tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post5229834145900526289..comments2024-03-23T07:15:00.762-05:00Comments on The Devoted Classicist: Maison Jansen: The Most Influential Decorators of the 20th CenturyJohn J. Tacketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-38995366581363573242012-01-08T14:45:55.472-06:002012-01-08T14:45:55.472-06:00Boudin must have been the first decorator I was ev...Boudin must have been the first decorator I was ever aware of, apart from my grandfather who restored buildings and interiors. I remember visiting Leeds Castle when aged 13. That blue room just made an ENORMOUS impression on me and it has been engraved on my memory ever since !Not until much later did I learn about how famous it was. I would love to have worked with him Boudin ! Everything that Jansen made was of such exquisite taste and quality, I guess they employed craftsmen who really knew their stuff and had learned the craft in the 19th century.David Meeshttp://www.david-mees-interiors.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-25771691788672677242011-01-07T14:44:57.227-06:002011-01-07T14:44:57.227-06:00Rose: Wexner. But yes, Leeds Castle, the largely...Rose: Wexner. But yes, Leeds Castle, the largely 12th century home of the Hon. Lady Baille, is featured with its own chapter. Lady Baillie's bedroom was given panelling with a distressed blue painted finish that has become famous in the history of interior design. (The finish was later repeated in the dining room of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's home in the Bois de Boulonge and others). In addition, Lady Baillie's home in the Bahamas, Harbourside, also is given a chapter.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-24430589301352212992011-01-07T10:30:07.145-06:002011-01-07T10:30:07.145-06:00Why should my prejudice against a firm like Victor...Why should my prejudice against a firm like Victoria's Secret coalesce with my horror at Waxman demolishing such a distinguished house, I wonder?<br />This fabulous image of Jane Wrightsman's room reminds me of Lady Baillie's bedroom at Leeds Castle in Kent, also the work of Stephane Boudin. I wonder if it features in the Jansen book?Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-4804431149861825242010-12-26T19:50:25.695-06:002010-12-26T19:50:25.695-06:00hehe! lucky enough to call Jim Abbott a friend!hehe! lucky enough to call Jim Abbott a friend!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-20317050828443921552010-12-21T14:02:59.220-06:002010-12-21T14:02:59.220-06:00Followed you back from a comment you left at AAL&#...Followed you back from a comment you left at AAL's and was rewarded with your posts. I have added you to my bookmarks and look forward to reading you posts.<br /><br />ps Here in Kansas, I built a folly that I call my prairie temple. While I love classic architecture in my simple home that would have looked silly. So I stole the temple and clad it with horizontal cedar...vaguely a tip to log cabins. Still am intrigued by the shadows made by the lattice roof on the back of the sliding barn door!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-37528922920074879072010-12-19T14:26:17.386-06:002010-12-19T14:26:17.386-06:00Thanks, D.E.D. I am a HUGE fan of your blog and h...Thanks, D.E.D. I am a HUGE fan of your blog and hope mine can be at least a fraction as interesting. My computer proficiency has must to be desired, however, so please be patient as I get up to speed.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-33878844594768495482010-12-17T14:10:23.957-06:002010-12-17T14:10:23.957-06:00Ah, at last! You've discovered that comments w...Ah, at last! You've discovered that comments weren't enabled for the general public! I'm glad, for I've been anxious to welcome you to our little corner of the blogosphere, and tell you how much I enjoy--and will clearly continue to enjoy---your blog.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-29991151874274024772010-12-16T21:27:43.413-06:002010-12-16T21:27:43.413-06:00Blayne, the Acanthus Press titles can be purchased...Blayne, the Acanthus Press titles can be purchased on-line at their own site: acanthuspress.com.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4390485471778959088.post-65067622019857048072010-12-16T15:39:18.255-06:002010-12-16T15:39:18.255-06:00So beautiful! Is this book available online? I k...So beautiful! Is this book available online? I know someone who would LOOOVVEEEE it! (um, me!)Blayne Macauleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168898046058091176noreply@blogger.com