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Stumpery adrift in the landscape
The Stumpery – a driftwood cave by Phil Game Follies echo the zeitgeist of their time. In the 18th century follies were the playthings of rich men and often built to flaunt their wealth and edu… more →
The Folly Fancier
Stumpery adrift in the landscape
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: The Stumpery – a driftwood cave by Phil Game Follies echo the zeitgeist of their time. In the … more →
Eerie fusion of past and present
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Often today it seems the line between follies and works of art in public places, is increasingly blu … more →
Pure Folly but Fun
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: If you fancy a modern garden folly, but lack the imagination or time, to build one, you can always c … more →
A Modern "folly" tower for the Millennium
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Hurlestone Tower, Lilburn, Northumberland Several new folly towers were put up to commemorate the … more →
Monument to a lost love
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Alster Tower, Boldt Castle, St Lawrence River, September 2007 OK so it isn’t strictly a mode … more →
Lost in the Boxwood
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: After LA antiques dealer Richard Shapiro created a Palladian folly in his Holmby Hills garden in Lo … more →
Palladio in Hollywood
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follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Eccentricity and excess mark a centuries-old tradition. Richard Shapiro’s folly began, as m … more →
Where Naiads play on a Surrey hillside
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Cherkley Court in Surrey has a new shell grotto by Belinda Eade Cherkley Court, near Leatherhead … more →
Follies by Design
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Fancy a folly but lack the funds to commission or the expertise to build one? An American fi … more →
Flaming Folly on Dutch Seafront
follyfancier wrote 2 years ago: Folly Fanciers, I present the Nonument. Strictly speaking, if your definition of a folly is a buil … more →
