Saturday, April 30, 2011

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. 

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

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Something to lust after

 
This fixture by Herve Van Der Straeten for Ralph Pucci
Click the image to see more amazing pieces

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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.