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Sunday, 15 April 2012

Robb Reported

Posted on 10:02 by Ashish Chaturvedi
There is a excellent online resource called Robb Report which highlights new and noteworthy luxury goods and services...and we have just been added to their roster of high end shopping destinations. Included is a lovely slideshow of photos (one of theirs is featured above) and a lengthy interview. 
This is an excerpt below:

So where does Saunders find his colorful treasures? “Twenty years ago when I started collecting, a lot of these pieces were being sold at yard sales because people thought they were junk. Now, I send pickers to antique markets across the country and overseas because they have become so popular; and I think my shop has really contributed to that,” he says. “I am allowing people to rediscover things. I buy things that I love and re-present them as the luxury goods they once were. Everything goes through a period in which it’s unfashionable, but now that it has come back for the second time, it’s here to stay.”

Full Article Link:
http://nyc.robbreport.com/article/great-find-end-history
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Friday, 13 April 2012

6-Sided Stunner

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi
Hexagonal is hardly a shape we expect from hand-blown glass...and in my favorite tone of deeply saturated turquoise! I'm giving you the aerial view to appreciate the shape and form and also to reveal the method behind achieving the opacity unique to cased glass. From Empoli, Italy, 1950s.
15" tall
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Thursday, 12 April 2012

Compote Collective

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi
A terrific trio of Italian compotes incorporating sgraffito and real gold decorations. Groovy!
4", 6", 7" tall
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Fair Isle Finery

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi
                                               Robert Wright for The New York Times
The print designer Shayna Kulik inspects porcelain pieces by Rosenthal and Hutschenreuther at the End of History in the West Village. 

We are often humbled to hear that we are a source of inspiration to the creative community at large. Beyond interior decorators, designers of all disciplines have come to recognize the style lab that is our collection of 20th Century goods. We were recently visited by print expert Shayna Kulik, who likens the patters found on many of our 1960s Bavarian porcelain pieces to the Fair Isle motif... which she singles out as a design trend to watch in an article from today's New York Times Home & Garden section. Fashion for the home...indeed!

Select link below to read full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/garden/fair-isle-patterns-shopping-with-shayna-kulik.html

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Streamline Design

Posted on 07:17 by Ashish Chaturvedi
An Art Deco treasure of a tray. Ebony and sterling silver, Japanese circa 1920s. At just about 8"x 4" this little wonder would be a lovely surface to place a valuable object or two... perhaps your Rolex or rings.
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Monday, 9 April 2012

Shopping Guide Pride

Posted on 21:00 by Ashish Chaturvedi
We recently had the pleasure of meeting an up-and-coming fashion designer, Arielle Shapiro, who wrote about us for the Shopping Confidential section of the popular website, Racked. Below is an excerpt of the very complimentary entry:


One of my favorite shops in my West Village neighborhood is The End of History. Having been around for nearly 15 years, they've amassed an exceptional collection of vintage ceramics and glassware from the 50s and 60s and even a small Art Deco section that I can't get enough of. Stepping into this spot, I'm reminded why my greatest influence remains my stylish grandmother, whose impeccable taste continually informs my present work. Given the array of gilded Bavarian porcelain and glass vessels from Italy, Scandinavia, and America in every shape and size and arranged by hue, it's easy to see why decorators shop for their clients there and locals like Jonathan Adler frequent EOH for inspiration.

 For the full article go to link:
http://ny.racked.com/tags/the-end-of-history

Ari Dein [Official Site] 
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Sunday, 8 April 2012

Fantastical Floral

Posted on 21:58 by Ashish Chaturvedi
A fantasy Lilly in genuine cobalt and gold, by the Heinrich porcelain factory of Germany, 1950s.
15"


shot on location at Hudson River Flowers
http://www.hudsonriverflowers.com/main.html
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