31.8.13

François Boucher, 1742, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon

at the oldest public museum in France

Le Mariage chinois




L'Audience de l'Empereur de Chine






Le Jardin chinois





Le Divertissement chinois & La Curiosité chinoise




La Festin de l'Empereur de Chine






24.8.13

Details from Villa Noailles, "The Stranded Ocean Liner," by Robert Mallet-Stevens for Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, 1923-1927, Hyères


as featured in Man Ray's Les Mystères du Château de Dé

THE TRIANGULAR ROCK GARDEN




THE WALLED GARDEN




THE MAIN TERRACE






the relationships between the textures of every surface are so well-considered (above & below)


the house is built on the site of a medieval monastery

THE FOYER


nice built in sconce (above & below))


Frank Sconces

SMALL BATHROOM

great fixtures

STAIRCASE





THE CUBIST FLOWER PREPARATION ROOM



THE CUBIST LIVING ROOM
with no windows, just skylights 





nice use of tile


HARDWARE & MISC.





Love these Mallet-Stevens chairs

Marie-Laure de Noailles by Alberto Giacometti