tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post5415718879446223371..comments2024-03-28T01:39:53.154-04:00Comments on The Peak of ChicĀ®: Chinese Scenic PaperThe Peak of Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-55600760793539105072009-10-15T08:20:38.653-04:002009-10-15T08:20:38.653-04:00In our company, we have some Scenic wallpapers to ...In our company, we have some Scenic wallpapers to sell. They were produced by Zuber in the 1970s for our company. <br />They are unrolled and completely new, stocked in perfection condition. <br />These decors are nearly unique as we have only one or two units per decor left. <br /> <br />We have made a small web site: http://www.inaltera.com/prof/panoramiques.html<br /> <br />We are selling them at very attractive prices. We can ship worldwide.<br /> <br />If you are interested and know people eventually interested, let us know. <br /> <br /> <br />INALTERA Export department<br />deco.international@inaltera.cominalterahttp://www.inaltera.com/prof/panoramiques.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-37567363268201329752009-07-06T01:10:51.345-04:002009-07-06T01:10:51.345-04:00Here's a story and a piece of advice!
Our daug...Here's a story and a piece of advice!<br />Our daughter lives in Marblehead, Mass. I am a 40 year decorator.......(not 40 years old....40 years working as)<br /><br />I fell in love the first time I ever saw hand=painted Chinese wallpaper. In Pasadena, California ....I was 10!<br /><br />(I was a decorating geek!)<br /><br />When I first went to Beauport.....the docents......(all volunteers) had to keep coming back to get me.<br /><br />I just bought another ticket. I bought 8 tickets the first day!<br /><br />These people thought I was nuts.....I think you guys will get it. There is so much to see in that "House museum; I have done that 4 times. And I could and will do it 14 more times!<br /><br />Henry Davis Sleeper was our predecessor......A genius far beyond. I just showed the dining room to a new client in Santa barbara! We are using elements!<br /><br />MAGIC!!!!! I pray for the master bedroom of the White House....<br /><br />If Reagan had it in the master bedroom...... what the hell happened to it? Do not even tell me that some idiot decorator painted over it.....or threw it away! It is removable....and can be reused...and has been for centuries!<br /><br />Winfield House. That room ; done by Billy Haines, for Ambassador Annenberg is so beautiful (fortunately our friend; and my husband's tennis playing friend was the last Ambassador) so I was invited to a party.<br /><br />I walked into that room; I thought I would have a heart-attack it is so beautiful! Pictures do not do it justice. Maria; the Ambassador's wife published her very first book; Winfield House. the only book every detailing this magnificent house our country owns in the middle of London!<br /><br />That wallpaper, in Winfield House, Billy Haines of Los Angeles; bought from an 18th century Irish castle. Removed, restored , and rehung!<br /><br />What the heck happened to the Reagan/White house bedroom?<br />Anyone know??<br /><br />OH DEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Penelope Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044698051543677637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-33907329686819142272009-07-03T23:12:07.606-04:002009-07-03T23:12:07.606-04:00i have been in love with this look for years and ...i have been in love with this look for years and never tire of it! and you are right, great elaborate valances *do* seem to work well with this wall treatment. one room i did had a quilted silk "pagoda" valence (pic here) http://tinyurl.com/nfj88lLynne Rutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861049506323014982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-73140247911983846672009-06-28T10:23:53.564-04:002009-06-28T10:23:53.564-04:00I am lucky enough to have visited the Peabody Esse...I am lucky enough to have visited the Peabody Essex Museum while a friend was photographing their archives of their collection of Chinese Wallpapers. At that time I was growing my own wallpaper collection and to see the artistry involved, was simply amazing. Great post.Shandell'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622134515814243480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-89306873720827375632009-06-28T00:44:05.115-04:002009-06-28T00:44:05.115-04:00Great post. I wish I have those gorgeous Chinese W...Great post. I wish I have those gorgeous Chinese Wallpaper at home. <br /><br />Patrice<br />http://housesinsideandout.com/Patricehttp://housesinsideandout.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-59296303406918724432009-06-27T19:45:35.152-04:002009-06-27T19:45:35.152-04:00Where does Toby Worthington get all this informati...Where does Toby Worthington get all this information from?<br />He must know somebody close to the White House!Mirrored furniturenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-56084045342534534392009-06-26T22:18:25.988-04:002009-06-26T22:18:25.988-04:00Drop dead gorgeous!Drop dead gorgeous!Yolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068063513978782703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-50549351952838287972009-06-26T14:21:27.610-04:002009-06-26T14:21:27.610-04:00I hope it's true about chinoiserie wallpaper i...I hope it's true about chinoiserie wallpaper in the White House - Nancy Reagan used it in the Presidential bedroom, to wonderful effect.Sanity Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837572570886461071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-23174764116935710072009-06-26T08:39:21.893-04:002009-06-26T08:39:21.893-04:00Great post. The Billy Baldwin room reminds me a l...Great post. The Billy Baldwin room reminds me a little of Meg Braff's dining room in Newport, featured in House Beautiful magazine in June 2007. She used Scalamandre's Shanghai wallpaper. <br /><br />http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/living-color-0607?click=main_srMary Margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-25524216362858822522009-06-26T04:50:19.098-04:002009-06-26T04:50:19.098-04:00I have just discovered your blog and I think it is...I have just discovered your blog and I think it is fantastic. In fact, I have spent just a little too long looking at it! I especially love your emphasis on chinoiserie and classic Hollywood as they are definitely two of my passions too.Anzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793027943317397082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-47953011509509767052009-06-25T22:18:42.423-04:002009-06-25T22:18:42.423-04:00I was just ogling the Beauport House a few weeks a...I was just ogling the Beauport House a few weeks ago. I think the thing about both the de Gournay and the Chinoiserie wallpaper is that they are large scale, but not repressive in their repetition, and so work more like a fresco or wall painting and less like a print. They open a space up, rather than close it in.<br /><br />I'd take any of the ones you've posted happily. And the yellow curtains. That room could have just been done, its amazing.balsamfirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347379810451503618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-51859914403504711732009-06-25T21:43:00.697-04:002009-06-25T21:43:00.697-04:00Hmm. I thought I had commented here? Maybe I misse...Hmm. I thought I had commented here? Maybe I missed the word box. I wanted to say that I would love to see these Chinoiserie papers in a minimalistic modern house.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-15760239334745192732009-06-25T18:37:01.395-04:002009-06-25T18:37:01.395-04:00they are all beautifully classic- just what I love...they are all beautifully classic- just what I love and very period. An offspring of that is the Thomas Jayne room in NOla you have posted on, I include that in a post today. maybe it is the lack of extreme formality fallen by the wayside-but I love all the rooms you show here, and of course, if you get an offer for the Chinese panels- and change your mind- I will take them. laP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-29543960746401899632009-06-25T14:49:12.913-04:002009-06-25T14:49:12.913-04:00W has a spread on Persian families in Beverly Hill...W has a spread on Persian families in Beverly Hills (the issue with Bruce Willis and wife on the cover), and one of the photos features a family posing in a room papered with what looks like the very same pattern in the top photo.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08457487239082794082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-34475760475776082052009-06-25T14:40:52.320-04:002009-06-25T14:40:52.320-04:00Don't forget the gorgeous chinese wallpaper at...Don't forget the gorgeous chinese wallpaper at Winfield House, the US Ambassador's residence in Paris. I do happen to have featured it in a post about Winfield House.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-81536653000312451772009-06-25T12:36:58.233-04:002009-06-25T12:36:58.233-04:00Hi Jennifer-
Inspiring and wonderful post!
"...Hi Jennifer-<br /><br />Inspiring and wonderful post!<br /><br />"Toby" is on the right track.<br /><br />Refer to 'Michael S. Smith Elements of Style' that I wrote with Michael--and you will see the designer's extreme fondness for handpainted Chinese or other scenic and antique wallpaper, and walls handpainted with a moody antique effect. Michael works with many talented artists--and is an expert at find superb antique wallpapers--so his walls are never ordinary. The Obamas are very fortunate to be working with him. He has my full admiration. Chinese wallpaper in a bedroom--dreamy idea.<br />Thanks for an inspiring post, Jennifer.Diane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-34654020895261166202009-06-25T12:20:46.413-04:002009-06-25T12:20:46.413-04:00I love the valances. I think they are charming. Wh...I love the valances. I think they are charming. While I love fabric on a wall, I don't think I could live with all of that pattern thing. I think you need seriously overlarge rooms or conversely, a tiny powder room. Billy Baldwin may rise up and haunt me, but that last room made me feel like I had fallen Willy Wonka-like into a gameboard factory!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-41268363168392941442009-06-25T12:07:15.241-04:002009-06-25T12:07:15.241-04:00OOooohhhh! Nice, and a little more unique in the s...OOooohhhh! Nice, and a little more unique in the style...love the vintage muted color tones.<br />Pretty far eastern out there!<br />LLa Maison Fouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823093111074286855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-9980567592892691992009-06-25T12:03:06.037-04:002009-06-25T12:03:06.037-04:00Jennifer-I am weak at the knees. These incredible ...Jennifer-I am weak at the knees. These incredible Chinese papers and Chinoiserie in the Presidential bedroom! I would have a room done in one like these in a heart beat if I could afford it. I also love pagoda valances.Beth Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443450944645563476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-55688639001139674432009-06-25T11:51:24.150-04:002009-06-25T11:51:24.150-04:00While these wallcoverings are just beautiful, it i...While these wallcoverings are just beautiful, it is too much for my eye. I always think how would I feel being in one of these rooms with a headache or suffering from being out too late the night before. I'm with you, I would love to have 2 or 3 framed panels on the wall and I am crazy for the forms of the valences -- even if they were tone on tone. There is something so free yet controlled about them.soodie ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/07685244187423698176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-83607853878515821742009-06-25T11:19:06.700-04:002009-06-25T11:19:06.700-04:00We had the pleasure of having a private tour of Wi...We had the pleasure of having a private tour of Winterthur last month and saw the beautiful Chinoiserie room first hand. The best part of the tour was seeing the vast textile collection compiled by Henry Francis Du Pont filled with glorious silks, damask and crewel-work. Thanks for a wonderful post!The Buzz Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338886753209532597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-66482546626652086002009-06-25T11:18:16.612-04:002009-06-25T11:18:16.612-04:00Wow so beautiful. I've had chinoiserie wallpap...Wow so beautiful. I've had chinoiserie wallpaper on the brain non stop for the last two weeks. I want some, but so not in the budget! <br /><br />Toby, I'm totally intrigued! I can't wait to see what goes up.High-Heeled Foot in the doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510460239869884038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-57514952460077394572009-06-25T11:02:20.374-04:002009-06-25T11:02:20.374-04:00Alison and Kathy- I agree, and I wish I had that p...Alison and Kathy- I agree, and I wish I had that paper in my house!The Peak of Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-69806176393249347802009-06-25T09:56:38.858-04:002009-06-25T09:56:38.858-04:00They are beautiful!They are beautiful!Kathy @ Creative Home Expressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341667486449125153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-36796160352111251732009-06-25T09:44:45.588-04:002009-06-25T09:44:45.588-04:00Great Post! My StepMommy will LOVE this - gotta s...Great Post! My StepMommy will LOVE this - gotta send her your blog.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495794134699829578noreply@blogger.com