i won't even try to make this humble little blog into a quest for unique finds culled from internet searches, for gratefully there are numerous blogs, who do this so well. instead i'll have different features that i hope to post on a regular-ish, self-imposed schedule…like this series where i'll cover some of my favorite people, places and things.
today's favorite is bamboo in all its many beautiful forms. there are many reasons i love this plant. it's often seen in chinoiserie – another love of mine. it's also a symbol of endurance and longevity.
i admire it too for its usefulness as a building material and source of food, and its resemblance to grille motifs in paintings by gaughin, klimt, monet, and vuillard.
if nothing more, what i admire are the bolt-upright shafts and closely spaced trunks of a bamboo grove. to hear the wind pass through the leaves and between the creaking woody stems would be sweet music to my ears.
whenever i see it used for interiors, like furniture, wallpaper and fabric, i find myself instantly drawn to it.
a sensational bamboo desk
robsjohn-gibbings high back chairs with original ceruse finish on the faux bamboo frames
bamboo wallpaper in a roomset featuring a kim parker rug for the rug company
zega & dams' architectural alphabet
and this...this about took my breath away.
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i could go on, but i better stop here (and catch my breath).
{image 1: vintage printables; image 2: japonisme by siegfried wichmann; image 3: kyoto official travel guide; image 4: anthropologie march 2010 catalog; images 5, 6 : art of the painted finish by isabel o'neil; image 7: british homes & gardens april 2000; images 8, 9: woodson and rummerfield house of design; image 10: quadrille fabrics; image 11: house beautiful; image 12: beach bungalow 8; image 13: bonluxat; image 14: farrow and ball; image 15: the rug company; image 16: the stencil library; image 17: an architectural alphabet by zega and dams; image 18: de gournay}
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