Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: ORMOLU FOOTED FILIGREE TAB CLOSE HINGED BEVELED GLASS LID VANTY BOX.

Tableau vivant chez Halard, Arles, featuring Fang masks. * @francoishalard #francoishalard #stayathome #tableau #fangmask #giacommetti #ormulu #arles #frenchprovincial #artcollectors #collectors #aesthetes #frenchinteriors #theartoftheroom https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DVPfIp1QD/?igshid=1bcqd1otm2hvg

What are you reading?

What are you reading?

Beverley Nichols, photographed by Godfrey Argent, in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery

I’ll go first. Books are my joyful distraction from troubled times, they can be other things too, but right now I’m in a it has to be beautiful or funny phase of reading. The gentleman pictured above is Beverley Nichols (1898-1983). He’s the author of several of my favorite escapes into other…

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Quiet elegance. Though the setting is elaborate, including antique Limoges china, point de Venise cloth, ormulu and bronze container and candelabra, appointments enhance rather than compete with each other, each contributing one essential element of color, contrast, texture, or pattern that the others lack. Burnished gold dominates the scheme carried out in the centerpiece by yellow, coral, and orange flowers.

The Complete Flower Arranger, 1974

Pair of candelabras, marble and #crystals @eclecticantiques.co.uk #Hove #palmeiras💚 . . #brightonrocks #antiquesshop #neoclassical #ormulu #Candelabras #crystals #tablewear (at Eclectic Antiques & Vintage) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3MwuI6Hzcl/?igshid=nrpe0ips7002

Cats#catsanddogs#cats_of_instagram#catsvsdogs#interiordesign #worldofinteriors#alexandermcqueen#ryanoneal#antiques#frenchclocks#ormulu#chinoiserie#porcelain#qingporcelain#mingporcelain#cloisoinne#morningroom# Precious Alexander McQueen and Ryan O’Neal in the Morning Room (at Asia/Singapore)

A vintage lipstick holder with a guitar-playing cherub. 😊 #vintage #lipstick #motd💋 #besamecosmetics @besamecosmetics #samfink #ormulu #guitar #early60s #vintagemakeup

The last post for today. Good night to all. Sweet dreams. On photo: Detail from a pair of #louisxv #ormulu #chenets, circa 1745. @christiesinc "Boniface de Castellane & Anna Gould: "A way of life". #giltedbronze #artofsculpture #christies #antiques source: @ddiogo_sa #historyofart #natureasinspiration #fairytaletime #goodnightmood #antiquesculpture #done (at Lucca, Italy)

1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom I. Coachwork by Brougham De Ville. Registration no. YE 939. Chassis no. 76TC..

A unique Rolls-Royce Phantom I built in 1926 for the American businessman Clarence Gasque as a gift for his wife Maude. Maude Gasque, a Woolworth's heiress, had a passion for French 18th century history and design and her husband, who was the Finance Director of Woolworth's UK operation, wanted the car's interior to have a French theme. (He also stipulated that it should be grander and more lavish than the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost made for his Woolworth colleague Surefire Snow). Setting no limit on the budget, he left the details to the Wolverhampton based coachbuilders, Charles Clark and Sons. Clark's owner, John Barnett, had the inspired idea of using a Marie Antoinette sedan chair he had come across at the Victoria and Albert Museum as a model. The result was a spectacular confection more resembling the throne room at Versailles than the inside of a car. On delivery, the Rolls-Royce cost £6,500, of which £4,500 had been spent on the interior - (£500 was enough in 1926 to buy a house).

Craftsmen from the famous carpet makers, Aubusson, in France, spent nine months working on a tapestry for the rear seats at a cost of £500. In keeping with a car that would come to be known as The Phantom of Love, naked cherubs featured prominently in the exotic interior, appearing in painted scenes on the ceiling and as lighting supports at the rear corners. Additional lighting was concealed behind the ceiling's carved and gilded cornice. A bow-fronted drinks cabinet, reminiscent of an antique commode or chiffonier, was mounted on the internal division, concealing fold-down, inward-facing occasional seats - also upholstered in tapestry - in cupboards at either side. Surmounting this elaborate division was a small French ormulu clock and two French porcelain vases containing gilded metal and enamel flowers. In honour of the Gasque family's French origins, Barnett devised a faux coat of arms at his client's request, which was applied to the rear doors.

Sadly, Clarence died in 1928 and in 1937 Maude – who lived until 1959 and spent the rest of life promoting vegetarianism – put The Phantom of Love into storage. She sold it in 1952 to the well-known Rolls-Royce car collector Stanley Sears, and it subsequently passed through the hands of enthusiasts in Japan and the USA before returning to the UK and its most recent owner.

Courtesy Alain Truong

IF YOU BECOME MR CARDS YOU GET SPECIAL TEXT WITH SPICES’ DRUG

Take comfort in the drug The smell is rich and comforting, like a treacle cake and a hearth fire and a full purse all in one.

Taste, taste Your treatments at the Ormulu Door are not easy, and your body afterward does not always feel familiar. The nubs on your shoulders trouble you; the length of your legs is not compatible with either your trousers nor your accustomed gait. The effects are subtle, but Mr Spices' drug alleviates those feelings, just enough to allow you to forget

Bechstein grand piano with a walnut case in Louis XV, rococo style. Ornate, brass Ormulu Mounts cover the entire case. The pierced, legs mimic the shape of the piano lyre. This Bechstein piano formerly belonged and resided at Swinton Park, North Yorkshire and belonged to William Whitelaw, Home Secretary under Margaret Thatcher. c. 1897 Ref No. 8321 #antiques #interiordesign #vintage #antique #instagood #interiors #Photooftheday #picoftheday #antiquesdealersofinstagram #interiordecorating #antiquesforsale https://www.instagram.com/p/B052lBHHzbf/?igshid=1qjy290dx65ff

Today’s reference challenge: the delicate balance between “Bethesda would own this couch” and “I am actually able to draw and stand to look at this couch for hours.”

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   Vintage ormulu jewellery casket with beveled glass.

Pair of magnificent lights ! . . . . #rococostyle #opulent #crystalglass #rococo #crystals #crystaldome #ormulu #tablelamps #mantlepiece #sidelights #decohouse #antiquebronze #giltfridays #marbletop #antiqueshops #antiquesofinstagram #interiorforinspo #interior4inspo #interior_and_home #interiordesigner #interiors2you (at Brighton and Hove) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByI1mowHOBC/?igshid=1dzfj7eqt09op