http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Lawrence+Bell Home Management Lawrence Bell Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=513051&ca=Home+Management The name “chifforobe” (sometimes spelled "chifferobe") owes its history to two words: the French chiffonier, a tall piece of furniture containing drawers, and the Old French "warderobe" or wardrobe,a closed movable closet, and having a space inside in which clothing can be hung from pegs or hooks. A... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=511661&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The history of the Godin stove is foundational to the history of French stove making, and indeed to the history of domestic stove manufacturing as a whole. Before the era of cast iron, domestic fuel took on many forms from the open hearth fire to the clay or stone kiln. Cast iron, a mixture of silic... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=511665&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The predecessor to the Noritake porcelain line, Morimura-kumi, was established in 1876, in Ginza, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan. Thus, a long and illustrious history began for the famed maker of some of the world's most remarkable china. With the founding of a trading house, Morimura Brothers in New York... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=511669&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Throughout its history, Limoges porcelain has been made by a number of factories and artisans. In fact, contrary to what many people believe, Limoges is not the name of a company that makes china or porcelain at all. Instead, the name, "Limoges" can, and is, used to refer to any piece of porcelain t... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=511670&ca=Arts+and+Crafts The history of Hummel collectibles is as charming as the figurines themselves. They are based on the work of a truly inspired artist, a Siessen nun named Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel. Sister Hummel was born Berta Hummel in Massing, Bavaria in 1909, and was an artistic and inquisitive child. The Si... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=511672&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Dresden porcelain and Meissen porcelain are sometimes confused, due to their long and entangled early history. Beginning in the early 1700's, Johann Bottger, a talented inventor, was kept as the prisoner of Prince Augustus at Albrechtsburg castle in Meissen, a small village only a few miles down the... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=502064&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Antique Nippon porcelain, as this china was called during the period from the 1890's through the early 1920's, denoted country of origin rather than products from a specific manufacturer. Nippon is the anglicized word for Japan or "land of the rising sun". Only in the 1860's did Japan open trade wit... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=484568&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Antique phonographs literally burst onto the stage of history in December of 1877, an offshoot of Thomas Edison's attempt to save the content of telegraph transmissions for later use. The original concept was to emboss the dots and dashes of Morse code onto paper or tin foil so that a record of the... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=476338&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Poole Pottery, known for its fine antique vases, urns, dinnerware, and other collectible china, had a history that began with the takeover in 1873 of the defunct pottery works of James Walker by Jesse Carter in the town of Poole, Dorset, England. The manufactory was located near the docks of the har... Arts and Crafts Lawrence Bell Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=465294&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Abingdon Pottery as artware was produced for only 17 years from 1934 through 1950. Art pottery was produced by The Abingdon Sanitary Manufacturing Company of Abingdon, Illinois, as a way of supplementing lagging production of its main line of products - plumbing fixtures - during The Great Depressio...