It’s been sometime since we first posted about our
ever-growing staircase gallery wall and as you can see it’s really starting to
fill out.
Brooke Astor’s dog portrait still holds pride of place at
the base of the stairs but plenty of other pieces have come and gone in this
ever-changing display.
Many smaller pieces have been added above and below the
larger ones to help fill in the gaps and emphasize the stepped diagonal lines
of the total composition.
Among the little jewels that help to strengthen the visual
diagonal are a small collection of handcrafted collages inspired by the
decoupage panels we created to adorn our antique cabinet last year.
The collages include intricately hand cut illustrations and
advertising imagery mixed with poetry and even sheet music, all taken directly
from antique Harper’s Magazines dating from the 1860’s to 1880’s and decoupaged
directly to the backside of the glass.
These completely one-of-a-kind works of art, reminiscent of
the scrap folk art so popular in the Victorian era from which the magazines
date, are currently available here in our eclectic online shop Knickerbocker Antiques and Vintage along with many other items seen along our gallery wall.
Photos by KS&D.
