A bed room in a house on the Mainline
When I first arrived to this house on the Mainline in Philadelphia the young family had had some of the rooms decorated by another designer. Luckily the upstairs Master Bed Room and adjoining Sitting Room were untouched. They wanted a stylish house, furnished with antiques but, the house was decidedly heading towards Victorian. After a few weeks of discussing and really looking at what they liked and the wife's very stylish wardrobe, we decided that Victorian was not in the cards. A much lighter Vogue Regency style was needed. The Sitting Room which was really a passage was turned into a mirrored Dressing Room anchored by a 1940's slate toped garden table over which hangs a French opaline chandelier from Victor Carl.
The Master Bed Room is upholstered in vintage moire of which there was enough to do walls and curtains. The new trim work which our great small jobs specialist, Javier Teran, installed and painted along with making the closets, adds some much needed architectural interest to that bane of my existence.....the tray ceiling! why are those in every Master Bed Room now?
Medallions of the Four Seasons by Danish artist Thorvaldsen are the only artwork except for the embroidered fabric on the headboard and French chairs that holds the color scheme together.
We are awaiting the arrival of a pair of silver lamps from Christie's....off at the restorer's and then these rooms are done....next on the list is a redo of the other previously done spaces.....sometimes I love my job!
I love Regency/Neo-Regency/Vogue Regency and you really captured the essence of those movements here! __ The Devoted Classicist
ReplyDeleteHi John, Thanks! You know it was a little dicey at first...I think they weren't convinced the first few days especially since it's so very different from what they had and where they were going but, they love it now.....it's very severe and romantic at the same time. And the colors are just off enough.....like technicolor.
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