Our popular “Holiday Tree” design is featured in this month’s dive into the drawer. A tiny cut-out of a tree from a 19th-century scrapbook in John’s collection adorns plates, trays, charms, paperweights, and a vase in collaboration with Astier de Villatte.
It was most likely clipped from a 19th-century German Bilderbogen – a printed illustrated sheet made for children to teach vocabulary, animals, moral rhymes, and everyday objects. These sheets were widely exported to the US and commonly used in Victorian scrapbooking.
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.
