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

make believe {lafaille cabinet de curiosites}

keeping with the idea of whimsy and fancy (as in the noun), this series of posts called make believe will further allow me to engage in my predilection for fantasy.

today, i shall pretend that i just returned from the lafaille cabinet de curiosites in la rochelle, france.

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les musees d'histoires naturelle de la rochelle
28, rue albert 1er
17000 la rochelle, france

the cabinet lafaille is a very rococo 19th century curiosity cabinet in a louis XV style room lined with ivory and saffron colored cases stuffed with coral, reptiles and birds perched on branches.

toward the center of the room is an elegant walnut chest of drawers and tables topped with powder-blue silk lined glass cases brimming with seashells and crystal.

magique! 

for further information: http://www.museum-larochelle.fr/


{image 1: smithsonian institution on flickr; images 2, 5: les musees d'histoires naturelle de la rochelle; images 3, 4: world of interiors, 2000}