France
Circa 1750
the paper clad bust top of later date, circa 1940
beautiful feminine wood dress forms
on iron frame terminating to wood wheels at base
There’s a certain romance to metal….
Metal with patina, age, irregularities, character…
I sometimes am perplexed by what on the surface appears
to be inconsistencies in my “finds”…the hard versus the soft…
But I think there is an overwhelming aggregate of naturalism
in everything I love: the romance of imperfection, randomness,
the vagaries of shape and hue…
Is the appeal of this exploding peony really
that different from the molting and blooming
finish on this vintage metal cabinet?
Belgium
Circa 1910 – 1920
“As the sword of the best metal is most flexible, so the truly generous
are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors”
Thomas Fuller 1608-1661
Embossed metal serving platter with scrolled arms
against nubby grain cloth…
Classic French bistro…
c. 19th century
the romance of story behind an object…
Ebay here
The ruffled sweep of petals…
their incandescent ruffled edges
Even my obsession with ruffles…here in full metal palette…
seems to echo wanton blooms with ruffled edges.
Love this large wire basket…wanted to go back for
another but dear husband thought I was crazy. I
occasionally listen to his design advice. C’est dommage.
This metal basket has occasionally been mossed to
accept plants, or left as is for pretty files in my office…
Yes…that’s a sketch of a flamboyant 3 on the back…
I seem to always prefer unfinished…whispery…
the trailing end of a sentence…
On Wisteria’s zinc ball table…
A flea market bird cage shell…
Bought it for the shape so the missing wire wasn’t a problem..
Clearly met with the good cat seal of approval…
Earlier blooms were herbaceous peonies from my garden…spring ’09
Above is a tree peony bloom…less demanding of a winter chill
and thus favored for a warmer climate. The blooms reach 12 inches
across…chaotic, random, ephemeral, transient, hue-tastic
