inspired by – 08.11.10

 

left to right: embossed and gilded pasteboard simulating leather via surfaceview; funny face (1957) directed by stanley donen; handpainted panel featuring silhouette design painted on a pieced silver 18th century style background via gracie; mecistogaster linearis via the evolution store

tantalizing turquoise, teal blue and aqua

1) turquoise printed silk

2) 18th c. marbled paper

3) holland and sherry embroidered border

4) cameroon dance ceremony feathered mask

5) kingfisher lacquered background

6) Ediger and Bouticourt designed wallpaper

tutus and flowery vines

clockwise from top left ~

candida mascia zanelli

Original textile design on paper from jean-michel hausmann

noddyboom on flickr

chelsea textiles fabric

topiaries and tapis vert

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in this William Curtis Rolf photograph, we see andre le notre's use of topiaries and unbroken expanse of terraced lawns at sceaux. i could lie down on this blanket of green for hours.

quadrille's este linen/cotton in pistachio

beth dow photograph

designers guild emerald jacquard velvet

delicate like veneer

clockwise from the top~

a pair of canopied beds via house beautiful. these twin beds and the bird egg canvas are what started me off on a quest to find the other images assembled here. i think the fabrics are quadrille's trilby and fiorentina.

adam fuss (one of my favorite photographers) daguerreotype moth via artnet

rug over here

bird eggs via lovemissb

the flowing rococo pattern of this designers guild jacquard velvet fabric is a kindred spirit of the pattern of the dress in fuss's photogram to the left.

antique egg print via panteek
 

adam fuss photogram from the series My Ghost

{gypsy} moth

clockwise from left:

18th century wallpaper design at surface view two 
moth by joseph scheer

an gyselinck at voila!

ikat at bermingham & co.

de gournay plum blossom via the president wears prada

springtime on my mind

clockwise from above left: 

1) markham roberts designed porch via house beautiful

2) caroline hyman via luminous lint

3) manual canovas wallpaper for cowtan and tout

4) moth by joseph scheer at ruby beets