art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

#TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:
195 & 318 “Blue Jay”
another pair from the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #BirdsInArt

photo of a Mercer tile mosaic depicting a blue jay on a branch, numbered 318 on PA Capitol red tile floor

art_history_animalia, 3 months ago to animals

#TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday : 165 & 349 “ #Porcupine “
Usually these tile pairs are duplicate compositions, but not these! 👀
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 #Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry #Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement

tile floor mosaic depicting a porcupine in heavily puffed up side profile, body in same color as floor tiles, square composition with decorative border…much less worn from lighter foot traffic, original number “348” and label “PORCVPINE” clearly readable

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

For #SquirrelAppreciationDay: 12, 28, 35, 140 “Grey #Squirrel”
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of one of the four versions of the grey squirrel floor tile mosaic on the PA Capitol floor, all depicting squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch: this one numbered “28”
photo of one of the four versions of the grey squirrel floor tile mosaic on the PA Capitol floor, all depicting squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch: this one numbered “35” and with the squirrel red instead of grey
photo of one of the four versions of the grey squirrel floor tile mosaic on the PA Capitol floor, all depicting squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch: this one numbered “140”

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

For #AppreciateADragonDay on #TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:
100 + 362 “DRAGONFLY”
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from Henry Mercer’s 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of the floor tile mosaic: dragonfly design with black body and white wings with blue spots, square frame, labeled “DRAGON FLY” & numbered “362”

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

Sunday Sunfish!
317. “SUNFISH” from the ongoing search for all the #animals from Henry C Mercer’s 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of the tile’s entry in the 1908 guide book: “The Sunfish. 317. Where the meadow brook deepens under hazel bushes, or plunges into the the milldam's pool, or where sunbeams piercing the warped boards of the old broad bridge, illumine the scented water, barefooted children, with worm boxes poles strings pin hooks and puppy, peeping downward, behold the sunfish, akin to humanity in its eyes, fanning itself with winglike fins, a translucent golden shadow in an enchanted water world.” (Guide Book to the Tiles Pavement in the Capitol of Pennsylvania by Henry C Mercer, 1908, p. 85)

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to animals

For #TilesOnTueaday + #TwoForTuesday: 105 + 156 “#Oyster”
Many of the designs appear in multiples & those in higher foot traffic areas have noticeably more wear, as seen in this pair.
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of floor tile mosaic depicting an open white oyster (bivalve shells), numbered “156” and labeled “OYS TER” - light wear from less foot traffic

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to animals

For #MosaicMonday + #OwlishMonday:
51. Screech Owl + 141. Barn Owl
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt #owls

photo of the barn owl tile floor mosaic, numbered 141

art_history_animalia, 5 months ago to animals

For #FrogFriday:
343. “Rana” ( #Frog )
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

thisismyglasgow, 5 months ago to glasgow

Until yesterday, I'd never noticed this 1893 Arts and Crafts style villa beside Balloch Railway Station. As beautiful as it is, it does seem a little out of place in a Scottish town on the shores of Loch Lomond.

#glasgow #balloch #architecture #artsandcraftsmovement
#artsandcraftsarchitecture #lochlomond

thisismyglasgow, 7 months ago to glasgow

The Arts and Crafts style Medical Superintendant's Villa at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands and built in the early 1900s.

#glasgow #stobhillhospital #artsandcraftsmovement #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture

art_history_animalia, 1 year ago to random

It’s #MosaicMonday so time for yet another #animal piece from the 420 original 1906 #Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman #Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor: 94. House Fly 🪰:
#InsectsInArt #ArtsAndCraftsMovement