tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post3633735799179509155..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: AuthenticityBluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-34505395900980890612010-08-18T14:14:03.961-04:002010-08-18T14:14:03.961-04:00Laurent, thank you. There will be another Gaylord ...Laurent, thank you. There will be another Gaylord post coming up in the near future - about a hotel he decorated.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-8469470146130571952010-08-18T11:29:21.461-04:002010-08-18T11:29:21.461-04:00I really detest gossip and indulged in it here onl...I really detest gossip and indulged in it here only by way of substantiating great delight in seeing that space again. <br /><br />I admire your work (in this space) sincerely, and gladly consider the compliment of your readership to have a dimension framed, also, by a warm and inviting room on Russian Hill, created by a thoughtful host. This was his quite outstanding and heartbreakingly genuine gift.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-22253160050777375782010-08-16T19:23:40.773-04:002010-08-16T19:23:40.773-04:00Laurent, thank you. I've read your blog for a ...Laurent, thank you. I've read your blog for a while and intended to put it on my blog roll, and I just did. <br /><br />You remark on Mr Gaylord's devotion to the evening and so it was with many of his contemporaries. In those years, less sedate than today (unless it is I who has grown sedate) social life began at sundown if not a little later. I fully understand William Gaylord's attitude to his chairs - if it is right then probably it will be right for a long time to come. Summed up in the phrase "if it ain't broke ..... "<br /><br />I have a friend who knew Gaylord when he was just beginning and to the end of his short life. A remarkable talent, I feel.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-90624334193809436022010-08-16T15:47:25.906-04:002010-08-16T15:47:25.906-04:00I know the expansive Gaylord sitting room in the p...I know the expansive Gaylord sitting room in the photograph very well (and there was very scant change in the era of the successor tenant). It was a space of great warmth, superb groupings and circulation, but wholly devoted to the evening, as indeed was its designer. His explanation of choosing Louis XVI is exactly the way he would have put it, admitting that he would have given the chair the benefit of expectation, and tested very few others thereafter.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-1207124702034750002010-08-03T22:43:06.540-04:002010-08-03T22:43:06.540-04:00oh my! My head is spinning... will have to sleep ...oh my! My head is spinning... will have to sleep on this! Wonderful, interesting, thought-provoking post as always! <br /><br />joanfor the love of a househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-88118192964846789692010-08-03T22:12:03.683-04:002010-08-03T22:12:03.683-04:00Author, thank you. When too often "price poin...Author, thank you. When too often "price point" is considered before the object itself, lines will continue to be blurred, in my estimation, and we are all increasingly the poorer for it. Discernment is not innate but it can only be taught - it's really a simple matter of study. More and more Dorothy Parker's "you can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" comes to mind. <br /><br />We are at a point where the industrial revolution's effects are paramount - to the detriment of the environment both physical and moral. I think the sense of loss is enormous and not imaginary. As to the Kindle, I'm not the person to divest myself of a roomful of books for the so-called convenience of a sliver of plastic and e-paper for my reading pleasure. <br /><br />Oh, there is so much more to discuss - so, again, thank you.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-38349738161001634022010-08-03T21:48:32.154-04:002010-08-03T21:48:32.154-04:00Mr Victoria, thank you. Years ago I knew a decorat...Mr Victoria, thank you. Years ago I knew a decorator who supplied many a "cake left out in the rain" piece of furniture, urethane frames for mirrors and that dreadful object "art work", resin, or plastic as I first knew it, statuary and as long as his clients were convinced it was a good look at a good price he was successful. <br /><br />Van Day Truex used to take his students to the Metropolitan Museum and to French museums to study fine and decorative art - actually study, not just traipse by in a desultory manner. Luckily there is a good collection of furniture at the High Museum here in Atlanta and our Governor's Mansion has one of the best collections of American furniture - Lannuier et al - but it is difficult to work around the First Lady's schedule. Field trips are on the menu for the fall semester. Perhaps New York too. We'll see.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-73832278026118962532010-08-03T18:41:33.407-04:002010-08-03T18:41:33.407-04:00Thank you for this interesting post. The excerpts ...Thank you for this interesting post. The excerpts from the article seem relevant these days. What concerns me about reproductions (and here I speak of poorly executed ones) is the issue of the eventual blurring of lines between poor quality, value and intention. Artists speak of the same with regards to their work.<br /><br />Though I admittedly work in the antiques/art trade, I also truly believe that there is a sense of loss here. Just as the written word loses something on a kindle for example, so does an original lose part of its soul.Authorhttp://www.adiscourseontheartsandsciences.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-37727711973246691472010-08-03T15:53:38.560-04:002010-08-03T15:53:38.560-04:00Wonderful post, Blue - it touched so many corners ...Wonderful post, Blue - it touched so many corners of the issue that I don't know where to begin! But I will confine myself and say that it sounds like an intriguing essay which I agree with and stats it much more gracefully than I can. There is absolutely nothing wrong with quality reproduction furniture - especially as it allows more people to enjoy these designs than would be the case if we only had the originals. By far the greater number of our clients will opt for a contemporarily made piece if it means avoiding the premium put on an original for its provenance. The issue changes in my eyes though as the client becomes less aware/concerned with the quality of the piece and only its price, however. But the idea of looking down at "copies" is misplaced when they are well made and especially since it is from these originals that we learn about good design. Besides that; I loved the way the post touched on the evolution of US consumer culture, and MOST of all, that such a thoughtful piece was published in AD! Wow. Thank you.Freddy Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02102347696556015334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-75059242046550213762010-08-03T08:07:17.889-04:002010-08-03T08:07:17.889-04:00Yes, I agree. Good and "true" reproducti...Yes, I agree. Good and "true" reproduction is fine by me, the better that it should not look any different from the piece it copies. There are many things that I would not want to reproduce, so again, having learned about a piece or its time is important, and I believe that discernment is innate, but one fine tunes it as you get older; and that applies to many things.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.com