Meredith Frampton

Marguerite Kelsey c. 1928

A Game of Patience c. 1937

Winifred Radford c. 1921

Trial and Error c. 1939

Sir Henry John Newbolt c. 1931

Portrait of a Young Woman c. 1935

Nigella Lawson's Study

Cecil Beaton's Bathroom Walls

With his guests' hands traced and signed

Serebriakoff's "Little Salon, 24 Boulevard Suchet"

designed by Boudin

Pauline de Rothschild's London Dining Room by Colefax & Fowler

I have never seen this image before. The stunning blue on the walls is such a complex color. It has so much depth and reminds me of the sea at night.

So moving, so delicate, so piercingly beautiful!

her most incredible bedroom, here
here, a different bedroom

Ditchley Park: Watercolors by Serebriakoff

Helen Littman for English Eccentrics Co.

Nancy Lancaster favorites

She was also responsible for P de R's apartment in collaboration with Colefax

and Fowler. Much has been said of her bringing genteel American comfort

to the grand houses of England. Perhaps this "genteel comfort" is the result of

a primitive, albeit appealing, sense of scale and proportion. These rooms, and

especially those belonging to P de R, almost look as if they were hobbled

together by a child whose toys were very fine antiques. This is not to say

that I believe they were "hobbled" together, because clearly they represent vast

amounts of time, specificity, and expertise; just that they exude a charming naivete.

They seem to reflect a child's perception of an imposing and fantastical space, as

opposed to an adult's, who might pompously bask in the grandeur of his

surroundings because it affirms his maturity.

Dylan Thomas's Study

I love when people tack Picasso posters to the wall

the "long view" from his window

Lord and Lady Eliot at Port Eliot, from a 1966 Vogue, shot by Horst

~The picture above is a still from a movie that I wish existed (or that I would like to make one day)

Victor Hugo in Exile