tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post2675000831577096053..comments2024-03-28T14:29:32.353-05:00Comments on The Devoted Classicist: Brooke Astor on Mount Desert IslandJohn J. Tacketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-82533386336823767592012-09-30T20:44:13.716-05:002012-09-30T20:44:13.716-05:00Your blog is lovely and very informational. I wish...Your blog is lovely and very informational. I wish I could get past the guilt of living and enjoy things more, but I don't seem to know how to do this. I am stuck always in the past; not quite ground hog but it is my reapeated living. Why I keep asking? It is not something others can understand and put an end to.Ms. Ainee C. Belandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712893924509179747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-46152691321387416432012-09-19T10:51:09.525-05:002012-09-19T10:51:09.525-05:00Very observant, APB. Your comments are appreciate...Very observant, APB. Your comments are appreciated.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-2566021702968562302012-09-19T09:12:50.126-05:002012-09-19T09:12:50.126-05:00The less formal, yet still elegant, cozy interios ...The less formal, yet still elegant, cozy interios of Cove End underscore what a real retreat/escape it must have been for Mrs. Astor. A close examination of the photos reveals rooms filled with depictions of animals (on pillows, in paintings, as outdoor scultpure...), a theme so prevelant in the beloved objects of hers about to go up for auction. Beyond charming... APBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713371127208721313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-64729155319901983692012-09-19T08:30:30.786-05:002012-09-19T08:30:30.786-05:00Columnist, as you may know, Brooke Astor's liv...Columnist, as you may know, Brooke Astor's living in China as a child led to her great appreciation of the art and culture. Perhaps you have seen the Chinese Court that was her gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, around 1980. Thanks for commenting.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-33707787603340899322012-09-19T08:20:34.811-05:002012-09-19T08:20:34.811-05:00Thank you for your comments, D.E.D. If I am not m...Thank you for your comments, D.E.D. If I am not mistaken, Nancy Pierrepont's mother was a respected decorator in Washington, DC, so her experience in design had a foundation. <br /><br />I have forgotten the name of the devoted gardener who led the efforts to keep Cove End in such a glorious condition, but he was deserving of credit, too.<br /><br />I suppose Mark Hampton wanted his scheme to show a noted difference, but I, too, thought the Parish-Hadley fabric choices in the Living Room were better for the waterfront summer house in Maine.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-49370676541715811552012-09-19T00:05:20.505-05:002012-09-19T00:05:20.505-05:00Thanks for this background. I have viewed the Soth...Thanks for this background. I have viewed the Sotheby's catalogue of Brooke Astor's estate, which I enjoyed, particularly the Chinese School pictures.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-17376999162961746832012-09-18T22:08:54.805-05:002012-09-18T22:08:54.805-05:00Nancy Pierrepont died several years ago. I quite l...Nancy Pierrepont died several years ago. I quite liked her--very old school, formal and grand---but also kindly and very talented. I bought a neo-classical French wallpaper screen at a sale of her effects---orange and black octagons alternating with goddesses in chariots on blue ground. Bold and dazzling. She had a real eye for the sort of chic French taste of a generation or more back.<br /><br />I was thinking about the cutting garden at Cove End just a few days ago. It was heaven, with its zig zag beds riotous with bloom<br /><br />A very reliable source---I'd be guilty of egregious name-dropping if I said who---told me that Mrs. Astor was not happy with the Mark Hampton room, and had Mrs. Pierrepont change it back only weeks after it was photographed.<br /><br />The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-38425459936301131302012-09-18T15:47:49.069-05:002012-09-18T15:47:49.069-05:00Terry, you might like the quarters but not the emp...Terry, you might like the quarters but not the employers.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-79790787767600738802012-09-18T15:46:10.393-05:002012-09-18T15:46:10.393-05:00Thanks, Dean!Thanks, Dean!John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-49120587403773501052012-09-18T14:32:56.229-05:002012-09-18T14:32:56.229-05:00Thanks so much to the "Devoted" and the ...Thanks so much to the "Devoted" and the "Downeast" for covering the waterfront. I'd be happy to take the chauffeur's room.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154846109609330503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-43494016289036853102012-09-18T14:21:27.559-05:002012-09-18T14:21:27.559-05:00I just love it, that's all!I just love it, that's all!Dean Farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651467227402717540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-17657830021281228062012-09-18T12:20:24.204-05:002012-09-18T12:20:24.204-05:00Many thanks. When I last saw her in the late 1980...Many thanks. When I last saw her in the late 1980s, she was quite advanced in age though still active. Clearly, I need to use some different search engines. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-42064384920521760592012-09-18T12:17:36.792-05:002012-09-18T12:17:36.792-05:00Nancy Pierrepont's obituary is in the NYT for ...Nancy Pierrepont's obituary is in the NYT for August 15 2004 she died on August 2004D Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-74820330128635131842012-09-18T11:59:46.006-05:002012-09-18T11:59:46.006-05:00Nancy Pierrepont's obituary is in the NYT for...Nancy Pierrepont's obituary is in the NYT for August 15 2004 she died on August 13 2004Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com