We look for things we like, and hope collectors and people who want something useful, well made and stylish, will also like - and need.
Currently showing: cute and classy printed ephemera from Darlinghurst & Japan (1950s-60s noir film posters, fuda, tenugui and ukio-e prints) kimono, yukata, and festival, flags & banners; stunning embroidered (oya) scarves from Turkey; studio pottery and ceramic art by Australian and Japanese potters (living in Sydney); Australian 1960-70s chairs and coffee tables, lamps, bowls, dishes, cards, fans, tea sets, jugs; 1980s architecture and film journals (Blueprint, Film News, Cinema Papers) and many other affordable treasures & gifts
Kunichika triptych
Very rare triptych by Meiji print maker Toyohara Kunichika (d 1900) famous for his portraits of kabuki actors. This is a detail. See below for complete scene. We also have three separate kabuki portraits.
now in the window
keeping the setting simple but the coral lamp works and is a sensational little treasure
somewhere to sit
this pair of reupholstered coachwood armchairs looks great in the shop but is a fit for any room
the mighty windsock - hang it high!
four metre koi (carp) boy's day cotton banner
that Kunichika triptych
It's approximately 900 cms wide
brilliant coats from Central Asia
we have two left: hand woven and sewn from Turkmenistan, lined with a felt-like material that gives them body and a little weight without looking (or feeling) bulky
superb super sideboard
1960s, Australian made - so is the vase but the bowls are modern by NSW ceramic artist Lucy Vanstone
just in store

traditional but mod beautifully woven Turkish pestemals - towels, wraps, shawls, bedspreads, table cloth, whatever
tenugui and friends
you can use a tenugui for anything, wipe your brow (or anywhere else that's wet) or hang it on the wall - also here a collection of the typical rarities on display at art etc
Art etc, 2 Rowntree street, Balmain
twenty metres down Rowntree St (from Darling St) on the left hand side, by the 441 bus stop.
Open 10 am-5.30 pm Thurs-Sat, 11am-2pm Sunday (or by appointment ring 02 9810 6792)
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