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18th century lifestyle, Appley Hoare, Architectural salvage, Bobby McAlpine, Flea Market Style, Franck Delmarcelle, French Antiques, French curiosities, Rough Luxe, Susan Ferrier
Majestic set of old patina anointed wooden anchors…
Over a bed in a New York City apartment
Designer Susan Ferrier worked with architect Bobby McAlpine…
“probably old signage or theater props…”
House Beautiful January 2009
Anchors in Bobby McAlpine’s Nashville home
House and Garden Feb. ’05
In Josephine Ryan’s new book “Essentially French: Homes with Classic French Style”
She visits several noted antique dealers including Appley Hoare…
Presiding over an incredible store in Belgravia’s Pimlico road in London, on treasure seeking trips
in the south of France with her daughter Zoe, Appley stumbled upon a derelict old farmhouse
between the ancient towns of Montpellier and Nîmes which they restored. Here her
collection of plaster finds build, are sold off, collected anew,
with a few favorites kept behind….
I love how the chair sits as found…in situ…
charming in its dressed down state.
Additional finds leaning into one another on the 19th c. weathered desk.
Collections of mirrors and other finds amass on the mantle, turtle embellished
bellows below, at the home of antique dealer Franck Delmarcelle…
whose antique shop Galerie Et Caetera opened in 1998
on the rue de Poitou in the Marais….
A penchant for taxidermy and religious artifacts….
Tweaking the gilded empire chandelier and studied rococo of the Louis XV table…
Take a tour (and practice your French) here:
Franck Delmarcelle intérieur appartement
Unbelievably, an embarrassment of riches…
Franck has a blog here…
Delightful tones of birds and church bells as background.
Louis XVI Belgian linen upholstered chair with
19th century iron floral sconce…
Table lamp base made from chunky stair balustrade, a pair of fossilized stones
that resemble faces, petrified horses head…
Incredible antique found objects and the incredible antiquarians that find them…
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Photography for Essentially French by Claire Richardson
Last three photos from
http://franckdelmarcelle.blogspot.com/
Before this post, if you told me I would fall for two old anchors hanging on a bedroom wall, I might call you crazy. But now I am the crazy one…just crazy about all of these images. From a photo stylist’s point of view, the tulips are brilliant…as the shot of the anchors above the fireplace is visually less compelling. The modern concept of museums is great, but I love decors like these that harken back to the time before museums existed, when one’s own home was a museum of beauty and curiosities for private visitors to admire. You do have a fabulous eye!
~Jermaine~
Well I do love the anchors- but not so much in the bed room-but maybe a body does not have to pass by them to climb into bed.It also illustrates the point-that designers are always willing to give up there treasures. That bellows has la written on it-I am a turtle person. As always gorgeous photographs and I am off to visit this blog. GT
Those anchors are absolutely amazing! I’m not sure I’d hang one right by my bed, but they would make a stunning feature elsewhere!
As much as I love the anchors, in the bedroom they look like a scene in a horror film where you just know someone is going to end up impaled on them.
I have the feeling those anchors were just for the shoot. Out here in California leaning huge mirrors, and any sharp angles (and hooks) over beds are a bad idea.
I’ve always been a very big fan of Delmarcelle , He has such a style . he knows how to find the best pieces
LOVE this post. Love all these unique and interesting items displayed with the luxurious beside them. The anchors don’t bother me at all in the bedroom!
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