by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
From the French cloisonner, to divide into compartments, the Latin claudere, to close, closely related to cloister. It is a decorative technique worked on metal–the design is formed by wire and the shape filled in with coloured enamels. Cloisonné jewellery...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A fitting with two prongs used for securing cords, ropes or strings, which are wound around in a figure-of-eight rhythm to secure; available from furnishings wholesalers or ships’...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
The Classical architectural orders were first developed by the ancient Greeks,who had three –Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. The Romans added a further two – Tuscan at the lower end and Composite at the higher. These crop up time and again in buildings,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A fastening, anything that holds two things together in one place, for example, a hook or a catch. For interiors, clasps from all walks of life can make an appearance from gate hooks that hold screens back to walls, to broaches, cuff links and earrings...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A type of housing construction in which horizontally overlapping long, thin boards with one the lower side thicker than the top are used to cover outer walls, thus defying wind and rain. The boards are often in cedar, which ages to a silver grey, or in soft wood...
