This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

Here's the first look at my upcoming Tenement Tiles of Glasgow 2026 Calendar, featuring decorative tiles from Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian tenements. It's A4 size with one page (and one tile) per month. It costs £18, plus postage to wherever you are in the world.

There will only be 25 in the first print run, but you can order it now (for shipping on 1st of October 2025) from our website at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/calendar/

#glasgow #architecture #tiles #artnouveau #tenements #ceramics #tiling

The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

Here's the first look at my upcoming Tenement Tiles of Glasgow 2026 Calendar, featuring decorative tiles from Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian tenements. It's A4 size with one page (and one tile) per month. It costs £18, plus postage to wherever you are in the world.

There will only be 25 in the first print run, but you can order it now (for shipping on 1st of October 2025) from our website at https://www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-category/calendar/

#glasgow #architecture #tiles #artnouveau #tenements #ceramics #tiling

The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
The pages of a calendar of decorative tiles from Glasgow tenement buildings.
Laura G, Sassy 70’s
@LauraJG@deacon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Your art history post for today: by Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947), three views of “Thaïs,” ca. 1925, parcel-silvered, parcel-gilt and cold-painted bronze and ivory, on onyx base, height 22in (56cm), length 24in (61cm), photo: Christie’s London, 26 Oct 2016. #arthistory #artdeco #artnouveau #sculpture

From a listing by Bonhams London: “Thais' a Rare Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Model of an Exotic Dancer, circa 1925 she is depicted posing on one knee with arms outstretched, dressed in pleated costume with draped sleeves, her figure hugging bodice enhanced with raised ornamentation, her neck encrusted with layers of necklace in a silver patination, raised off an elaborate marble base.”
From a listing by Bonhams London: “Thais' a Rare Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Model of an Exotic Dancer, circa 1925 she is depicted posing on one knee with arms outstretched, dressed in pleated costume with draped sleeves, her figure hugging bodice enhanced with raised ornamentation, her neck encrusted with layers of necklace in a silver patination, raised off an elaborate marble base.”
From a listing by Bonhams London: “Thais' a Rare Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Model of an Exotic Dancer, circa 1925 she is depicted posing on one knee with arms outstretched, dressed in pleated costume with draped sleeves, her figure hugging bodice enhanced with raised ornamentation, her neck encrusted with layers of necklace in a silver patination, raised off an elaborate marble base.”
Laura G, Sassy 70’s
@LauraJG@deacon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Your art history post for today: by Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947), three views of “Thaïs,” ca. 1925, parcel-silvered, parcel-gilt and cold-painted bronze and ivory, on onyx base, height 22in (56cm), length 24in (61cm), photo: Christie’s London, 26 Oct 2016. #arthistory #artdeco #artnouveau #sculpture

From a listing by Bonhams London: “Thais' a Rare Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Model of an Exotic Dancer, circa 1925 she is depicted posing on one knee with arms outstretched, dressed in pleated costume with draped sleeves, her figure hugging bodice enhanced with raised ornamentation, her neck encrusted with layers of necklace in a silver patination, raised off an elaborate marble base.”
From a listing by Bonhams London: “Thais' a Rare Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Model of an Exotic Dancer, circa 1925 she is depicted posing on one knee with arms outstretched, dressed in pleated costume with draped sleeves, her figure hugging bodice enhanced with raised ornamentation, her neck encrusted with layers of necklace in a silver patination, raised off an elaborate marble base.”
From a listing by Bonhams London: “Thais' a Rare Art Deco Patinated Bronze and Carved Ivory Model of an Exotic Dancer, circa 1925 she is depicted posing on one knee with arms outstretched, dressed in pleated costume with draped sleeves, her figure hugging bodice enhanced with raised ornamentation, her neck encrusted with layers of necklace in a silver patination, raised off an elaborate marble base.”