Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût,Last month when I was “studying” at the Musée Louvre for two full days, I took numerous photos of a circa 1740 salon that has been of particular interest to me since it was acquired in 1989. This room is unique in the Louvre’s collection of period rooms in…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, I have always counseled my clients to choose carefully their flooring material because not only do you look at it, like you do the walls and the ceiling, but it is also the only surface of any room that you are in constant physical contact with!!Here in Provence…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, 1st of September 2015 marks the 300 yr anniversarie of the death of Louis XIV. To my judgement he was the greatest king of France ever and he reigned for 52 years! Many malign him for what they see as “his self aggrandizements”: the wonders of the Château…
Chers Amis, Bonjour d’Uzés !!! The 26th of August marked the 24 year anniversarie of Hurricane Andrew, during which I very narrowly escaped being crushed to death by an enormous water oak tree which was pushed down by a tornado within this hurricane. The falling of this tree did do much destruction to my little…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, Every year, just before the 15th of August, here in the usually quiet village of Uzés the whole place goes into a crazy, chaotic and puzzling mode called the “Fête Votive” for three nights in a row! The boulevard encircling the entire village is blocked off from vehicular…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, Bonjour !!The Anniversaire Fête and “new” French antiques showing was a big success with many people braving the 97°F HEAT to visit!The guests were rewarded by cool refreshments as well as a well cooled interior of the shop which many visitors said looked more splendid than ever before!There…
Sunday July 26 from 10 am to 4 pm.Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, BRAVO times 2 !!! We are celebrating for TWO reasons!1) A new container load of very bon goût French antiques has newly arrived for your viewing (and adopting!) pleasure!!2) This year marks the 40th year anniversaire of the arrival of…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, The framing of works of art had its beginnings with the contiguous raised moldings at the edges of Gothic paintings on wood panels and continued an evolution in the centuries to come, following the tenants of the styles of the day. Sometimes the frame became almost as important…
Bonjour chers amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût! In our lives today, as well as those of our ancestors, all the way back to the cave, we have utilized “containers” of a wide array of forms, functions and materials. Some containers at their creation were intended to be works of decorative art in themselves while…
Chers Amis de L’Ecole du Bon Goût, Bonjour!! The fireplace hearth may not be where your eyes are naturally drawn in the middle of the summer, but even a fireless hearth can be a focal point of decorative interest given the right accessories. Every fireplace hearth previous to the twentieth century’s use of “fire bricks” came equipped…
