Archives for October, 2012
From the Hand of Man: Ornamented Tools from the Montague Tool Museum
esign is implicit in the making of objects, and it originates with our hands. We are born with these essential, primary tools that shape...
The Beauty of the Thing: The Chapel of Sainte-Cécile in the Village of Calixa-Lavallée
eaning on his shovel in silence, a man called Pierre Moussard stands in the snow. In the madness and folly of the...
A Passage Through Time And Space: The Hall in Victorian Row-house Architecture
s a gateway into the home, the front hall serves to convey an important first impression of wealth, status, and aesthetic taste. Nowhere more...
A Toronto Gem: Gustav Hahn and the Spadina Billiard Room Frieze
hen albert and Mary austin returned to toronto after living in Winnipeg for
fourteen years, they decided to commission a local artist to...
Decorative City Arches and Gates in Canada
Architecture and the Decorative
Editorial by John Fleming
Until the mid-19th century, architecture in the formal European tradition, as opposed to the vernacular, generally followed classical concepts of structure and style. Where structure was...
The Art of Thomas Nisbet, Master Cabinetmaker
ne does not ordinarily associate early 19th-century Canada with elegance and wealth, yet that is what was presented recently at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in...
Decorating The Ranch: Legacy of an Immigrant Family in Southern Alberta
n the decorative arts collection of the Royal Alberta Museum the gilded frames of the Reed family collection stand out. More valuable than the paintings they...
The School of Restoration Arts at Willowbank
The idea for a School of restoration Arts at Willowbank came to Laura Dodson,
a Heritage Canada Board Member, during the time she was president of...