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Hôpital Fragonard revisited
A second illustration on the same theme as Hôpital Fragonard, previously shown here .… more →
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Hôpital Fragonard revisited
wrote 1 week ago: A second illustration on the same theme as Hôpital Fragonard, previously shown here . … more →
edible christmas memory...
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wrote 1 week ago: Baba au Rhum A year ago today, I shot across France, from Paris to Lyon, on a bullet train with my f … more →
Our Lady of the Potatoes
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Duncan Sprott’s amazing, entrancing and magical novel Our Lady of the Potatoes has been one of … more →
The Apartment That Will Be
wrote 3 weeks ago: First there are rules for the interior of the apartment itself, renting standards if you will: 1. Va … more →
Royal Mistress Challenge: Jean Plaidy's Madame du Barry (part one)
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wrote 4 weeks ago: This is the first book I read for the Royal Mistress Challenge. My copy, pictured above, is the 199 … more →
Tuesday Teaser: Joan Haslip, Madame du Barry: The Wages of Beauty
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wrote 1 month ago: Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along … more →
Royal Mistress Challenge: the allure of the mistress
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wrote 1 month ago: Photo by John Cunliffe for Abigails Ateliers. All rights reserved. When I began collecting the title … more →
How Alison Weir was duped
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wrote 1 month ago: John Guy’s review of Alison Weir’s latest book, The Lady in The Tower: The Fall of Anne … more →
A Darker Rococo
wrote 1 month ago: The two latest images commissioned by sprezzatura. The theme is commentary on an excerpt from a rath … more →
EXCELLENCE IN IMAGERY
wrote 2 months ago: Presenting the ravishingly Excellent Charlotte Rampling as photographed by kinkily Excellent Jeurgen … more →
Fragonard dans l'hôpital
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wrote 3 months ago: The second comission by sprezzatura, a hospital theme just like the last one but this time in conjun … more →
Original Boulle Chest
wrote 3 months ago: An original Boulle commode…today worth £150,000….. During 1982 a dealer friend of mine i … more →
French Boulle Inlay Partners Desk
wrote 3 months ago: boulledesk0071 Originally uploaded by canonburyantiques We’ve just got this gorgeous desk in … more →
Artist Birthdays September 29 - FRANÇOIS BOUCHER
wrote 3 months ago: FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770) Nationality: French Field: Painting, printmakin … more →
Rococo light analysis
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Liberty's numbers...
wrote 4 months ago: Liberty's 1875 interior Some words sounds very impressive alone but may not mean very much. Let … more →
Shopping for antiques
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wrote 5 months ago: Today we were at this place nearby that sells antiques. I had been curious of that place for a while … more →
Parfums des Beaux Arts by DSH Eau de Fleurs d'Oranger du Roi EDP
wrote 5 months ago: This summer I have been craving anything orange blossom. This mainly includes my orange blossom frag … more →
Lonely Doctor
wrote 6 months ago: Tribute to the tenth Doctor, artistically combined with a beautiful track from Mercy Ocean’s l … more →
