Showing posts with label Wallace Collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wallace Collection. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

A little foot frolic and cashmerejeans....



I could not resist this display today.
I found it in Selfridges on Oxford St. in London. 
The boot of choice around town is Hunter.

I had just left the Wallace Collection museum
with my favourite painting in mind. (more here)
I think it's true...
 girls just wanna have fun!

The Swing by Jean-Honore Fragonard (1767)
top image~me

PS...I am running a little test blog for 
a project I am working on. 
Which title do you prefer?
cashmerejeans...
or
cashmere and jeans
created only to show friends how to start a blog 
but now I am thinking.....


Monday, November 16, 2009

Colour, Simplicity, Beauty @ The Wallace Collection


This will be one of my more memorable rainy afternoons in London. 
I visited the Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house. 
It has been many years since I wandered freely about a museum and it was absolutely delightful.  I was drawn to these paintings for their colour, simplicity and beauty.


Image 1  An Armenian Woman  Charles-Landelle (1821-1908)
Image 2  Fruit and Flowers   Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) 
Image 3  St Catherine of Alexandria Attributed to Onorio Marinari (1627-1715)
Images via Google