Sunday, February 20, 2011

Gilded Dolphins

Yesterday I found myself on the beach at Sullivan's Island where we always see dolphins leaping out of the water... which got me thinking about how much I love dolphins, the fish not the mammals, especially when gilded and incorporated into some piece of furniture...

An amazing Swedish giltwood console table c. 1820

An English lead model of a dolphin, c. 1830 

A fantastic giltwood Venetian grotto seat

An important American Empire console table photographed in the Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston, SC in 1918. This fantastic piece of furniture is still in the house today. 

2 comments:

  1. very interesting grotto seat. the newest post of yours is also intresting, the interior scene of that old house. very beautiful.

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  2. Thank you- the last photo of the 'dolphin' post is also a photograph of the double parlors of that house. It's a spectacular home... completely untouched with wallpaper hanging from the walls and pieces of the ceiling missing. If you're ever in Charleston, SC you'll have to go see it

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