Welcome to our blog at Gallery of the Mountains! We are located inside the historic Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa in Asheville, NC. We specialize in fine American handmade crafts, mostly from local and regional artists. We will be happy to ship any item listed here or help you find the perfect gift in our Gallery. For more info about our artists featured in the header photo above, click on Header Artists page. Please feel free to contact us for availability and prices either by phone or email. Toll Free 1-800-692-2204 or sales@galleryofthemountains.com


Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hand Tooled Leather Bags and Accessories by Gordon Galloway

Cardinal and dogwood bag


If you are a fan of the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, then Gordon Galloway's hand tooled leather handbags will appeal to you. Hand tooling and decorating leather is a labor intensive craft. Galloway holds the rare prestigious title of  "Roycroft Master Artisan"

Poppy and dragonfly bag



 As such he is one of only two leather artisans in America allowed to use the official  Roycroft symbol of the "orb and cross."  Additionally he uses his initial GG back to back with the Roycroft symbol to designate each leather bag as an original from his studio.  Many of Galloway's images are hand modeled Arts and Crafts motifs created in the same fashion as the original Roycroft leathegoods made by Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft Community in East Aurora NY during the Arts and Crafts movement .


Gingko coin purse


Slightly larger utility purse



Eyeglass case




Key fob

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