history if interior styles check out the 1920s

1920s This glamorous decade was the heyday of interior designers, a new profession who were employed to create fantasy rooms for lavish cocktail parties and royal patrons. In this article Style Influences The names At the time Get the look What to invest in Where to see it Further reading In the home, modernism was taking off in Europe with the setting up of the Bauhaus, and shocking the world with its pared-down austere look. Architects began designing objects for the home, such as coffee sets and radios, as well as buildings. In the middle of the decade, art deco was showcased in Paris and became the major new style. The decade known for its decadence ended with the Wall Street Crash, which plunged America and consequently much of Europe into economic depression. Style glamorous and sophisticated geometric and angular shapes chrome, glass, shiny fabrics, mirrors and mirror tiles stylised images of aeroplanes, cars, cruise liners and skyscrapers nature motifs exotic touches from the Orient, Africa and Egypt Influences art deco and modernism. early Hollywood - the glamorous world of the silver screen filtered through to design. Cocktail cabinets and smoking paraphernalia became highly fashionable. travel - African safaris were all the rage, especially animal skins, ivory, mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell. The names Eileen Gray - Irish-born furniture maker who lived and worked in Paris Raymond Templier - jewellery designer Le Corbusier - architect and furniture designer Syrie Maugham - most famous for her all-white interior in 1929; also designed for Noel Coward and Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Sybil Colefax and John Fowler - later Colefax & Fowler At the time 1921 The Kid by Charlie Chaplin 1926 Television first demonstrated 1926 Rudolph Valentino dies 1927 Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer, the first talking picture 1929 Wall Street Crash Get the look Furniture - choose strong streamlined shapes for furniture and in single pieces rather than suites. Look for modern classics by Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray. Reproductions and re-issues can be found. Floor - plain polished parquet is perfect for floors. Linoleum in abstract designs or black and white chequerboard vinyl tiles are also typical. Rug - floors would have been overlaid with a large rug in geometric patterns. Go for a huge circular one as the centrepiece to the room. Fireplaces - fireplaces should be rectangular and bold with a stepped profile. Colour schemes - halls suit bold colours such as silver, black, chrome, and black and white. For real dramatic impact, why not silver-leaf your entire ceiling or black-gloss your floor. Lighting - lights featuring female figures holding the ball of the lamp are typical and good reproductions abound. Also look for chrome, a brand new material at the time, and glass. Glass would have been etched, sandblasted or enamelled rather than coloured. Walls - keep walls plain and free from decorative plasterwork. Use a coat of varnish on top for a really glossy sheen. Fabrics - choose shiny light-reflective fabrics or plain fabrics with metallic threads. Accessories - add a striking painting or one statue rather than a clutter of objects. For real authenticity, look for light switches etc in Bakelite, a plastic resin. Add touches of opulence with items such as tortoiseshell and enamel cigarette boxes and mother-of-pearl letter openers. Display - ostrich feathers make a suitably decadent display. What to invest in modern classics by Eileen Gary and Le Corbusier art deco artefacts and posters Where to see it Interior of Brixton Academy, London Claridges, London Further reading 20s and 30s Style by Michael Horsham (Grange Books) Interior Design of the 20th Century by Anne Massey (Thames & Hudson)

some of my ART

cherry and strawbs doodling

chalk pastels art work............i did do this picture on a summers day outside im thinking the weather influenced my picture because it does look like a foreign country

randomness mixed media

this is a mask i made at college to be sold at a sale our class were having..................its still in my cuboard at college 

my chalppastel cupcake ..yum yum

more cupcakes and strawbs........ive just noticed i may be a cupcake fanatic lol..this pic is done with pens

abstract pic from college

this picture i done over 10 years ago lol............this is not the original because my friendd bought the original of me to put in there cafe ......so i took a print before i sold them it

my very first oil painting i was in my 20s when i done this it was my first and my last oil painting lol

love these fonts

art deco

im really inspired with art deco at the moment love this style

my interior design rooms



im decorating shannons room and this is the way it will look when its finished




mono and lime



dining

rene lalique designer wow wow wow

rene lalique glass deigner

The life of rene lalique and his artistic career covered the three most important movements in the field of decorative arts - Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Rene Lalique was born René Jules Lalique in Ay, France on April 6, 1860, He became an iconic glass designer, especially noted for his stunning creations which, included perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and car bonnet ornaments.
The company Lalique founded in 1885, still operates and its creations are still sought after by the modern collector. His beautiful jewellery designs and stunning glasswork contributed significantly to the art nouveau movement.
Recognising her son's artistic talent, his mother steered him at the age of 16 to an apprenticeship with the famous Paris jeweler, Louis Aucoc. By the age of 21, Lalique was creating his own original jewellery.
From 1878-1880 he attended Sydenham Art College in London, and on returning to France, he worked for Aucoq, Cartier, Boucheron and others.
In 1882 he became a freelance designer for several top jewellery houses in Paris and four years later established his own jewellery workshop.
By 1890, Lalique was recognized as one of France's foremost art nouveau jewellery designers; creating innovative pieces for Samuel Bing's new Paris shop, La Maison de l'Art Nouveau.
He went on to be one of the most famous in his field, his name is now synonymous with creativity and quality.

In the 1920s Rene Lalique became famous for his work in the Art Deco style and among other things he was responsible for the walls of lighted glass and the elegant glass columns that filled the dining room and grand salon of the SS Normandie.
Much of his jewellery is exquisitely delicate, and depicts natural forms like flowers, leaves and seed pods. His pieces often had little or no intrinsic value as he didn't use large gemstones in his work.
He refined the use of glass in jewellery, not as imitation diamonds or other precious stones, but as a painter uses paint.

Rene Lalique master glass maker...

Lalique had experimented with glass in his jewellery making and at 50 years of age he embarked on a new career as a glassmaker. A career that would gain him the worldwide recognition that continues today.
In 1907 lalique opened a shop near the business of the famous perfumier Francois Coty.
He began creating classic glass perfume bottles for Coty and, eventually he was asked to do the same for Worth, Forvil, D'Orsay, Guerlain, Rogeret et Gallet. In all, Lalique created more than 250 different perfume bottles.
Although most sell for modest prices, in 1990, a Lalique perfume bottled fetched $80,000 at auction. A few years ago, a L'ldylle flacon sold for $58,350 at the Philips Geneva flacon auction, and a Japanese bidder paid $8,625 for a Lalique Bochon Fleurs de Pommiers design at a William Doyle Galleries auction in New York.
Reneé Lalique sought to bring art into everyday life by mass producing stemware, tableware, inkwells, clocks, chandeliers, and vases.
At the height of glass production, his factories employed up to 600 people and created millions of pieces of glassware.
But despite his mechanised approach to production, the imagination and beauty of his work is unparalled. He personalized much of his work with frosting, polishing, and glazing to give it that handcrafted and individual feel.
Rather than create a few pieces that could only be enjoyed by the wealthy lalique mass produced his work in the hope that everyone could enjoy it.
In the 1920's lalique turned his hand to decorating the bonnets of cars and in line with his love of the human and animal form, lalique created 29 car mascots in the shapes of fish, horse heads, frogs, dragonflys, shooting stars and St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child. Female nudes were also a favorite design.
Lalique designed all the mascots to be illuminated from within and a 6 or 12 volt bulb was connected to the cars wiring to provide illumination. Filters were also used to change the color of the light to red, blue, green, amber, or mauve.
Lalique mascots ornamented the hoods of the most stylish cars of the day ­ Bentley, Hispano Suiza, Isotta Fraschini, and Bugatti. Today, lalique hood ornaments are highly sought after by collectors.
But nowhere in all his work in glass is Renee Lalique more renowned than for his stunning vases.
His true talent shines in the amber, plum, blue, opalescent, gray, green, black, and yellow hues he obtained by meticulously adding measured amounts of pigment to darkened glass.
Striking animal figures, mythical beasts, and geometric shapes poured from his fertile mind.
The art deco style in laliques jewellery followed through to his work in glass and, distinct geometric designs, smooth flowing lines, and vibrant colors are all characteristic patterns and qualities of lalique glass.

Today, museums around the world feature rene lalique glass.

For the new collector, the two most important considerations are authenticity and condition ; chips, repairs, ground down edges, drill holes will all reduce value. The condition can reduce the value in extreme cases by up to 90%.
As for authenticity, there is very little worry about known Lalique designs being faked. But there is a very big problem with modern Czech glass bearing Lalique signatures. eBay sellers list czech glass in large volumes as Lalique. You can also see less valuable French glass of the 1920s with a Lalique signature."
Lalique used mass production techniques to make his work available and affordable to people in most income brackets. Literally millions of pieces have been created since the early 1900s, and Lalique factories continue to produce fine glass and crystal today.
In the 1940s World War II forced the closure of his factory.
He died in 1945 before it could be re-opened.
After his death, laliques son Marc re-started the company and in 1948, he changed production from demi-crystal to full lead crystal.
Lalique's granddaughter, Marie-Claude, later led the company and implemented her own style with clear crystal accented with colored motifs.

The pre-WWII lalique pieces are the most highly sought after by collectors.

Lalique marked his work, even the mass-produced pieces R. Lalique. However, the signature can be found in molded, script, print, and curved designs.
In addition the leading L in the earlier cursive Lalique signatures has a curleyque on top, making the letter resemble an S.
Lalique used too many signatures in too many ways to allow for a definitive guide as to what was made before or after 1945.

• The pieces created by Marc Lalique are signed Lalique France
• The pieces created by Marie-Claude are signed Lalique h France.

Read more about perfume bottles by http://www.antique-marks.com/

my art

my ensuite room interior design

portrait not too great practice makes perfect lol

WORDS....my inspiration for my dream catcher

fashion design

my idea of what my dream catchers going to look like......driftwood,beads feathers,words,and thread for sewing on the words

old pics ..down my memory lane lol

my mum ...aw i think shes so cute and im loving the dress and the little shoes ......found this in my big photo box, love looking back at old pics

hanging around

its raining its pouring

ensuite my own design

other half of my room

my deco room design

I designed this room with a programmme i love so addictive ...........tried to design it to be similar to my interior design drawing at college

how sweet is this

i adore this lampshade.... so cute

Romantic Bathroom Designs

January 11, 2011 - Category : Bathroom

Romantic Bathroom Designs 1

Romantic Bathroom Designs 2

Romantic Bathroom Designs 3

Romantic Bathroom Designs 4

The luxurious romantic bathroom designs by the Italian company Savio Firmino are all about romance. The 1941 bath collection is made in collaboration with architect J. Pizzorno and capability Guido Savio, who have created a magnificent setting for everyday enjoyment. The opposite of minimalism style, we would in this collection “maximalist” call the best. This furniture features refined, elegant hand-carved wooden details, that its ancient appearance. Adorned with precious stones and gold leaf and silver leaf, these pieces of treasures in their own right. The bathroom is no longer reserved only for swimming, but it is a space dedicated to beauty, wellness and sweet rest.

stone age house portugal

 

stoneage house in portugal ....wow wow wow

Who knew the Stoneage would make a roaring comeback?? Check out this amazing stone house exterior, tucked in a peaceful pastoral setting in Nas Montanhas de Fafe, Portugal. This hillside house boasts unobstructed, untarnished views of the grass-covered mountain and valley. This unusual structure isn’t your typical house, featuring an irregular exterior, but some traditional “house” elements were incorporated – namely, its charming windows and a shingled roof that stands out among these seemingly untouched, natural surroundings.
photo credit: Jsome1