Posted in Art, Dundee at 12:00 on 17 February 2020
Since Falkland is only about four miles from Son of the Rock Acres I was interested in this picture of Falkland Palace as it looked in mediƦval times:-

Eduardo Paolozzi designed case for storing catalogues for Nairn Floors Ltd:-

Turkey Red Designs:-

Geometric brooches:-

“Butterfly” Tiara:-


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Posted in Art, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow at 20:00 on 16 February 2020
Further to my post on Abbotsford, Walter Scott must be one of the few writers to have such a legacy, which I mentioned here.
In the section of the new V&A Dundee (posts passim) devoted to Scottish design there is a model of the Scott Monument the original of which stands in Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Model of Scott Monument:-

There is also a Robert Adam chimneypiece:-

Some Arts & Crafts furniture:-

A brooch designed to resemble a galaxy:-

A poster for the Festival of Britain‘s Industrial Light and Power Exhibition at the Kelvin Hall Glasgow:-

And a bookcase/cabinet by George Logan:-

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