Isabelle de Borchgrave at Hillwood

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuYJ63yTjGUeo2fZtshi3d6bpQ1Yu3FnaRwCt9rJe0LR2-Nw-WwG_qOlvf08V4roBSrUrpQHvTGfd81ioG3qMLr8iKxKjFW-J9YwrHSFAUmQTRT4mVcDYh5Q6W8Rbvm0UE0P_BBjI8Sgv/s1600/dining+room+4.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758093086094447266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuYJ63yTjGUeo2fZtshi3d6bpQ1Yu3FnaRwCt9rJe0LR2-Nw-WwG_qOlvf08V4roBSrUrpQHvTGfd81ioG3qMLr8iKxKjFW-J9YwrHSFAUmQTRT4mVcDYh5Q6W8Rbvm0UE0P_BBjI8Sgv/s400/dining+room+4.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>Last week I had the pleasure of visting one of my favorite DC museums, <a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/">Hillwood,</a> to see the new exhibit <em><a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/whats/exhibitions/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-papier">Pret-a-Papier</a></em> by paper artist <a href="http://www.isabelledeborchgrave.com/en_home.php">Isabelle de Borchgrave</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSLM1Xz7KLxSNDYa62-P5gHVnzIE4cu0ZH06sv-FeiRWo_aaxwuGGaDQOzWKUp08k9Cz-LRF9WLjxcL9ojwkDhfkjBxp9boAsRcCSOoao9h8jf9cnjCiVlw9layK09Mmkj3GhpTa69DJ9/s1600/Closet.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758093081163710354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSLM1Xz7KLxSNDYa62-P5gHVnzIE4cu0ZH06sv-FeiRWo_aaxwuGGaDQOzWKUp08k9Cz-LRF9WLjxcL9ojwkDhfkjBxp9boAsRcCSOoao9h8jf9cnjCiVlw9layK09Mmkj3GhpTa69DJ9/s400/Closet.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>Unlike many exhibits at <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2008/11/hillwood.html">Hillwood</a>, this one is spread throughout the mansion itself as well as in one of the exhibit spaces on the <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2009/05/hillwood-gardens.html">estate</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFiP5MVQK5SAchcBdtNoMA9Q0SeYtcFKvKvtlLon8MovMBrAx-k2k8LV2R4ttw8wjzYfOAqIBlppANd-W7g7nzugqxtTwN_U1VdOP8FN7bs5lMgxOymVmWEcw6ZqrNkeRBiYs8VtBKNuS/s1600/french+dress+a+la+polonaise.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092679511123874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFiP5MVQK5SAchcBdtNoMA9Q0SeYtcFKvKvtlLon8MovMBrAx-k2k8LV2R4ttw8wjzYfOAqIBlppANd-W7g7nzugqxtTwN_U1VdOP8FN7bs5lMgxOymVmWEcw6ZqrNkeRBiYs8VtBKNuS/s400/french+dress+a+la+polonaise.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>Believe it or not, all of the historic clothing you see here is made of nothing but paper and paint! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvLG9mN_zFdTV0cisVsVUYWlygv2p_oPDTS00UAvgguoGywe7YT9pzWJILHXDOJ84-w2oYbX6tIgWj9T_iaOVH7RtLjD5xIY18iFbsMLub6mA2W2Fvq09ofnYPgFXGH4hfAQHJZf8Qt7l/s1600/french+dress+detail.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092674920919538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvLG9mN_zFdTV0cisVsVUYWlygv2p_oPDTS00UAvgguoGywe7YT9pzWJILHXDOJ84-w2oYbX6tIgWj9T_iaOVH7RtLjD5xIY18iFbsMLub6mA2W2Fvq09ofnYPgFXGH4hfAQHJZf8Qt7l/s400/french+dress+detail.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>De Borchgrave brings such life to paper that you would swear there were living, breathing people housed in her creations.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsOfvMfbxhP-SvScD6BcVbRdY4ZEa8f1H7U8TF5zg8adUDlt1Rd4m8qEtTHx9lY5zQWrkxsA36r7_1yDgZoH2DyiNeodeOK-zI13EdI3lCCe0MsPn2rGaQYHbfPKPaL_qlbaphcRlwqPK/s1600/boyer+wedding+feast.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092669876117074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsOfvMfbxhP-SvScD6BcVbRdY4ZEa8f1H7U8TF5zg8adUDlt1Rd4m8qEtTHx9lY5zQWrkxsA36r7_1yDgZoH2DyiNeodeOK-zI13EdI3lCCe0MsPn2rGaQYHbfPKPaL_qlbaphcRlwqPK/s400/boyer+wedding+feast.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> My 2 favorite were based on paintings in the collection in the ballroom / screening room, seen here.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHtcXJDZnkaOf84XXXRdAEGjskyA7TVHSZ3HVlo4tr1mj1dFKFUZjfMTkakb9zNQtODQYEYZfoqmuRUTzHyxZVxkWyCE9TMeFDvle3gTwR9NMdhpWmV-iPwUgNqS-6ZIbblxbEbRxteux/s1600/Countess+Samoilova.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092661389261522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHtcXJDZnkaOf84XXXRdAEGjskyA7TVHSZ3HVlo4tr1mj1dFKFUZjfMTkakb9zNQtODQYEYZfoqmuRUTzHyxZVxkWyCE9TMeFDvle3gTwR9NMdhpWmV-iPwUgNqS-6ZIbblxbEbRxteux/s400/Countess+Samoilova.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> The piece on Countess Samoilova even included the jewelry in paper!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivKdLkzIXvB-aP-Lpql02Hinxz5gObCvGce3lGT7RnUr7ckbZFGkLmPqsn3H_egETpbum1rZcZHP3SX_jmnJ8ECRvkv4QVDlf6-Vd2IEddFOqZ3WiqQnAcgiybmMEDcBgGcdbC46mLDLu/s1600/flapper+dresses.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092641988045842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivKdLkzIXvB-aP-Lpql02Hinxz5gObCvGce3lGT7RnUr7ckbZFGkLmPqsn3H_egETpbum1rZcZHP3SX_jmnJ8ECRvkv4QVDlf6-Vd2IEddFOqZ3WiqQnAcgiybmMEDcBgGcdbC46mLDLu/s400/flapper+dresses.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> The pieces span the 17th through the 20th centuries, much like Hillwood's collection. I loved these flapper dresses found out in the Adirondack building.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQThY7No7QbLUObSiFoaYauHU4SWfwJ66qZcfAMalZgc3CB3ql_XdYzsfYUrrgLUr5JJLb7_drh0oBxiY87VWUDNZBkgkfvLhjE2YAhmvTXCDUVRuJQq7GEcbDMs6u3Ff8hBY4AOTL2cHF/s1600/19th+century+dress.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092387672213010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQThY7No7QbLUObSiFoaYauHU4SWfwJ66qZcfAMalZgc3CB3ql_XdYzsfYUrrgLUr5JJLb7_drh0oBxiY87VWUDNZBkgkfvLhjE2YAhmvTXCDUVRuJQq7GEcbDMs6u3Ff8hBY4AOTL2cHF/s400/19th+century+dress.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> This 19th dress in Mrs. Post's bedroom reminded me of something she might have worn in her teens.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnTC2HX92zKb7JTkLMJIycCL6HkLjAAsFbD2RtEwoKqY7ob-RVZjqAcjDwrzdy88v72tUQQocF6tO3xQUGS6NntHIbjDriArjIB4EKLpLr1LiY6CcO57h3Yx9MAF7rz3SJWO0I0mA58Xf/s1600/salon.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092381549599314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnTC2HX92zKb7JTkLMJIycCL6HkLjAAsFbD2RtEwoKqY7ob-RVZjqAcjDwrzdy88v72tUQQocF6tO3xQUGS6NntHIbjDriArjIB4EKLpLr1LiY6CcO57h3Yx9MAF7rz3SJWO0I0mA58Xf/s400/salon.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> The French Salon featured matching costumes;<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjv1cVlnpPOqvnW7bE0yLSdud8enFNNr1OL3sGTy5TCdoIMdFlItdcLGDZnGn2CI3Mb8r-RIkU-UkEW_RMIacz6r3K5ETxMCARxUOwA-pg4TNjL6i7hsyC8AjSO_D6nRaKVszqb1iCvWf/s1600/salon+shoes.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092378186891538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjv1cVlnpPOqvnW7bE0yLSdud8enFNNr1OL3sGTy5TCdoIMdFlItdcLGDZnGn2CI3Mb8r-RIkU-UkEW_RMIacz6r3K5ETxMCARxUOwA-pg4TNjL6i7hsyC8AjSO_D6nRaKVszqb1iCvWf/s400/salon+shoes.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> Including shoes!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6hiTbeYLKvLHX7i_8of-mr_IWyfeg4i_bncHWG9xDaK8iL6jup56oQms8LFyOBT2Hp_BLtlhVHrvooLVgxtBa_4r2Csb712bmYke2yN_VEoAs72etPnKKTm9TpZ6u3FlRjFM2smFQ4JW/s1600/martha+dress+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092374173895090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6hiTbeYLKvLHX7i_8of-mr_IWyfeg4i_bncHWG9xDaK8iL6jup56oQms8LFyOBT2Hp_BLtlhVHrvooLVgxtBa_4r2Csb712bmYke2yN_VEoAs72etPnKKTm9TpZ6u3FlRjFM2smFQ4JW/s400/martha+dress+2.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> I loved the details on this dress, you could practically see Martha Washington wearing this.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDnPIc3HixzRrfdEka034G02En_24lJLg9ikQefRqZlnVFNwHVXor3YnYXOMnVRbzaLhzCFNwScWRUQIzbcgJttT_q4TGrv3FTBKxVVpXUG4qg0LBFMjFkokT9lNKdntJLNtmb9JoFqw-/s1600/green+small+bag.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092370501384962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDnPIc3HixzRrfdEka034G02En_24lJLg9ikQefRqZlnVFNwHVXor3YnYXOMnVRbzaLhzCFNwScWRUQIzbcgJttT_q4TGrv3FTBKxVVpXUG4qg0LBFMjFkokT9lNKdntJLNtmb9JoFqw-/s400/green+small+bag.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> Don't miss Pret a Papier on view now at <a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/">Hillwood</a> through December 30. Don't forget, the collection is constantly changing so you'll always see something new other than the lovely seasonal gardens!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Isabelle de Borchgrave at Hillwood

Last week I had the pleasure of visting one of my favorite DC museums, Hillwood, to see the new exhibit Pret-a-Papier by paper artist Isab...

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