Don't miss this housetour!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzawVTg5QzqGzkuza9n6J_X70NBnAS_XZTzwjG_zbw2P-evuNp0RsBy_DlsqGQde9vD1NTkc0dHcdRbg0SWNPpQyPb9vAW_MtQ8MWWJvuSwP_GVyiPLiOXmR6dByGtR1n0JpHBVMpq1c/s1600/Tony+Duquette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzawVTg5QzqGzkuza9n6J_X70NBnAS_XZTzwjG_zbw2P-evuNp0RsBy_DlsqGQde9vD1NTkc0dHcdRbg0SWNPpQyPb9vAW_MtQ8MWWJvuSwP_GVyiPLiOXmR6dByGtR1n0JpHBVMpq1c/s1600/Tony+Duquette.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>I don't often read <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/">Apartment Therapy</a> as it tends to be a little cookie-cutter 'contemporary' for my tastes but once in awhile they feature some great house tours. This week featured an apartment in Chicago with so much character and style I had to share it with you all!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOh2sbRt5sFYFxMcSVxEzTn7_dU2g7CK9sxhAtwQKwPJnx6xKXYvMZbHb-ymS_ImC0d5N-rOOQuxd_kPK86WUysPSJdqKyJEHgYungXwKZTmhjMZrbUw6YgYgGmjM6BHlHSkrRUOrbaA/s1600/dining+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOh2sbRt5sFYFxMcSVxEzTn7_dU2g7CK9sxhAtwQKwPJnx6xKXYvMZbHb-ymS_ImC0d5N-rOOQuxd_kPK86WUysPSJdqKyJEHgYungXwKZTmhjMZrbUw6YgYgGmjM6BHlHSkrRUOrbaA/s1600/dining+room.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>I hate when people share an entire article or tour (SPOILER!) so I'll just share these 3 teasers with you.  I love the quirky collection of items and the dark hued walls & trim. While each object may not be to your (or my) tastes, the collective quality and ambiance of the space is top notch in my book.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYvMZSPh9n25tYpfrO5KTLGtPj16PH8RpT8t586DRLcDZZpikiwMqNlwIijFuxo_lsan7WYOB9FYTscry-5w4bomRPdDxvPotbou2UBY4UKzsgpHsUzAEma2YE2yzGptm6zFwQpSef2o/s1600/Tim+on+Apartment+Therapy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYvMZSPh9n25tYpfrO5KTLGtPj16PH8RpT8t586DRLcDZZpikiwMqNlwIijFuxo_lsan7WYOB9FYTscry-5w4bomRPdDxvPotbou2UBY4UKzsgpHsUzAEma2YE2yzGptm6zFwQpSef2o/s1600/Tim+on+Apartment+Therapy.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Definitely check out this stylish house tour <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/tims-cabinet-of-curiosities-house-tour-198167">HERE</a>! Or if you are interested in stuff related with glazing then check out <a href="http://www.vevowindows.co.uk/installer.php?c=ysn3p0FceB&i=Premier%20Building%20Plastics">Double glazing companies in Bath</a>.

Don't miss this housetour!

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Fifth Avenue Style: Book review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9AcqL0SsygZErMgCUX0Os8vrejHb8-ZlnfqyLyCYuSyPjoABNop1ADgIT8rCIoabReC61_vivXA_Dx3tzgo26nMvP7vV3hajM3RSsIiBUSmo6H97_o6gRfxAGxO4xfMEslwdGAsrT8i-/s1600/bookcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9AcqL0SsygZErMgCUX0Os8vrejHb8-ZlnfqyLyCYuSyPjoABNop1ADgIT8rCIoabReC61_vivXA_Dx3tzgo26nMvP7vV3hajM3RSsIiBUSmo6H97_o6gRfxAGxO4xfMEslwdGAsrT8i-/s400/bookcover.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>If God is in the details <a href="http://www.howardslatkin.com/">Howard Slatkin</a>, interior designer and author of <a href="http://www.vendomepress.com/fifth-avenue-style/">Fifth Avenue Style</a>, is surely a saint. Reading his book is a glimpse into a wonderful fantasy achieved in only 3 years in his New York Pied-a-terre. At first glance I assumed the renovation took place over 20 years.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3ktxDaNJea93h7equo42RvTltA4TjC5uQfOVRELSBZ0sRpyNmi343QBcIfPJwp8b-zLXuHCGMpWrdcUZJhmjdafXCB6OqPaHcCBVcK6ij7kXfWAARL2qJXn8dPcxm_Tp_e1jenb3Lnbz/s1600/Fifth+Avenue+style.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3ktxDaNJea93h7equo42RvTltA4TjC5uQfOVRELSBZ0sRpyNmi343QBcIfPJwp8b-zLXuHCGMpWrdcUZJhmjdafXCB6OqPaHcCBVcK6ij7kXfWAARL2qJXn8dPcxm_Tp_e1jenb3Lnbz/s400/Fifth+Avenue+style.jpg" width="332" /></a></div>Approach-ably written the interior photography by <a href="http://www.triagiovan.com/">Tria Giovan</a> is also breathtaking beautiful. In each scene the room is set as if for a party to which you were lucky enough to be invited. While this over the top maximalism isn't for everyone granted, even the most ardent minimalist can learn something from Slatkin's approach to detail.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEA5MyAPPzQJeZ_4Krws_qDeZeF9IOQkJXaW5TGPVMmESJW4A70RoLZrbZYyC-_GeNuhplnA6JAvISvDRXtnVEms0rzj8UpZfng_YYLY_IIHj6pnfIgoqt89rFJlWaMTLNx_0Xv21UcAC/s1600/breakfast+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEA5MyAPPzQJeZ_4Krws_qDeZeF9IOQkJXaW5TGPVMmESJW4A70RoLZrbZYyC-_GeNuhplnA6JAvISvDRXtnVEms0rzj8UpZfng_YYLY_IIHj6pnfIgoqt89rFJlWaMTLNx_0Xv21UcAC/s400/breakfast+table.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>No detail is overlooked, both in the apartment and in his daily life it would seem. My favorite image is a lunch for two at a small table set up overlooking the park, similar to the lunch <a href="http://www.habituallychic.blogspot.com/2013/10/fifth-avenue-style.html">HabituallyChic</a> was lucky enough to have in this same spot! Don't miss her <a href="http://www.habituallychic.blogspot.com/2013/10/fifth-avenue-style.html">post</a> on her visit. Also don't miss the video tour of Slatkin's apartment at <a href="http://quintessenceblog.com/home-video-susanna-salk-howard-slatkin/">Quintessence</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvgNm4uQfG3G2jat4iibACr41mm-Xyrg4863tQH7klH8vtc4rFJ0jBkkg_UT5SWzhfRnjAeIcQMvezcqFyTKPDTConuh8qjb_AwECq90AYWM3_CNOdlEGI744nydMTHxb9keXggIywV_k/s1600/floorplan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvgNm4uQfG3G2jat4iibACr41mm-Xyrg4863tQH7klH8vtc4rFJ0jBkkg_UT5SWzhfRnjAeIcQMvezcqFyTKPDTConuh8qjb_AwECq90AYWM3_CNOdlEGI744nydMTHxb9keXggIywV_k/s400/floorplan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Slatkin charmingly walks you through the process of finding the apartment and the entire gut renovation and planning stage. I always appreciate a floorplan and the book includes them at different stages of work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZmkYWewbk-LD2vZ0bStRZNisOC959uVY-rgbNhAANYaQCKLse5emrwduvD8oIhZ0q2cxW-Mh5ksYlHO-wmK_fM0KrCeHHmuY6xwVI36S82HWGRxgkEVGIP2TH0NWEAwC6q4xtPPmIvJb/s1600/wallpaper+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZmkYWewbk-LD2vZ0bStRZNisOC959uVY-rgbNhAANYaQCKLse5emrwduvD8oIhZ0q2cxW-Mh5ksYlHO-wmK_fM0KrCeHHmuY6xwVI36S82HWGRxgkEVGIP2TH0NWEAwC6q4xtPPmIvJb/s400/wallpaper+detail.jpg" width="291" /></a></div>Notice above the wallpaper wrapping the door and even the interesting but different door knobs on each side. Nothing was left to chance. Really, isn't that how the best interiors succeed?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaBP2B0m3JIxh8kXcTOsYHK8mFKFfA8IX2xRUE0XiCgqGbTt8r0YIP32RoCvCoEHmvWZb9etahUhsUUdzP7prxZZBDxOr-ha3mzvwCBgZcBXpoN5pmsv3CxZI9tAYpuiVaHChd1fCsyMi/s1600/dressing+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaBP2B0m3JIxh8kXcTOsYHK8mFKFfA8IX2xRUE0XiCgqGbTt8r0YIP32RoCvCoEHmvWZb9etahUhsUUdzP7prxZZBDxOr-ha3mzvwCBgZcBXpoN5pmsv3CxZI9tAYpuiVaHChd1fCsyMi/s400/dressing+room.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>The most talked about space in the whole apartment, oddly enough, is Slatkin's closet. I suppose one might call it a dressing room given its grandness. Custom designed door pulls,  marquetry paneling, antiques - would you even want to leave after getting dressed?<br />Don't miss Fifth Avenue Style printed by <a href="http://www.vendomepress.com/fifth-avenue-style/">Vendome Press</a> no matter your stylistic leanings. And be sure to remove the dust jacket to see the beautiful cover (first image).<br /><i>All images courtesy of Vendome Press and <a href="http://www.triagiovan.com/">Tria Giovan</a></i>

Fifth Avenue Style: Book review

If God is in the details  Howard Slatkin , interior designer and author of Fifth Avenue Style , is surely a saint. Reading his book is a gli...

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Nemours Garage

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878102892168354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UBFEs7HyV4eFminfNZQWddeLeC4zbMR55wx2egGxtyX44YwJDoP1V5ISTe72IYIOiaS9zIFHxN6bFjXppjaJcq3ihmP0EoHGiLS1rUODXyxBKNvbqPUKZHDUeNikTAeStEcPen0awjI/s400/car+hood.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />Of course, a showplace estate such as Nemours must have an outstanding garage. What self respecting industrialist wouldn't have the latest gadgets of the day? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLx5dacXGD76eKO7_ZU8TnjbHNpmZYcpI8kVfn45uNz0OOEb-nBF99t3TxW-kd_FTZPLnhT3ZR4F8Cb-2Dn8Ja3Ls10mAao5WYpMTSpUZuIh-MYo7OhN4Fy60hqbnMfyElz4rU94S8uHw/s1600/Nemours+Garage.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669880127148162642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLx5dacXGD76eKO7_ZU8TnjbHNpmZYcpI8kVfn45uNz0OOEb-nBF99t3TxW-kd_FTZPLnhT3ZR4F8Cb-2Dn8Ja3Ls10mAao5WYpMTSpUZuIh-MYo7OhN4Fy60hqbnMfyElz4rU94S8uHw/s400/Nemours+Garage.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> The garage matches the grandness of the house but with simpler materials; Stucco, painted wooden treillage and a clay tile roof hold delightful copper dormers.<br /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878907882509826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFrPIUVAF_N-04jr3ZaKqlpSR5m5NTsIYR0NDSXxAyiZ6yzhNn_G1d9Cr9dgDtkKNce9WASBV5NEDh_ww7nSu6hVBBHRqGmthGWFnIfIYilqrtJYuWjQJLzcRLVFx7Wog1GZZ0eRC9Vc/s400/treillage.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" />The second floor held a large apartment and offices for the chauffeur and his family while the first floor contained the estate's collection of vehicles as well as repair and machine shops.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878877927556962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxX-Yrkf4HvvkzjEC7cjVEI9Yw4cj4bxv5M7BOszXn1eDXTzzNEb2-P7nZ3Xc6iC4XFcO4YQuwoHqzNlcp7KEMHqmF8FHpTyEOZmDya5w7VuT-TYn8qLHsf-YqdqHX1yLSE44bcRMHHo/s400/Side+entry.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />Five car bays (plus entrance ends) now hold 5 automobiles, a pony carriage and motorboat once owned by Dupont and his wife.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878904713748418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IUEnsKAwMdTrwcYvP7Bk8TwqYNq3qUbwZd-OgmBc6WoyUCO8zUrJGNOsdHesy45uTcKzJ-ZS5O98sxoy3ELzw-XsgAwl1MNzy0y79tkLohFTUSw0-koq7vtpWSF81R15tUgwdOQTzug/s400/staircase.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />The interior is simple and of its' time: textured plaster walls, simple woodwork and tile floors.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878632531810530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTDSflE9vOXwcxUerMjmO4mYMOvvHoYPS3lsC3b-4uczr2UNQ3R3PWsTpF17RB9PLBsKkGk8ZwU-Mg62-b8pZ6xVcObrMCuVhIe5k_Bk6Zhqjj76ILA7rNwsqdxeHzSJQkdmA2EUUzvw/s400/old+fashioned+phone.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />The entry hall holds the original telephone<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878413784422498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4xCUSbEwqCj9S4Aw5j04DE9PwXiyEcy97XsfrvgOiWrLX6gkuhyphenhyphenPc1Jjm84i_0CnV2zKPnKL3k0LS9GCjJB5_khc1hw-4eYYbxB9Of5WsgW9HLpoJIaIyIeDX0Isto6-czq4tXsFg-8/s400/machine+shop.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />As well as the machine shop to which Alfred Dupont escaped to tinker.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878885259057154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51kamM-QVYU3jCj_4YOKNMn-3PhQw2w8sJdnS2q6khgv8BHa_RqA6Uf31N9BMkE-UoHg_JQC19wU1J1r9DicNHtPvZMvaZtJdDCFwD_dQyPQnNAt7PNxx-iz-bHhyphenhyphenjDRxUDeCLeV0oQo/s400/staghead.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />Dupont's taxidermy collection from his hunts once graced the main hall of the <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2011/10/nemours.html">mansion</a>, but Jessie Ball, upon moving in after their marriage had them moved out to the garage. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878140404299618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_9OeBYLBldRDlNVG2OGkYikTvESRqs9CVKpBm8UKDjY97-7MXYSS_S31cG4ki3mvscTfrAihvzcieWUic53YSUbId22ADvze5JRPvhcW49B_Rf-OmquhjhDJHu7UVMl-klCp8PAlDOU/s400/center+doors.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />An early 20th century example of the man cave?<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878144750139138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDLG3bdVILMJLDlX4BZ2_ydFzvlHmfraow0kiVuCniJ3fhGVndPGJH4FTuI5WT7E7BKSO6g94KL5Cl3Wz8QQT4uskSPaNmX1qubjX7jMDqr62jU0ZzqKV709f6YEAn9rCnPqo2M-TMz8/s400/garage+doors.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />The center doors have a graceful arch while the 4 flanking <a href="http://www.garaga.com/ca/">garage doors</a>, while massive in size, are less monumental.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878617793108194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS7khU4XhE98ncd7oPao6yvWgEzY9HlCV1hATYBb1uubbHttS1ks3gG_xvyc13Ea79egfkc4WDdfFx_8SBHaKAYSXvokYsZ0t2Yl4PCSH9gXE4p-VgZUfA8wPI_i6q8ojrKeKXutkB3Y/s400/car+collection.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" />Admittedly I don't know much about cars but I certainly appreciate their style.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878642248487826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40q1zm0qfLUWE2AWRVoOfpCF1sOmcMdqMUCrhgkE5KGgVCF4Yrx0Pl0rpsjhTodXPIQPv_QtxxLFW6J7qbui2wxOojLx5RvcpziO4qAog5HBYAt6yItnzBLpjSOMhYIhgajroAk41mfo/s400/pontiac.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" />Dupont would only buy American made cars and drove this Pontiac for many years until his death.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878657487852498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoTOXdHgLjmmC5bDlmdgqlZEDDnnp9bxB1eCoummVnlDYJJSMuEhtOL63Ceo2TyWRLecOUE8-P_2O9mk2b5sdknFiVjUamlx0QZefONa5E0lp2qDrXErnekL9cV-n3Mvy4lfyrqpfW2s/s400/rolls+royce+hood.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />At this time, Jessie went out and purchased a British made Rolls Royce (Silver Cloud no less!)<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878874430218834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVa0cz6rnixmXTCSY-SODvjvpbKftnK3toGO639y1bXa8rEHhghZuF4UTOqOYJLnkrpx3gkIrUT84Sdg_PhMBa9pg9hvWpSpN3aNoboaEywuOLrJ9S6aevO_28y6IR89DrbiMvLBd9fOI/s400/Rolls+Royce+Silver+Cloud.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" />All of the cars are in mint, working order and still are driven around the estate.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878392546128786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxkO1-r4lQ3sZm2FyDoLTnqEpIrn10Z10VPGT3eYNgCIVZbNwRCAbbOaoHTFkm5HtKHf37fm4qvBnmwkaT1UIQU8yM9yXIOVg8F8iXZeOCM96kw7mLG1jXpQg-J7RauLy1wG3v-67GAo/s400/hood+ornament.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />Why don't more cars today have hood ornaments?<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878613692031762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCAchKYlS6GAqS05c3eH2VMmQT_Ss6DQAlWDy7pvJ0Fb1ZqxNsefRd0EBjWAQHdSoYVwflQxqTH-IAs0RvC6T8Pgw72VrQD55-57UBQi9LYBEHYhhrHU2zN73iBbW1eo9TU1io1YFrik/s400/antique+car.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" />Two of the cars were so beloved by the Duponts that they had their bodies transplanted onto new cadillac engine beds. I had never heard of that before!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878406897008738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GgbTUJ_K5Cl7X-IrvdzIwCLXyelGQFQnruAlgjxuLl5nKNkg0vLxOxMO0L9l7shlMYN7ujzj-ambCqSyhjqFCmVVd2IsCBaxRYU-mp8AzqaRKbN6u_BPDUHBVqolvaDXc-qSBDQE16Y/s400/hood+ornaments.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" />The sides of this green car had an interesting woven texture.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878385041985586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFWlCnua9Ktwz5Uv1xSIX51iqTTql5dFD5CUpnazuHfWHeEEv26CfN760KsCoZru6ebz1qgvk0H1KICLKRrCRLzcnNe3WLjN6au6NVlgVmo_eHB3WrQnJ1v3i5_31uqvWk0YGObnsUzk/s400/green+car.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" />The oldest car featured a true 'lantern' as headlight.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878108654787442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUojV58qpJEWwE6yntRunkUMtNIvbNeCtFwVHke0qoVsiXAAc4hZn6PI0AGm3HSHlIDNiGP7vO-OrYJ9KoLvMWCdb0JzoUm11MLnuvD_Qxcom44IX64XQF66rjiAkalUhuqaew_MfX6Y/s400/car+lantern.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />And they're called 'trunks' for a reason!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669878121405007506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyZCJkJZijCF5omKCKsmuvqiEuTizXIwX9h0g7C6-gX-yXCBkBiHoGopabtlKhLe_6gkz1BYVeyM15gTtethJ4vZmullU1mnFf9oXIfgEBrgz6B0PCRMLP8rVbxzRFN0SVEGI9lxzVuQ/s400/car+trunks.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 288px; CURSOR: hand" />Also in the collection is a wooden motor launch which would ferry the Dupont's guests across the Little Choptank River to their nearby country estate.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669879019259102690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3Yjq6382GFxAni3QgFKzE802cykEo-OWasyN_SpbWTRZPWhL59-LOBu6Og-7grxVC3pRSYZ_SDyuqJH2jEe9f_Y_xXguZ5612AOZLIVjwJecvcifqctZek_6QALmCrAq9ro3UvxvWm0/s400/wood+boat.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" /> Now this is a collection I can appreciate!</div></div></div></div></div></div>

Nemours Garage

Of course, a showplace estate such as Nemours must have an outstanding garage. What self respecting industrialist wouldn't have the late...

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Lord Palumbo's cars

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629687918292316290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYgCg078BsANsRpPMY5u3Tc0Xjwsc6ku1q3EX1TWs8dTMkK5jfhifGyQxsx8XedEGArliq9mRjhPdVfAUB-CagZ5g6onyaU_sUE499FWuKm5AvougGjWMsDhUGQT-M6oeTV7Mw4Iq8Ww/s400/lord+palumbos+cars.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Recently while in Western Pennsylvania, I visited <a href="http://www.kentuckknob.com/">Kentuck Knob</a> and was surprised to see another of <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2009/10/while-in-western-pa-with-jcb-and.html">Lord Palumbo's collections</a>; antique cars! Some could barely be called cars as they were merely the first motorized vehicles that looked a lot like bicycles to me.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4pGSzyC5OjDGjN_jASu_jCIRsGW6IoTurF5MIR-bLcS3OiWQeevwrN7RTkm1ezCCRsKePc-jKegk0A0B0iJM_P8IFUanIZQSuqJf_CHa0JIN0TUl8klUyqvnq-jbWlXn9VFfp7vfcJA/s1600/antique+cars.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629688099187588498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4pGSzyC5OjDGjN_jASu_jCIRsGW6IoTurF5MIR-bLcS3OiWQeevwrN7RTkm1ezCCRsKePc-jKegk0A0B0iJM_P8IFUanIZQSuqJf_CHa0JIN0TUl8klUyqvnq-jbWlXn9VFfp7vfcJA/s400/antique+cars.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> This has happened numerous times, oddly enough: I visit a house museum only to have a collection of antique cars gathered for the day or a collectors convention, such as the time I visited Thomas Jefferson's <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2009/06/poplar-forest.html">Poplar Forest</a>, seen <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2009/06/antique-cars.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629687922307826162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia8ZaeDylos0Sqo5QrWaG5qFwd_w7fOxDnYONgl3bIAz95_D93EytyskvhKvmAVsjGG0c14u1vKQ4vkH2a2ofROrkIjefiMS9yCRyfovyP7cA7Pk24wTc5NSdz4NJg8RK-3NCx9JUjU8g/s400/kentuck+knob.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Kentuck knob is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1956 for the Hagan's.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh7tEgVflKO1Wsg4pZcBqpwPPKjKZFuJLtabyP_ZM4yDJ_b_-Rbbgd94Bez5Xf9oJiujSUbn8nG6JyZapelT-hWEC2OGOQLJWOkFEk_ywMSDr55ukj28uj6J1LE8pIv_MAs8dYLlqMXE/s1600/kentuck+knob+corner.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629687935191983058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh7tEgVflKO1Wsg4pZcBqpwPPKjKZFuJLtabyP_ZM4yDJ_b_-Rbbgd94Bez5Xf9oJiujSUbn8nG6JyZapelT-hWEC2OGOQLJWOkFEk_ywMSDr55ukj28uj6J1LE8pIv_MAs8dYLlqMXE/s400/kentuck+knob+corner.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>They were friends with the Kaufman family and for years had been visiting them at their summer home down the street, <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2009/06/poplar-forest.html">Fallingwater</a> and had admired it. They asked Frank Lloyd Wright, by then world famous, to design their new house and though he took on the commission, he was far too busy to visit the site after the first visit where he chose the future location of the building.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629687940448846434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirp5hlJU8CcPrnX391vo7774wF1T9kSAk1HBfffSY5McJBoGOd_UI5kbsQ1kmim1XK2qAJFW0njvgp7ya06sZ0k0M01h86d-lB3wQ3iqoroXOlC5e5eNZqy4dVkxPChN0l_I_aap_hwKk/s400/frank+lloyd+wright.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />If you have never visited, please do yourself a favor and visit both houses -they are pleasures!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629687911667428978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GDaVQiV9k1PXxxgyDGSdDZTq8g4l5G78hyMOYb3nO0itqTcZq0XWUMj-TdE28At22M55XRJ6C_LD1HvPXYkY1Lswqwetd4Fj81bR9U1mZZOd_ZgmIbt_fd0DY1flVIGV-BWLYFhIbl8/s400/porsche+collection.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Not all of the cars gathered were antiques. A porsche enthusiast club was also holding their event that day and to see 100s of well-designed porsche's outside of world class architecture was truly a day in the making!</div></div>

Lord Palumbo's cars

Recently while in Western Pennsylvania, I visited Kentuck Knob and was surprised to see another of Lord Palumbo's collections ; antique...

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Chinoiserie automaton

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqmQIMYHY_C4iE58XsSS9XkMX-tBcR0c7lsLsVaWv1p5qB8CDCFi3DaTqk2gM23H7nRKTNuQQj9w1p3qM5dUjDYaYjJGJe9ODDPcT9AJEQxbS_PrqAF4CRtcc9DwyQtWrx5j3t4n2p4s/s1600/Automaton.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610453182831987794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqmQIMYHY_C4iE58XsSS9XkMX-tBcR0c7lsLsVaWv1p5qB8CDCFi3DaTqk2gM23H7nRKTNuQQj9w1p3qM5dUjDYaYjJGJe9ODDPcT9AJEQxbS_PrqAF4CRtcc9DwyQtWrx5j3t4n2p4s/s400/Automaton.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> While working on a more in-depth post of a fantastic building I visited recently, I wanted to leave you with something just to let you know I'm still around! Located at the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/">Metropolitan Museum of Art </a>is a collection of ingenius bejeweled objects known as <a href="http://www.google.com/#hl=en&biw=1004&bih=612&q=automaton&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=-1XcTdXVNY-WsgPtg7SmDg&ved=0CBoQkQ4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=92c87bb478bf1374">automatons</a>. These machines, popular in the mid 18th century (as so many of my favorite things were!), were mechanical moving devices; a sort of early day robot! Often they were more than a mere toy and incorporated something useful, such as the clock seen here. Made by James Cox in London, 1766, this device still would fascinate and amaze the most ardent anti-antiquarian!

Chinoiserie automaton

While working on a more in-depth post of a fantastic building I visited recently, I wanted to leave you with something just to let you know...

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Textile Museum

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1uw8PUJPx08jHKf6508-tSrtIf1A6heh10rcYgRrac8AosrLeagEAtaplSCm9AdoUWIUbPeCk_8qfNfJTdz9Bo9pCZvVGVSwvfJtIPu9MhBiTb_fIfHSNF9jUI7q3MbSnLnZsNC8ztI/s1600/victorian+dress.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622193560967810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1uw8PUJPx08jHKf6508-tSrtIf1A6heh10rcYgRrac8AosrLeagEAtaplSCm9AdoUWIUbPeCk_8qfNfJTdz9Bo9pCZvVGVSwvfJtIPu9MhBiTb_fIfHSNF9jUI7q3MbSnLnZsNC8ztI/s400/victorian+dress.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Located above the <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2010/11/decorative-screen.html">Museu de Arts Decoratives </a>in the Palau Reial de Padralbes is the Barcelona Textile Museum.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNouQ8e61zsXzq5qfyk7sdnQeWGTi_AAQHxlwY8btBjT4c0IlUPjaaXgOexv4RcNq4rnb0PziczbrzzXeNInj0guNqewpqyTYpp1SyEFOYaSVUgsHQYvD-kjdkmhVLk9TZJQ2abmKJfKI/s1600/Picture+390.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622193170713458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNouQ8e61zsXzq5qfyk7sdnQeWGTi_AAQHxlwY8btBjT4c0IlUPjaaXgOexv4RcNq4rnb0PziczbrzzXeNInj0guNqewpqyTYpp1SyEFOYaSVUgsHQYvD-kjdkmhVLk9TZJQ2abmKJfKI/s400/Picture+390.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Not where you would probably expect me to be spending time, but honestly, we had some time to kill! What a pleasant surprise I had in store.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Eo8WBwKeOmsOV1DnT0tEvcCCmow8aOC82lI9B2uDXS-QRngSOYMD-WwLcl2WKgjc2Jn2xyuPKd9XeLk4E2zzd8W4eFWWOSJVIMOPTd3bMmIJgiW6cb1W-98lD24hj-lxaHXYXXj8uwg/s1600/new+look+bust.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622191385291090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Eo8WBwKeOmsOV1DnT0tEvcCCmow8aOC82lI9B2uDXS-QRngSOYMD-WwLcl2WKgjc2Jn2xyuPKd9XeLk4E2zzd8W4eFWWOSJVIMOPTd3bMmIJgiW6cb1W-98lD24hj-lxaHXYXXj8uwg/s400/new+look+bust.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> The amazing collection traces the evolution of fashion: providing interesting 'how tos' such as how the 'new look' bust was created, seen above, and contrasting elements of different styles.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20mFtLW_uqvFVXiBqxKhKWl3v5L6v60MO0tPg04hyphenhyphenHZ7vzRCY2A2UJawPAbYJJCiPGRunVeQwsTwgWWMIL3Ux84SuXirJb0LR6PJ6ethknAqWaTxoiaJ9ff2x-EYvyut8oMv4U_3LBSk/s1600/mermaid+dress.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552622184524180162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20mFtLW_uqvFVXiBqxKhKWl3v5L6v60MO0tPg04hyphenhyphenHZ7vzRCY2A2UJawPAbYJJCiPGRunVeQwsTwgWWMIL3Ux84SuXirJb0LR6PJ6ethknAqWaTxoiaJ9ff2x-EYvyut8oMv4U_3LBSk/s400/mermaid+dress.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> The patterns of these victorian skirts below were contrasted to a much later 20th century version.<br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621806873009730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNH6trZYokqpciVVlNeCuTGFm3tOxIpmK__d9qfH6nrU2t3ZdCpZRe31_nqlGp_0WccsdSUslvI2X8HUI5tFWHJ86x2kQonpsMLLXvGgu0FSkdkeBMJOgrUBqmiVS0YHG_nHX3BwfbPo/s400/hoop+skirt.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 337px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />And just how are those hoop skirts held high? Well, here's how!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWPUUST-WNbh9C7C-gIJYgVQjFqLZwag2XTOPMLCFMpeEl4hnPGHWg8BcXWao2Ef3tzpv85kG29AUeh6nh2dgQ3rY258vrHK9DQXVZpcjhzlDQvkcjcVtnvfyUY75lHzjTSYy96LQyVw/s1600/hoop+skirt+structure.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621811859058178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWPUUST-WNbh9C7C-gIJYgVQjFqLZwag2XTOPMLCFMpeEl4hnPGHWg8BcXWao2Ef3tzpv85kG29AUeh6nh2dgQ3rY258vrHK9DQXVZpcjhzlDQvkcjcVtnvfyUY75lHzjTSYy96LQyVw/s400/hoop+skirt+structure.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Seeing the clothing in person and relatively close up was much better than reading about them in a book or magazine.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621435263343074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqkYjiR89ewU__FEEkthgyWq0hwjH1IOJ_DeUdEOXQTJKA-Tjbzea2vyRmH0-ShdpnoPZzksVrwWeIB50qOG1LC79Y2vT9RqgG5ZtIJyP7S97EHyFYwhw-EmcJ1zdrB2Ik3mK13ZdZCo/s400/flapper+dress.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The workmanship and details on some of the pieces were amazing, especially loved this flapper look. Notice the white suit in the background, so Gatsby'esque!<br /><div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621433292128210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoZNch9o3me9q03qb73-wvZB9pStC55lMjnru9uB24ZTuCp0EfUwmYov3awAXpeheS5J50xK1zbEzROY6q6tvq8d5Ix1YpNHxHjiG1J3jIXUz3tQsXYE4UBxvbKdVd23az04n8UktN2U/s400/flapper+beading+detail.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Examples such as these mid 19th century Empire styled dresses were in such immaculate condition with such vivid colors you would have thought they were just sewn yesterday.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621428841867170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBOdoUCI-BDI5A4bKzXvmjPgOc58qfqOr_poCnVY7aYpA8lnLCkwX1b3w0QbqkUq9EFlHqeY62_-1N2Tx2CPdgTalxEfBQKNIfejRtWUmmwPc3cyDpf_JpTZRV1AL_txzxsEexgu4p8Q/s400/empire+waist.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Seeing this fairly recent dress compared with an Edwardian train was another example of a great pairing.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621149047280034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXfwJ_vDUTj5kWCs7Jwpv-ToVhotaIk_85IIYK9xQ5ngXXgXFJcToYtxHpA1bJHz4gxmU0Opx7cxo4_EQDbb5YH164_2Q8OxT1iU7eOoz409V3NVlSGDe0RVLGb8688ZhtOpDMXICHKM/s400/dresses.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />And just how are those bustles kept up (throughout different periods)?<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621145771921762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0-fK1wB3arZ9qjsh3CRjvL94rR7zm569fhAnrDB9ymWjGitVXSCybF0eUNvU9fc-ekw3b6uG58Hr65P1p2wuSnrjzafU_zShX-WvqB6QB8FE5CBlknDs9O3bUUfpR_qGlCk7TQsnAfI/s400/bustle+behind.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The layout of this exhibit really is impeccable. I always say the right presentation can make the most mundane exhibit interesting (I recently saw a fascinating exhibit on parking garages at the <a href="http://www.nbm.org/">NBM</a>. Come on, I mean...they made parking structures interesting!).<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621141656267154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiYtURfC68hSqETTQkt1x8gNOcZxZF-CSecf-5q0X6_2w_tPd89uJIaq9gVbOPxQ8owaTWYRHVG18MoVTubu5ld87L0UwoS2TpF1mZb8V7xd9gWKB_b-VeTJFJWQflfzCpw387TGnHuE/s400/bustle.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />These bodices were in such beautiful colors.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552620315636272290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_HQQsH61Ut2K_so663fL5Sv3hkZjTLgF9PD1aEGfyhO7Sgn59J-hfKBPzpmYnNFtMxHLvoVC3dLh2MDIeW0j7QpkhF8Ja5Lnq1tcL608i_o8CnttvFVHbJ9p2xWDiBLWT3hpKFsBQkQ/s400/bodice.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />More amazing beading work.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552620312258402226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JKb89K0ALYFaIMtJXZBZbnFEq-uE9UWaA_4ZCxtjhJn-3es1iACsVTueZ7daWdBs3IqzqiE75y8JeNU1BhHdP4OsQIXPuXLKsjqLBNksp83h9n9pWg1N3amoawTvlZ9dWujr2YTfzPM/s400/beading+detail.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />This is a whole lot of look, but in the right situation, pretty fabulous!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552620309899195634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BRUV2fhoOMHkfkemvzpC6uICbubRiy5HmXRySVAqf1BDXrn4H1iE4T9lR4gk-A2327eDV26FAqJtMqkE1knKiGCOEkDYcnATd6du_DqljhaMPptrP_VFusaddnF-21sd2hxBPDz0xJc/s400/ballgown.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Spain's own Balenciaga is of course represented. I loved all of his clothing they showed. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552619518843344466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5-MtYq2axjH8dLDc0LyOkzFki7GiZKJHL7B588S7Z0wrtMfecAeUD_rIBZ3wLGnkvEjBa99_U0-rLvWTR2QO9YMKgWe_r6KudaHc32J2NvMxWZ6JtFZShHl2msqoUzF0ryy9XopZfmg/s400/Balenciaga.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Some more bizarre pairings showing yet again how things never change; they just come in and out of fashion, nothing is ever 'new'. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552619516481840722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjYdBPOqHrug6t1sXWaIqIfQiIxS0hwuJxknaJ7uqNiVvcKKFJi1quPDsyvm8laSfPvX0AcGGoLODgSxwAIE-uq5JZw4opi6WhbUN8oVAZy9HL3v2GLnT3LlnH_TccjmAsaAhoaaZkl8/s400/assortment.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />These body conscious dresses below come from all different styles and time periods.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552619512229121970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qqVTQYh5GCr1lFea3rvAztswECnnS3HwbUwcWz8v3LyF0MfKUtt9OTi1OYcxYS5Oqtt9HsdinJUYE4cTQXOgPYIxOVi_vVEOuUpfG0-yEp7YxJNO8FhpaYxDkIq77mPe68T2_83DgAA/s400/20th+century+dresses.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Not everything is so beautiful, will these ever be back in style? That red men's polyester number really made my skin itch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhratxit6vZHUhS7ZID5e5G3cRffU_ifXBnN0EG7ebudCFRnY0uWNQkTYQ6EiXgKpko6RJTRgBrLFvfvvVJ9nwG_EHrBK5ALpWBOZLhC_VSLOiegI1vUcvmaayI-ODPF1X-b_rh85R3X7s/s1600/hippy+fashion.jpg">!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552621806714057746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhratxit6vZHUhS7ZID5e5G3cRffU_ifXBnN0EG7ebudCFRnY0uWNQkTYQ6EiXgKpko6RJTRgBrLFvfvvVJ9nwG_EHrBK5ALpWBOZLhC_VSLOiegI1vUcvmaayI-ODPF1X-b_rh85R3X7s/s400/hippy+fashion.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Make sure to stop by this amazing museum, right on the metro line. You can't beat 3 museums in 1: Textile, Ceramics and decorative arts.</div></div></div></div></div></div>

Textile Museum

Located above the Museu de Arts Decoratives in the Palau Reial de Padralbes is the Barcelona Textile Museum. Not where you would probably ...

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