Young Collectors Night at the WAS

Please click the image to see my pick item from Young Collector's Night as described on Thomas Jayne's Blog, Decoration Ancient and Modern

Photo credit New York Social Diary

I noticed a pattern...

After leaving the Winter Antiques Show I scrolled back through the images on my phone and noticed there was a definite trend to the objects I photographed...

 An ancient torso...

A John Singer Sargent portrait...

An Art Deco mirror...

And a Rockwell Kent...

I really didn't know I was this predictable. 

Oh well, I guess there are worse things to be attracted to.

The Metro Show

Wednesday evening I was lucky enough to attend the opening of the Metro Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion. The show was heavily folk art (not my favorite), but with some other pieces thrown in for diversity. Here are my some of my favorite objects from the show...

This iron snake was by far my favorite piece... it's coloration, scale (it was probably 3 feet long), and sense of movement all added to its appeal. I would be more than willing to let him move in with me...

I loved the colors of this vintage painting entitled "Les Competiteurs" by Leonard Nelson...

And finally these...

A set of 12 19th century watercolors of masks from China's Peking Opera... I'm not necessarily one for Asian art, but these are amazing. 

Look forward to a post on the Winter Antiques Show later in the week!

Early this morning...

I was at the Chelsea Flower Market... it's a place I've been often since I've been in New York. It's amazing what you can find in some of these stores... any type of Chinese glittered butterfly, to the most interesting exotic plants (we bought sprouted coconuts this morning for a project), to just generally attractive flowers... although I hate waking up early, at least I was looking at something beautiful. 

A Handful of Dust and Carlton Towers

Period movies are always a favorite... and when I saw this 1988 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel on Netflix I knew it was a must see... the sets were amazing and profiled the Victorian country house, Carlton Towers... 

I love the drama of this room... especially the oversized Gothic mantle and double doors at the end of the room. My favorite touch was the the russet colored shades on the crystal chandeliers...

I'm typically not a fan of crewel work, but I'm loving the combination of the crewel fabric and the Aubusson pillows...

The fireplaces in the parlors had interesting coved walls extending from the mantles...

This wallpaper was my favorite decorative detail of the entire film... I want it in a million different color ways, although I could definitely be happy with it as is... 

Visit Carlton Towers website here. 

Something I saw...

... and loved.

Oh Charleston...

A two week long break from the city was just what I needed. Charleston was so beautiful and pleasant as always. 

The cemetery of the Unitarian Church between Archdale and King... a favorite spot since I was a child. 

But now it's back to New York...

All I want for Christmas...

via 1stDibs...

A familiar face...

 

New York has been amazing so far... I've been so lucky to do so many amazing things. Amongst those was attending the opening night party for the Duncan Phyfe show at the Met. While stumbling mesmerized around the exhibit, I rounded a corner and made eye contact with the above gentleman, John Laurence Manning. I quickly realized that I knew him from his South Carolina plantation, Milford, now owned by Dick Jenrette. A number of Duncan Phyfe pieces original to Milford were included in the show as part of illustrating Phyfe's later exploration of Gothic and French restoration motifs.

I loved everything, specifically Phyfe's pieces from the 1820s and 30s... here are some of my favorites

 

A sampling of Phyfe consoles... it's hard to choose a favorite, but those ebonized and gilt griffins are particularly amazing.

 

A deconstructed example illustating how Phyfe used bolts from beds to attach the legs of the console. I really enjoyed the simplicity and honesty of this piece... and the antique mirror was pretty great too.

 

This table takes it... original finish, a stained marble top... what more could a boy ask for? When the exhibition is over this piece can definitely find refuge in my apartment. 

Endymion and I have a lot in common.

 

I've been doing a lot of sleeping lately. 

New York is keeping me extremely busy and with little time or energy to post. But don't fret! I'll be back very soon with some images of my new finds as I begin decorating my first New York apartment!

Endymion, Nicolas Guy Brenet, 1756