The New French Decor…Living with Timeless Objects
Michèle Lalande and Gilles Trillard
From my 18th century Amusements post here
Ladies’ Pocket Memorandum post here
From my parent’s pool house…
really should be called an Orangerie considering
the enormous skylights, French doors, and slate floor
have been hosting flats of my sister’s heirloom seeds
the last few weeks…
Detail view of Jacques Callot’s etchings for
Combat at the Barrier c. 1627
Entrance of Monsieur le Comte Brionne
More here
The art of reproducing incredible
antique grisaille wallpaper….
Silver-thread bobbin lace on c. 1740 stomacher…
Decorative V shaped panels that cover front of bodice…
Seventeenth and eighteenth-century Fashion in Detail
Avril Hart and Susan North
Cote de Paris
June/Aug ’09
Throwing a bit of ink into neutrals…
and glint…
Shelf in my office…
Voyage en Chine tan and black toile by Old World Weavers…
Antique etching from old Italian vellum book in an Italian gold leaf
frame, pillows made from antique priest’s vestments. A few yards
of historical fabric completely transforms a simple bed…
Tom Landry in New Orleans
House Beautiful? please remind me….
more here
Trouvais 
I love your family’s orangerie … Looks fantastic
Gorgeous, rich and elegant ink! Beautiful post!
I think the black touches add depth and mystery. I agree with le petit above about your parent’s orangerie. I think your sister’s heirloom seeds are sprouting in some most elegant surroundings. Did you grow up in this house? Is this the origin of your gray love?
What a beautiful post. Love all the photos, you have inspired me to go back and buy an old “ciel de lit” that I saw in an attic this morning….
Leeann x
I am lusting over that exquisite piece of silver bobbin lace! Just wondrous.
Lovely photos – as always – and the orangerie must be enchanting
Color free, moody, sensual, melancholic, beautiful.–Sue
I love the mantle and your shelf in your office! It’s just beautiful…
Beautiful collection stunning rooms– the mantle, exquisite detail in the moulding , wonderful antique etchings, and the small details like the pillows made from antique priest’s vestment- what a wonderful idea. It would be hard to leave home.
At the same time the rooms have a simplicity about them with form, function and clean fresh design, serene – Perfect balance and symmetry , like a beautiful painting.
Lovely,
Joanny
You have a wonderful mind.
What a pretty, pretty blog! As attracted to the beautiful as I am I will certainly come back from time to time. Congrats on your award; you surely deserve it.
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