Lit à la Polonaise dressed in floral printed silk…
Karl Lagerfeld’s apartment in Paris
Personally…I would have switched out the lamp shade
for a candelabra…
French bronze c. 1860
1stdibs
Silk taffeta embroidered in chain and Beauvais stitch, late 18th century
Cressida
David Austin …English rose collection
Wisteria book boxes
Thomas Chippendale seating c. 1778
for drawing room at Burton Constable Hall
Madame Ernest Calvat
French porcelain c. 1810
Chantilly
Honorine de Brabant
Unbelievable survival of French Empire embroidery portraying peacocks with snakes
and other romantic flora and fauna. Silver, gold and intense indigo threads on brilliant
deep pink silk with a softly time faded quality.
Raspberry Moiré on the walls of the queen’s bedroom at Kina Slott, Drottingholm Palace. From my archive of old House and Gardens.
Sources: Fabrics: The Decorative Art of Textile by Caroline Lebeau
1stdibs, Wisteria.com, Ebay, my garden…
