Thursday, April 3, 2014

FRENCH RENAISSANCE


Can I just tell you how much j’adore le Renaissance Francais?? A lot. Seriously.

I’ve included here some photos from my most recent trip to Versailles as an example of some of the things we are learning. 

Monograms, monograms, monograms!!!!



  

Personal emblems and statuary selfies!




We get it history, you love the x-leg stool.  I think we've seen it in every single time period since the Egyptians.




 Can you believe this detail and luxury?






Influence on Modern Design

It's frankly not all that common to see the amount of detail in modern day design that you might have seen during this time period, but there are some examples of the influence on modern interiors. These interiors are from chateauesque homes in the US: the Elms in Newport, RI and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.