tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post3473207515465322475..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: Shivered and grousedBluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-85658590067278383872013-02-16T11:08:50.857-05:002013-02-16T11:08:50.857-05:00Anonymous, the apartment is very beautiful and you...Anonymous, the apartment is very beautiful and you're right about the unique mood – I was impressed by it immensely. The hall's single impressive object was the Baroque cabinet. Enlarge the picture and you can see wonderful details. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-40002299714945964172013-02-15T22:13:21.613-05:002013-02-15T22:13:21.613-05:00OH- it is from HF's apt! It was just a wild gu...OH- it is from HF's apt! It was just a wild guess. I was there over a decade ago. Such a curious place, a very unique mood not seen anywhere else in NY, except in the 1920s. Funny, the hall was one of the rooms I remember liking the most. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-49931442749800183932013-02-15T11:28:21.053-05:002013-02-15T11:28:21.053-05:00Anonymous, thank you. As columnist pointed out abo...Anonymous, thank you. As columnist pointed out above, the cabinet was likely deaccessioned from the Royal Collection some time ago. I reported only what I thought I'd heard from Mrs Fioratti's living room.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-53772591392537420172013-02-15T11:25:03.146-05:002013-02-15T11:25:03.146-05:00Dilettante, I'd love to have a discussion abou...Dilettante, I'd love to have a discussion about the real Colonial Revival - a style still beloved in the South and also by me. When it's good, it's brilliant. <br /><br />The bust is beautiful, is it not? So human. I wonder if, as it thought about other Roman sculptures, it was painted to look real. If it was it must have been quite moving especially it was a posthumous portrait. <br /><br />I apologise for the late reply. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-6093066699188369222013-02-15T11:21:58.481-05:002013-02-15T11:21:58.481-05:00Terry, I'm sorry for the late reply. I do love...Terry, I'm sorry for the late reply. I do love sculpture and it was you who found it to be a thread in my posts. Before then, I'd not thought about it, so thank you.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-4541763017926119122013-02-12T22:06:05.426-05:002013-02-12T22:06:05.426-05:00The picture of "park avenue" apartment ...The picture of "park avenue" apartment reminds me of Helen Fioratti's apartment...one could imagine her having a piece that came from Buckingham Palace. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-83826190199905943632013-02-06T00:13:20.364-05:002013-02-06T00:13:20.364-05:00With book deadline looming, I have had to turn dow...With book deadline looming, I have had to turn down invitations to all warm climes--Lyford, Costa Rica, etc., and even to NY for the Winter Show, which I hate to miss. Luckily for me, you were there. The bust is unforgettable.<br /><br />Sometime, not here, not now, we'll have a conversation about the fine decor of the real Colonial Revival---not Mrs. Parish's giddy soup, and all her 'fun' followers, but the real thing.<br /><br />The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-44842689462541565562013-02-05T23:07:11.412-05:002013-02-05T23:07:11.412-05:00Thanks yet again. No travelogue I enjoy more, like...Thanks yet again. No travelogue I enjoy more, like I'm with you in the room, on the street, at dinner, learning something, sensing some asides that don't make it to the blog. Great fun for this layman. No surprise about the sculpture, you've blogged so many rooms with sculptures. It's a pleasure searching for them. Bravo.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154846109609330503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-71743292959868485952013-02-05T10:38:31.641-05:002013-02-05T10:38:31.641-05:00Daniel, uncanny is the right word to describe that...Daniel, uncanny is the right word to describe that automaton and I suspect that is precisely why Marie Antoinette gave it away. I loved it, nonetheless, especially when "museum feet" had struck and I leaned against a pillar watching the video of it play. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-33828894135981431582013-02-05T10:36:21.513-05:002013-02-05T10:36:21.513-05:00Irish Aesthete, thank you. I'm glad I found yo...Irish Aesthete, thank you. I'm glad I found your blog – at least I'm glad an ex-neighbour living in New York told me about it. <br /><br />I've only lived in the South for twenty years – before that Lancashire then Holland for thirteen years. Believe me, I know all about Siberian cold air swooping down to freeze the canals of Amsterdam. Snow? Not so much, but ice certainly. Two years ago we had a snowstorm that closed the city for almost a week – the city does have any provisions for keeping itself going in snow which is, admittedly, very rare in quantity. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-24977332826708962822013-02-05T10:31:19.696-05:002013-02-05T10:31:19.696-05:00columnist, thank you. I agree with you about the d...columnist, thank you. I agree with you about the deaccessioning from Buckingham Palace seems unlikely since what I also heard (or thought I did) was that the palace was redecorating and room was needed so the cabinet was let go. That I found highly unlikely so didn't report it. Clearly I need to check on this so watch this space. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-90480192866312968732013-02-05T09:47:18.475-05:002013-02-05T09:47:18.475-05:00Forgot the mention: we saw the Roentgn exhibit som...Forgot the mention: we saw the Roentgn exhibit some weeks ago. Glad you saw it. Was not to be missed. Mr. Husband was especially fascinated with the Queen Marie Antoinette automation. Uncanny bit of engineering. Daniel Shigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736080550398734909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-17025936233024929562013-02-05T06:46:07.841-05:002013-02-05T06:46:07.841-05:00Thank you for following my blog - not least becaus...Thank you for following my blog - not least because it has given me the joy of discovering your own, which is full of delights.<br />Greetings from an unexpectedly snowy Ireland (definitely not something a Southerner like yourself would enjoy).<br />The Irish AestheteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096314675302490332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-8450022057499712692013-02-05T00:02:56.863-05:002013-02-05T00:02:56.863-05:00I share your lack of enthusiasm for the cold, wher...I share your lack of enthusiasm for the cold, whereas as once it never particularly bothered me. Age and thinning blood I suspect, and therefore I agree, viewing things under one roof is a boon. That said, the joy of moving within airconditioning at the height of summer here is also infinitely more pleasurable. Age perhaps, but I do actually traverse the pavements here when it's hotter than most would bear, but it's merely a more sensible way to get from A to B when the traffic is at its worst.<br /><br />Regarding the "deaccessioned from Buckingham Palace" piece, this seems unlikely. Art and pictures collected by Charles I were sold after his execution in 1649, but of course Buckingham Palace wasn't yet built. Possibly the guide meant sold from the Royal Collection, if it was part of Charles's collection, and the dates would tie in. Since then most incumbents have been avid collectors, allowing the collection to be valued at over GBP10 billion. columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-86629713485473213532013-02-04T22:55:18.350-05:002013-02-04T22:55:18.350-05:00Laurent, thank you. "The resolution of the ye...Laurent, thank you. "The resolution of the year" - a mighty fine thing to say, sir, and thank you. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-71262036470502527052013-02-04T22:54:11.892-05:002013-02-04T22:54:11.892-05:00A compliment indeed. Thank you, Daniel. As ever, i...A compliment indeed. Thank you, Daniel. As ever, it was good to see you.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-42252768916788892712013-02-04T19:11:06.816-05:002013-02-04T19:11:06.816-05:00".. anything for a quiet life" is, heari...".. anything for a quiet life" is, hearing no expression to the contrary from the House, carried as the resolution of the year, at the very least.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-70229499248427609492013-02-04T17:56:28.644-05:002013-02-04T17:56:28.644-05:00The marvel of this post is that it not only includ...The marvel of this post is that it not only includes an arresting Roman head, but paragraph sentences that make perfect sense- a different kind of arrest. Please keep writing my friend. Daniel Shigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736080550398734909noreply@blogger.com