Full transparency: we’ve received a large shipment of 18th and 19th-century French glassware including lidded glass candy and apothecary jars in various shapes, ranging in height from 9 to 32 inches. Our collection also contains glass decanters, leech and pickling jars, cloches, and stemmed wine glasses.
Hooray—Spring begins tomorrow! A garden blooms in our decoupage department, where the sun shines, bees buzz, and birds fly. Whether you fancy a simple flower or a lush bouquet, John has designed a collection filled with botanical options, from a single daffodil to a bunch of tulips.
Toast to spring with mouth-blown glassware and whimsical vases from La Soufflière. Toss in lovely linen napkins in gingham from Caravan, earth tones from Hale Mercantile Co., and playful tea towels from Natalie L’été. For extra-special entertaining, decorate with our imported glitter and papier-mâché figurines. Spring into action here.
Rabbit Habitat: Bunnies, big and small, have taken over our shop! Papier-mâché, Needle-felted, and glittered varieties abound. Antique tin molds, once used to make chocolate bunnies, are unique decorations, either alone or in groups. For more décor dazzle, add glittery mushrooms to your Easter table.
Traditional marbled papers added color to the interiors of antique books. Swarm uses this marbling method, in which their unique designs are created by dipping layers of ink onto canvas to make vibrant cushions and zippered pouches. Have a whirl here.
This month, we feature The Rabbit—Lepus cuniculus, engraved by Josiah Wood Whymper from Zoological Sketches. Our little friend appears on John’s designs of postcards, platters, and trays.
Lavenham and John Derian have come together for a second collaboration featuring classic Lavenham silhouettes embroidered with 18th- and 19th-century imagery from John's archive.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of John’s first shop in New York. A few years after starting his one-man decoupage design business in Boston, he moved to New York in the early 1990s. As orders increased, he hired a team of artisans to craft his motifs and opened his first shop in 1995 on 2nd Street in the East Village... a quiet block that would soon become his creative hub.
