I think we all know by know that I have an affinity for drapery or tassels especially when rendered in materials other than fabric o...

Anne Bancroft is looking fabulous. Her best line of the film? "...you know, sex and champagne in the afternoon or something like...

I stumbled across Sotheby's sale of the Collection of Prince and Princess Henry De la Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais the other day at w...

I stumbled upon these fantastic 1970s gold and bronze glazed tiles in the 34th Street subway station. I hope when this subway is renovated ...

While waiting for samples at Beauvais Carpet the other day I stumbled upon this amazing Louis XIV Gobelins Tapestry screen... ...

John Tackett over at The Devoted Classicist sent me this image of the Vanderbilt Drawing Room on 5th Avenue which shows the chairs fro...

The auction house where I grew up offered these chairs for sale this morning. A pair of Herter Brothers chairs designed for the drawing...

Baber House, Macon, Georgia 2nd Floor Stair Hall, 1936

I really dislike Degas. What can I say, pastel Ballerinas just don't do it for me. However, mythological/biblical images of women w...

When I was little we would visit my grandfather in rural upcountry Georgia. Nearby there was a relatively  impressive antebellum house ...