accessories

Netsuke: Japanese Design in Miniature


An exhibition devoted to the small sculptures originally designed as toggles for purses and pouches. The four hundred netsuke on display, carved in a variety of forms including Shinto, Buddhist, and Taoist deities, are from the collection of the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Japan, netsuke, accessories, exhibitions

Bon Voyage! Designs for Travel


This exhibition traces the history of travel accessories from the antiquities to the present. Among the objects on view are Herman Melville’s collapsible scales, a travel trunk for 30 pairs of shoes, Charles Dickens's portable inkwell, and a campaign desk built for Russia’s Czar Paul I. Sponsored by Louis Vuitton.
travel, accessories, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349809

Purses, Pockets, Pouches


More than 150 examples are on display in this exhibition of men’s and women’s bags and purses from four centuries of European and American design. These knitted, netted, beaded, appliqued, and embroidered examples were intended for holding a range of objects, including tobacco, combs, love letters, gifts, perfume, and, of course, coins.
purses, bags, pouches, accessories, Europe, America, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349413

Body Language: Jewelry and Accessories at the National Design Museum


Two hundred pieces, dating from 1,000 BC to the present, trace the evolving relationship between jewelry and the human body. Examples of jewelry worn for protection, symbolism, status, and adornment are on display from the Museum's permanent collection.
jewelry, accessories, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349429

Felt at ICFF


I was delighted to see that Lerival – Furniture by Architects is carrying Morehead & Morehead’s brilliant Felt Stool (1).  
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, ICFF, Lerival, furniture, architects, Morehead & Morehead, Felt Stool, synthetic, hand-made, seating, Tanya Aguiñiga, Soft Rocks, pieces, colorful, mixed-media, metal, folding chairs, Gräf & Lantz, wine, accessories, home furnishings, Swiss, wool, coarse, Anne Kyyrö Quinn, strips, wall treatments, acoustics, ABR of Barcelona, Modular, Feel-Thru, room divider, panels, suspend, magnets, curtain, Design Deutschland, Stamp, Hey-Sign, Peter Van Tuyl, DIY, installation, carpet, Rosemary Mifsud, MIO, Green, bowls, lamps, Slice, Lene Frantzen, Berin LLC, FilzFelt

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