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 !