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Antiques, architectual details, Axel Vervoordt, Belgian design, Diane Dorrans Saeks, Italian interiors, Italy, Palazzo
Bereft of furniture…
and still a very well dressed room
Love the contrast of rough walls with refined
gilt boiserie…
Always looking for a place to sneek in a round window
and what a ceiling to lie in bed looking up at…
Axel Vervoordt styled the Tuscan palazzo of world-famous
piano duo, sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque…
Painted wood doors, paint accentuated surround,
beamed ceiling above plaster walls…
the huge stone ball carved by Buddhist monks sits off -side
Architectural detail, frieze poured into a lovely, 18th century
Venetian mirrored cabinet..tall stemmed rock crystal
candlesticks by Vervoordt flickering in the reflection…
18th century Venetian mirror
Vervoordt designed chairs and coffee table…
The side table is one of many battered wooden tables throughout
the palazzo. Originally used by French peasants to sort grapes
in the vineyard, their stains and cracks are carefully preserved…
French alpine dining table is set with 18th century pewter plates
and 19th century silverwear…the murano glasses are from
Axel Vervoordt…
Impressive architectural details…
what a way to start a room…
or a day
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Sources:
1) A Certain Style Diane Dorrans Saeks
2) Féau & Cie Boiserie here
3) Carolyn Quartermaine bedroom Marie Claire Maison
Last photos: Axel Vervoordt House and Garden 2002
Wonderful pics! I think two of them are an interior ofAxel Vervoordt.
Greet
Hi Greet…yes! And I added a couple more photos. Trish
sigh…..divine!
What a beautiful post to read – and see – this afternoon!
Thank you Trish for such a lovely post to end my workday with ~~~big sigh~~~~. There is nothing more that I love then clean lines, oversized and sparse and you’ve hit them all!
Absolutely exquisite…..I adore this style and charm…..Thanks….M
Thank you so much. These images clean my mind and ready it for another day.
Enchanting,my darling.
Enchanting,my darling