8 juillet 2013

MELLERIO dits MELLER. Collection Médicis créée par Edéenne.Bague "Bourgeon". Photo courtesy Mellerio Pour fêter ses 400 ans d'existence, la Maison Mellerio dits Meller a fait appel à la créatrice d'origine canadienne Edéenne pour une collection de 37 bijoux dédiée à la reine Marie de Médicis dont 4 pièces de haute joaillerie. Je regrette de ne être allé à la présentation Presse... MELLERIO dits MELLER. Collection Médicis. Parure "Luxuriant", collier asymétrique de saphirs et diamants créée par Edéenne. Photo... [Lire la suite]

HÔTEL DE LA LUMIÈRE. Photo courtesy of Boucheron Nouveau chapitre de « L’Artisan du Rêve » célébrant la lumière, la collection Hôtel de la Lumière s’inscrit dans la tradition de la Haute Joaillerie française. Toutes les pièces s’inspirent également des archives, en les réinterprétant de manière contemporaine pour les rendre encore plus belles que celles d’hier. Ainsi la Maison raconte son histoire : une histoire où la lumière est reine. A travers huit chapitres se révèlent huit univers tous distincts et unis à la fois comme les... [Lire la suite]

Carla Bruni Sarkozy, guest of honor, adorned with a new piece from Buglari’s Diva Collection. Photo courtesy of Bulgari Bulgari Diva Collection. Photo Antonio Barrella/Studio Orizzonte/Bulgari Boucles d'oreilles en or, saphirs et diamants, collection Diva, Bulgari. Photo Antonio Barrella/Studio Orizzonte/Bulgari Bulgari Diva Collection. Photo Antonio Barrella/Studio Orizzonte/Bulgari Bulgari Diva Collection. Photo Antonio Barrella/Studio Orizzonte/Bulgari Bague, sautoir et collier, collection... [Lire la suite]

Portrait of Elizabeth I, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. ©Trinity College, University of Cambridge, supplied by the Public Catalogue Foundation Portrait of Margaret Gerard, Lady Legh, attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government and allocated to the National Trust for display at Lyme Park, 2011. ©National Trust Collections Portrait of Blanche Parry, possibly by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, at Tredegar House, Newport. ©National Trust Collections, supplied by the Public... [Lire la suite]

One of a set of Chinese porcelain dishes decorated with the Child coat of arms (NT771442), early 18th century with later additions, at Osterley. ©National Trust Collections Plate from a Chinese porcelain armorial dinner service decorated with various symbols including the Anson crest and arms, reputedly given to Commodore Anson by the European merchants in Canton. Inv. no. NT1271545. ©National Trust Collections (source http://nttreasurehunt.wordpress.com/)

Portrait of Lady Anne Sackville, Lady Beauchamp (1586–1664) or Frances Prynne or Prinne, Lady Seymour of Trowbridge (d.1626), attributed to William Larkin, at Petworth House (inv. no. NT486187). ©National Trust Images/John Hammond Portrait of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c.1590-1664), in the style of William Larkin, at Petworth House (inv. no. NT486188). ©National Trust Images/John Hammond Portrait of Mary Curzon, Countess of Dorset (1585 -1645), by William Hamilton RA (1751-1801) after William Larkin, at... [Lire la suite]

A splendid Javanese lacquer table in "Dutch family taking tea", c. 1680, attributed to Roelof Koets II (c. 1650-1725). ©Sotheby’s The Duchess’s Private Closet at Ham House, with the so-called Javanese table raised on a European base. ©National Trust Images/John Hammond Close-up of the table at Ham (inv. no. NT1140034). ©National Trust Collections Javanese lacquer table in the Balcony Room at Dyrham Park. ©National Trust Images/Andreas von Einsiedel Close-up of the table at Dyrham. ©National Trust Collections A... [Lire la suite]

Detail of an oval pier-glass in the Queen’s Bedchamber at Ham House, one of a pair by supplied by William Bradshaw, c.1743. It reflects a carved and gilded garland by John Bullamore dating from the 1670s. ©National Trust Images/John Hammond Fruitwood armchair, c. 1730, in the Queen’s Bedchamber at Ham House, with velvet upholstery in red, green and cream silk velvet woven in either Genoa, Lyons or Spitalfields. ©National Trust Images/John Hammond Detail of the silk velvet upholstery of the fruitwood furniture in the Queen’s... [Lire la suite]

Glazed earthenware vase with chinoiserie decoration, Frankfurt, c. 1680, at Saltram, Devon. ©NTPL/Rob Matheson Composite chinoiserie object created by combining various Chinese and Japanese ceramics, late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, at Belton House, Lincolnshire. ©NTPL/Roy Fox Meissen sugar basin with chinoiserie decoration, c. 1725, at Saltram, Devon. ©NTPL/Rob Matheson Meissen teacup and saucer and two covered dishes with chinoiserie decoration in gold on white, c. 1720, at Ickworth, Suffolk. ©NTPL/Angelo... [Lire la suite]

Two Chinese lidded vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722), acquired by Elizabeth Duchess of Somerset in the late 17th century. They stand in front of a Chinese lacquer screen that dates from the same period but was acquired for Petworth in 1882 in the Hamilton Palace sale. ©National Trust Images/Christopher Hurst Some of Duchess Elizabeth’s Chinese vases on display in the Carved Room. They originally stood on the baroque carved stands which now hold some of the busts. ©National Trust Images/Bill Batten Some of the lacquer cabinets... [Lire la suite]