Sunday, April 11, 2010

Favorites: Things That Make Me Smile

This is a great Babette Holland  Design lamp.  A pair  of these hand spun aluminum lamps sits on a vintage Henredon cabinet behind a sofa to help illuminate a living room.  These sport a warm, copper finish.  I understand the family cats love to curl up by this modern lamp to enjoy the warmth.


This little antique Oriental vanity lamp just makes me smile.  It has character and color one expects to find in handpainted antique lamps.  This lamp actually shares the same space as the contemporary Babette Holland.


Those of you who follow this blog might have spotted this before.  This is an antique French fashion porchoir from the 1920's.  Fashion designers had their sketches for the season hand retouched by artist and then presented their better clients with a portfolio of the sketches so that the client could select new garments.  Those lucky enough to own these will discover they are quite collectible and have become difficult to obtain.  Oh la la.




The toad and the frog are the cutest characters.  They hang in a client's kitchen/breakfast room.   The series of insects hangs in a client's condo guest bath.  I have two monkeys hanging in my powder bath.  These are all hand retouched prints by the artist Kathryn Clark.  We bought these twelve years ago and all who own them still love them today.  Can't find her art for sale anywhere today.





This room invites me to sit down and take a load off.    The antique fern prints are from the 1800's and were framed as two sets.  The metal lamp is from Arteriors Home.  Chairs and ottomans are Hickory White.  Silk plaid drapery panels are hung from antique brass doorknobs.   


Detail shot of window treatment hung from antique brass door knobs.






This stately beauty is from  Wildwood Lamps.  It is called a temple lamp because of the intricate detail including hanging bells.  It sits on a Globle Views Brass end table.

1 comment:

  1. My you are up early this fine spring morning! I love all these things too. I also love the Global Views brass and glass table. Their designs are wonderful and so substantial compared to what most people think of in a brass and glass piece. All of these things that make you smile are timeless and can be used for generations. They are definately not throw away items.

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