A group of costumed and masked revelers…
“Plaster statues of commedia dell’arte characters from the 40′s.”
Jean-Louis Riccardi apartment…
Provence Interiors
“Up a flight of stairs, at the back of a leafy courtyard off the rue
Saint-Honoré in Paris, the apartment where Robespierre once lived
is now a showroom for intricate eighteenth-century-style
embroidery…”
Silk taffetas are embroidered with gold thread…
inspired by 18th century court costumes
The Napoleonic Bee with silk and gold threads…
“The house of Lesage (successor to the House of Michonet, which
was founded by cousins of the Lesage family in 1868) has
long been famous for its embroideries for haute couture…“
The company label on a linen document file…
“Jean François invents ten designs a day…
he was born on embroidered things.”
Gilt trimmed 18th century French noblewoman’s sedan chair…
Dressed with satin tied wheat, portraits and postcards…
1stdibs (click to see inside)
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI ”Chaise a Porteur”,
fitted on each side with a sliding window. The top of the carriage
is made of tole and all the sides are hand painted with the family
armory crest of a noble lineage.
“No Dancing Please” sign, a yawning summer long loot
of genteel sports equipment, Fez and flowers…
Hervé Pierre designed the tricornered straw hat,
black glove atop the screen, and painted the faux
boiserie panels in his first apartment in New York…
The bow festooned, riveted edged cream screen came
from the Pierre Balmain salon in Paris…
A lovely girlish stack of shocking pink
Schiaparelli round hat boxes…
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Sources: House and Garden archives
