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Antique French Ikat, Blue Ikat, Deep blue tones, Gustavian style, Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, Indigo dye
The Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande
In the Marais district of Paris…
The internal shutters in the Galerie de Psyché were painted in 1660 by Du Hamel…
a little known artist who worked on the Queen’s Apartment at Fountainbleu…
The World of Interiors
Philippe Seulliet
Jacques Dirand photography
April ’09
This gorgeous mirror reflects a dramatic wall in the townhouse
of architect William Georgis and curator Richard Marshall
Elle Decor
March ’08
Photography William Waldron
A saturated range of indigo blues…
Indigo dyed Ikats by Shyam Ahuja, India
Fabrics
Caroline Lebeau
Jacques Dirand
French quilted Flamme Ikat
c. 1780 here
The Textile Trunk
Summerhouse distressed vintage French chair…
updated and enlivened by an indigo block print
Madeline Weinrib Atelier
Heather Weaver of Guinevere Antiques
covered this old trunk with her indigo-blue linen…
Heather uses traditional vegetable dyes to color
antique linens and hemps sourced from France…
The World of Interiors Oct ’06
Gustavian style canopy bed
Dressed with simple, traditional, Swedish cottons and linens weaves…
Skogaholm Manor in Stockholm c. 1793
Fabrics
Caroline Lebeau
Trouvais 
Beautiful…I love the chair and canopy bed. It’s all fabulous, as usual!
Stella xx
gorgeous, love the shuttered windows
I always dreamed about having a room in my house with a canopy bed is you showed here!
I love it!
xx
Greet
Hi Trish
Beautiful; the ikats are wonderful…and this is a canopy bed I could get behind! understated and elegant..
xxx
Kit
wonderful colors
Such a perfect color combination… even though it’s only JUST officially springtime, I’m already getting excited for blue ikats in my summer decor!
How lovely your picures are. Love the canopy bed, and the blue colours of the fabrics.
have a nice week!
oh, oh my.
that niche with the shutters and paneling and bench.
it takes my breath away.
if I could have just ONE spot exactly like that in my house, I could live with IKEA everywhere else!
Lovely theme Trish, indigo must be one of the earliest fabric colours used. You intrigue me with your depth of knowledge but I can’t find your profile on the blog! Thanks for your comments about the paintings, I’m afraid the photos are his not mine.
Sharon
I am trying to embrace blues… as you might the burnished reds… I want those shutters!
Trish…Your blog is fabulous…never, ever pull the plug.
I did my last post today…but you won’t be any further than my key board for inspiration. I have three other blogs to nourish…and much more to do besides blogs and posting which was boring even me…my poor followers, I have put them out of their misery.
LOL!!
To thine own self be true….Right?
Oh and Trish, you are pretty much stuck with me.
Lee
I’m counting on that Lee! XO
Well, that opening photo is just utterly fabulous! You got your copy of World of Interiors before me! WAH! Can’t wait to inhale it!
Theresa!!! Get thee to thy archives…it’s LAST April!
mmmmm….missed that little detail..!! And I don’t even remember it ! I am slinking out the door embarrassed by that admission… 😉
I find it so ironic to read this post, when today my four year old son inquired how they color paint and knowing they used to use indigo… that was the only answer I could come up with.
Love, love, love your blog. Sorry I don’t comment more.
Angela, Parisienne Farmgirl
I love every comment…esp. because I know how busy we all get!
I love indigo and I specially like ethnic fabrics such as Ikat.
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