My faith is revived.

Ok, so after being slightly disenchanted with the One Kings Lane Tastemaker Tag Sales, my faith is revived by the items Grant K. Gibson and Gabriella Sarlo have offered for sale. If these are the pieces that their clients aren't using, I want to see what is actually getting placed in these homes...

 

I love the way these plaster intaglios are framed asymmetrically... 

definitely plan on using this idea in the future...

 

 how can these Louis XVI style chairs with grass green upholstery not make you smile?

 

... and I've always had a thing for plaster casts of feet.

 

also, loving anything lacquered, 

I don't know that a finish could get more glamorous... 

 

I'm 99% sure this is my favorite piece of the sale... 

I especially love the deterioration to the mirror

 

If I had my way, I would have a room that was just filled with useless architectural fragments... maybe even one wall just dedicated to cast iron acanthus leaves. 

all of these items are available here.

How could I forget?

After doing an intensive paper on Franz von Stuck's Salome last year, I'm shocked that it's taken me this long to share one of my favorite artists...

 

Salome, 1906

 Medusa, 1892

 

Sisyphus, 1920

 

Lucifer,  c. 1890

Something else I need...

 

My new favorite poster at Julia Santen Gallery, c. 1930

Available here

To Die For

 

One Kings Lane

Something to lust after

 

This fixture by Herve Van Der Straeten for Ralph Pucci

Click the image to see more amazing pieces

A craving...

..for this antique poster, c. 1910

 Available at Julia Santen Gallery

Shiny and Studded

 

A fantastic mid-century brass side table from Will Wick at One Kings Lane

 

An amazing leather bench/side table with bronze studs

from York Street Studio at One Kings Lane

Something I Need

Via Guinevere at 1stDibs

Did I mention...

how in love I am with Rudolph Valentino?

Ruins

East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 1865

Love this photograph... 

especially love the Greek Revival door surround

Today an 1880s Victorian-Eastlake home stands on the site.

Click here to see other fantastic photos of Charleston after the Civil War

Vintage Hermes Cigar Box

 

Vintage Hermes Cigar Box ca. 1960s

from Mantiques Modern, 1stDibs

I would start smoking for this...

Deming & Bulkley

 

 A fabulous Deming & Bulkley dolphin card table, c. 1820

as featured in Antiques & Fine Art's article on the William Gatewood House.

Deming & Bulkley sold to the Charleston elite throughout the early to mid 19th century. A similar example exists in the Aiken-Rhett House. 

Lobsters

 

Sketch of a lobster, Albrecht Durer, 1495...

 

One of a pair of bone lobsters via 1stDibs...

 

Wallis Simpson wearing Elsa Schiaparelli's Lobster Dress

 

Isabella Blow wearing the most amazing hat Phillip Treacy ever created...

 

 Isabella Blow wearing Phillip Treacy...

and Lady Gaga wearing Phillip Treacy...

Is it that obvious who wore it better?

 

Red lobsters crown an exotic pavilion in a Tony Duquette inspired window at Bergdorf's in December of 2007...