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31.12.10
Living
: Enlightenment, from the
country that produced the viaduct,
Leonardo, and the Cinquecento.
Plastic bags will be
banned
tomorrow.
30.12.10
Living
: Darning + patching
in deepest Bloomsbury.
Photographs by Kendra Wilson.
29.12.10
Living
:
Any Wintry Afternoon
, 1930,
by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson.
28.12.10
Palazzo Eleanora Duse
Il Redentore, from Zattere, Venice
The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute
Living
: Walter Sickert's Venice.
27.12.10
Jefferson Marke
t, 1917
Spring Rain
, 1912
Pigeons
, 1910
McSorley's Bar
, 1912
Six o'clock, Winter
, 1912
Living
: John Sloan's Greenwich Village.
24.12.10
Living
: Cornelians and rose-cut
diamonds. Germany c. 1728.
The Victoria & Albert Museum
.
23.12.10
Living
: Stays, red wool with
cream linen. England, 1770-80.
The V & A Museum
.
22.12.10
Living
: Shoe by Hook
Knowles & Co., c. 1900.
Victoria & Albert Museum
.
21.12.10
Living
: Empress cage crinoline,
spring steel and wool braid
c. 1865-68.
Victoria & Albert
.
20.12.10
Living
: Doll's coat, red wool with
pale blue spotted silk lining 1690-1700.
At the
Victoria & Albert Museum
.
17.12.10
Living
:
The art of the monogram
by
Julia B
.
16.12.10
Otto Karl, hunting style, velvet felt
Chantal, beret, hamster*
Lord Theo, velvet felt
Living
:
Mühlbauer
of Vienna.
A family concern
since 1903
.
*Quite large ones, presumably
15.12.10
Derek Hudson, 2004
Evert Collier
Unknown designer, c. 1585
Living
:
The unique + brilliant magpie
that is
Mary Caple
.
14.12.10
kind hearted woman
dishonest man
telephone
well guarded house
tell pitiful story
Extinct
: Hobo signs.
11.12.10
Strasse 2
after European enamel signs
Delancey
from tenement doorways
Trafalgar
inspired by British monuments
Depot
modelled on vintage railcars
Living
: Numbers re-created
by
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
.
10.12.10
Living
: The self portrait
Christmas card
.
Commonly practiced in America,
Not practiced by commoners in the UK.
(But don't they look smashing).
9.12.10
Cave Girl
Flintstone
Living
: Tartan at
The Rug Company
.
8.12.10
Living
: The great Victorian tartan craze. Led by
Victoria + Albert when they bought
Balmoral
which
they carpeted in Royal Stewart and upholstered in
Dress Stewart. John Brown at Balmoral, portrait
by Hills and Saunders, early 1880s, at the
NPG
.
7.12.10
Living
: Vivienne Westwood tartan.
Design your own at the
V & A
.
3.12.10
Living
: Stewart. A Lowland tartan which
hails from a town near Paisley. It comes in
many styles including Black, Royal, Hunting,
Dress, Modern, Ancient, Muted and Antique.
Black + Royal available at
Ancient Industries
.
Living
:
The Grapes
, Narrow Street, Limehouse,
London, established 1720. Dickens "sang" for his
supper here as a child (who wants to hear that?)
So today children are barred, along with telly.
Recommended by the chaps at
Old Town
.
2.12.10
Men's Traditional Leather Derby Boot
Tug of War Boot
World War I Boot
Hill Boot
Living
:
William Lennon & Co
, since 1899.
"The only remaining heavy duty safety, foundry
and agricultural boot manufacturer in the UK."
Recommended by the lads at
Trainspotters
.
1.12.10
Living
: "English Homes," by
John Dilnot, screen printed on recycled card.
Available at
Ancient Industries
.
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