tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post3932594869911976985..comments2024-03-28T14:29:32.353-05:00Comments on The Devoted Classicist: Thomas Jayne's American DecorationJohn J. Tacketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-23298277651621865202012-11-02T12:26:28.137-05:002012-11-02T12:26:28.137-05:00I agree, Toby. Updating does not (necessarily) ha...I agree, Toby. Updating does not (necessarily) have to mean huge modern lamps and inflatable furniture.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-62990906155550882922012-11-02T10:57:07.755-05:002012-11-02T10:57:07.755-05:00What a bold stroke, using an over-scaled wallpaper...What a bold stroke, using an over-scaled wallpaper in a modestly proportioned<br />room like the sitting room of the Scarsdale house!<br />Brilliant.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-16399549525623242852012-10-31T23:28:12.564-05:002012-10-31T23:28:12.564-05:00D.E.D., the house in Philadelphia has a striped st...D.E.D., the house in Philadelphia has a striped stair runner (not seen in this photo) typical of the colonial period yet very contemporary in its colorful simplicity. And I thought the big scale wallcovering with contemporary coloring was a fresh approach, too. Thanks for your comment.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-41987482088995674232012-10-31T23:21:10.190-05:002012-10-31T23:21:10.190-05:00Thanks, Frances. I hope you'll be a regular r...Thanks, Frances. I hope you'll be a regular reader. I appreciate your commenting.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-67583792593695764562012-10-31T18:50:44.551-05:002012-10-31T18:50:44.551-05:00I always enjoy seeing the high and low game at wor...I always enjoy seeing the high and low game at work--as with painted floors in a grand interior.<br /><br />Mr. Jayne has certainly studied his Colonial interiors well, down to the over scaled plum colored wallpaper in the Scarsdale parlor---reminiscent of the flocked papers at the Wentworth-Coolidge house in Little Harbor near Newcastle NH, or the Washington bedroom at the Webb house in Wethersfield, CT. The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-34324234233701492562012-10-31T18:38:00.156-05:002012-10-31T18:38:00.156-05:00John, love this post on Thomas Jayne's book an...John, love this post on Thomas Jayne's book and can't wait to see it. Also wanted to say I've just spent the last 30 minutes or so catching up on your blog and you've been knocking it outta the park here, sir. Really good stuff, all of it. Thank you!Frances Schultzhttp://www.francesschultz.comnoreply@blogger.com