranston #georgewalton #willowtearooms #glasgowstyle #glasgowschoolofart #artsandcraftsmovement #artnouveau #edwinlutyens #scottishdesign taken in Fife, Scotland by @jameslstrang

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Watercolour portrait of Alexander Ritchie, Iona by Scottish Colourist F. C. B. Cadell c.1914.
Ritchie trained at Glasgow School of Art and his designs for metalwork and silver were based on the ancient monuments found on the Isle of Iona (fig 2). These items were aimed at the flourishing tourist market and to augment his income in the summer months he would skipper boat trips to Fingal’s Cave on the Isle of Staffa, immortalised by Felix Mendelssohn’s overture ‘Die Hebriden’ 1830.
Cadell spent most summers painting on Iona and would have known Ritchie and his wife Euphemia well.

#alexanderritchie #isleofiona #fcbcadell #scottishcolourist #sjpeploe #lesliehunter #jdfergusson #artsandcraftsmovement #glasgowschoolofart #felixmendelssohn #hebrides #westernisles #silver #birlin #scottishsilver #artsandcraftsmetalwork #celticrevival #scottishdesign #archibaldknox #gaelicculture #visitscotland #modernbritishart #scottishart #fingallscave taken in Isle of Iona, Scotland by @jameslstrang

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memories of a dear friend…

#declanorourke #labsofinsta #fifecoastalpath #circleoflife by @jameslstrang

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Beautiful evening light at home…

#fifecoastalpath #artdealers #antiquedealer #interiordesign #seasideview #seasideliving #lovefife taken in Fife, Scotland by @jameslstrang

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Tapio Wirkkala (1915 - 1985)
Silver bowl TW114 for Kultakeskus, Finland.
Designed 1954 - Production 1964
Dim. 300mm x 95mm
For sale - please message me for details.

#tapiowirkkala #finnishdesign #midcentury #modernism #scandinaviandesign #natureinspired #silver #finnishsilver #iittala #kultakeskus #alvaraalto #moderndesign #modernsilver #interiordesign #interiordecor taken in Fife by @jameslstrang

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Scottish 19c vernacular armchair in original paint.
…ye may gang faur and fare waur’ 📍

#scottishfurniture #vernacularfurniture #primitive #countryhousestyle #interiordesign #paintedfurniture #stickbackchair taken in Fife by @jameslstrang

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Rudolf Schrötter for Rosice Glass (Sklo) red 📍
Six multi coloured Lens vases 1951 - 1959 15cm h.

#glass #czechglass #midcenturymodern #modernglass #moderndesign #interiordesign #sklo #decorativefair taken in Limekilns Beach by @jameslstrang

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Eduardo Paolozzi R.A. (1924 - 2005)
Cubist Elephant Sculpture 33cm x 30cm
In 1972 Scottish artist Paolozzi, who was a pioneer of the Pop Art movement,was commissioned by Nairn Floors of Kirkcaldy, Fife to design a box to contain promotional material of the firm’s flooring range.
The box took the form of a cubist elephant which was made of injection moulded plastic.
Officially the edition was limited to 3000 units but considerably less were issued due to manufacturing shrinkage problems and matching bases to lids was a major issue.
There are examples in The Met and V&A museums.
Now sold 📍

#modernart #moderndesign #eduardopaolozzi #sculpture #scottishart #scottishartist #peterblake #richardhamilton #andywarhol #popart #elephant #natureinart #cubism #themet #vanda #decorativefair #twentiethcenturyart #nationalgalleriesofscotland taken in Limekilns Beach by @jameslstrang

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French Art Deco lacquered box with silver inlay c 1920s
17.5cm x8.5cm

#jeandunand #artdeco #artdecostyle #eileengray #frenchdesign #frenchdecorativearts #lacquer #moderndesign #modernism #decorativefair taken in Limekilns Beach by @jameslstrang

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