A glimpse inside a Grimaldi palace bedroom in Monaco. Lovely
gilded French vanity, chairs upholstered and windows draped
in 18th century golden florals…
Golden elements of the bedroom reflected in the rococo
style free standing antique mirror…
A Lit à la Polonaise bowered with swathes of antique fabric…
The chandelier dripping with amber crystal…
A gold framed painting tipping forward on the wall…
The almost terra cotta, apricot tones of the bedding
picking up the tiny floral sprays cast about the
golden yellow silk…
The lacquered flowered commode and simple gilded framed portrait
are 18th century Venetian, Royal Berlin tea service…
In Europe’s courts of the eighteenth century…”they dressed
superbly and conversed brilliantly as they sipped tea or chocolate
from flowered porcelains in the most sybaritic interiors imaginable.
Those too were sometimes lacquered and flowered in emulation of
porcelain. They knew about the ‘douceur de vivre’-the sweetness
of life.”
Tiffany Taste
John Loring
An Itaian influenced colonnaded passageway
in Monaco, with frescoes adorning the coved ceiling
A cozy, candlelit, chinoiserie paneled, French salon gathered
conversationally close to a kilim draped tea table…
Bringing it Home France
Cheryl MacLauchlan
In Monoco again…”le gallerie des Glaces“
Gallery of mirrors. Mounted on pedestals of marble, the
busts of Princes alternate with large Ming vases…
Art and Décoration Magazine
July-August 2009
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