From John’s archives, a special In the Drawer in celebration of November.
The crested turkey, one of many birds in John’s designs, comes from Eleazar Albin’s “The Natural History of Birds,” published in London between 1738 and 1740. The hand-colored engraving is one of three hundred created by Albin and his daughter, Elizabeth, in one of the earliest illustrated bird books.
Our "In the Drawer" series, takes you inside John Derian's studio drawers to uncover his collection of 18th and 19th-century collection of books, ephemera, artifacts, and more.
As a life-long collector, John shares his favorite discoveries, offering the stories behind each unique item and how he has brought them back to life today.
