Chers Amis de l’Ecole du Bon Gout, Today’s subject is French 18th century boiserie paneling and its adaption and reinstallation in new settings.In the following photographs you will see “before and after photos” of three different projects. These involved using some salvaged antique 18th century boiserie panels interspersed with newly composed rectangular sections made on site…
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Style Correlations in Chairs and Candlesticks
Chers Amis, Bonjour and welcome to some simple observations that will certainly aid you in distinguishing the differences in the classic French decorative styles as they evolved from Louis XIV at the end of the 17th Century through Directoire at the very end of the 18th century.In the following photos of chairs paired with candlesticks of the same style, all period pieces here at…
Beauty of Ages Past
Chers Amis, Bonjour! A shipment of “Bon Gout” ( Think : French culture, history and beauty from ages past crystillized it material objects you can own and enjoy living with) has arrived here at Au Vieux Paris! Find here a sample photos of some of this diverse selection, which I found mainly in Provence.Plan a visit soon to taste…
Pleasures of Summer + Gazpacho Recipe
Chers Amis, I trust you are experiencing the joys of summer time, however if your routine has you bogged down, I suggest an out door dinner party with friends. Gazpacho is so easy to make and serve and is a crowd pleasing one dish cooling meal, especially if you top it off with chilled boiled…
Pleasures of Summer!
Chers Amis, I trust you are experiencing the joys of summer time, however if your routine has you bogged down, I suggest an out door dinner party with friends. Gazpacho is so easy to make and serve and is a crowd pleasing one dish meal especially if you top it off with boiled shrimp or chopped…
Antique Lighting
Bonjour and welcome to l’Ecole du Bon Gout. Today’s subject is antique lighting. This subject is apropos as we approach the sun rise of the winter solstice Dec 21, when our fair planet earth, our glorious sun and the potent black hole at the center of our milky way galaxy will be in a straight line.…
Chairs
Bonjour and welcome to l’Ecole du Bon Gout. Today’s subject of interest is”the chair”. Not only are chairs one of the most basic, personal and useful forms of furniture,unlike many case pieces, they possess distinctive stylistic and sculptural detail that makes them easily identified and relatable usually to one specific period. Each chair represents of the…
A Day of Flowering
Bonjour and welcome to l’Ecole du Bon Gout! The Mayan calendar created about 550 b.c. described the past year, November 19, 2007 to November 12, 2008 as a “dark night of destruction (the end of manufactured lack)”. The good news is the year starting November 13, 2008 to November 8, 2009 is labeled “a day…
Fireplace
With the welcoming of cool fall days and the anticipation of cold winter nights ahead, today’s subject is the fireplace. Even if you have central heating, the fireplace of any room is that room’s focal point and the place that first catches the eye when you walk in. It also usually sets the tone, scale…
French antique garden ornaments
Bonjour and welcome to today’s visit to l’Ecole du Bon Goût. Today’s subject is French antique garden ornaments. “A rose called by any other name may smell as sweet,” but it will look a lot better in an antique vase Anduze than it will in an old washing machine tank! The presentation an culture of…
