Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form,
can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Color saturated plaster wall
offset by glints of gold…
La Vie en Rose
Suzanne Lowry
Italian leather gloves
Late 18th to early 19th century
French silk bodice
18th century
Festooned with floral sprays and
trimmed with vibrant salmon pink…
Embroidered notebook…
cream silk with pink and blue flowers
c. 1750
Late 18th century…
made in Venice, Italy
a vibrant azure toned leather…
detailed in bright raspberry
The bright color is exciting,vivacious…
a glimpse into the vitality of the past
Two 17th century gilded ottomans
at the foot of a bed at Knole
Kent, England
The Bed
Alecia Beldegreen
Partial view of Lady Agnew
with gold etched azure background…
John Singer Sargent
c. 1892-1893
Gold stars play off deeper azure plaster walls…
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Title quote from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
“As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer…”
I just fell into your lovely blog via French Elements. To see the soulful color azure as your posting moves me in so many ways. Blue is the mother of all colors in my world. I, too, love “found objects” and your blog is my latest acquisition. Sea Witch
Thank you! Those Venetian shoes inspired me…their various azure tones and the pop of pink trim.
Every post you do is a delight, thanks
aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..
better than a bubble bath and quicker too….
I love every color you feature…but I think this is my favorite
Wow, what a blog! All your posts are stunning! The textures! The colors! Golly, it’s inspiring! May I link to this and present the two plaster pictures on a post I am putting together for our wall finishes blog on azure plaster? (I am not kidding, I was truly putting together such a post and googled azure plaster — and found you!)
Certainly you can use them. They’re old magazine pages I had pulled out eons ago…most probably House and Garden.
“Dolce color di oriental saffiro” –Dante, Purgatorio
Love your beautiful site! Thank you for sharing your treasures and finds 🙂