Saturday, 18 December 2010

RED......

........plays the principal role around Christmas time

It goes a long way back when humans discovered that it helps to keep
the cold away from our thoughts



LE  ROUGE  ENFLAMME  LES  COEURS
ET  RECHAUFFE  L'ART  DE  VIVRE




Silk, Chase Erwin, London, 2000, from my collection


 

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"New" Red
















Images: COTE SUD, December 96 - January 97



Yves Delorme, Paris, 1990s


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"Old" Red
L'ART  DU  SIEGE  AU  XVIIIe  SIECLE  EN FRANCE 
Bill G.B Pallot      Avant-propos de Karl Lagerfeld 

 
Fauteuil's a la reine, Paris vers 1765



  L'écran de cheminée, par NICOLAS HEURTOUT, 1755



Fauteuil et Chaise a la reine
Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, vers 1760



Pliant (ou ployant), Francois Foliot 1750-1760



Fauteuil a la reine et a chassis
Jean Etienne Saint-Georges, 1768-1770



Nicolas Hertaut, vers 1755


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"Rot spielt auch hier die Hauptrolle"...
Louis XVI., Muensterland, Germany, 1760-70
Italian Silk Damask, Fadini Borghi, 1980s


 Vintage silk damask Fadini Borghi, Italy




Detail of an 18th - Century French Fauteuil



Detail




Vintage silk damask, Fadini Borghi, 1980s




Fabric from John Lewis, London
on  18th - Century walnut "Brettstuhl", Black Forest



English Victorian Terra cotta scent jar, c. 1860 



Detail of an 18th-Century French silvered mirror, Epoque Regence, c. 1730-40




  


Dining chairs in our Country Kitchen
- during the year with loose linen covers in a natural color, 
but for Christmas in RED, nicely faded over the last 20 years - 



A Pair of French 19th - Century Bergere's 

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"Chinese" Red
Image ELLE DECORATION - November 1993



"Nature" Red
Amaryllis



Amaranthe



Callas
Images from ELLE DECORATION - December 2003 



French "Sacre" bamboo 


 pomegranate's 

BON  WEEKEND  A  TOUS !
 

  

2 comments:

  1. Dear Karin, A beautiful post. I love your chair (entitled detail). The color combination is fantastic and the carving on the chair is magnificent. I'm lusting after it.
    Gina

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  2. Liebe Gina, Herzlichsten Dank!

    Will send you an email.
    Karin

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