The peacock room

It’s a nightmare designer-client relationship for the ages

From Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room Artist: James McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903 Medium: Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, mosaic tile, ...

The story behind the Smithsonian’s showstopper is one of a major dust-up between the artist and his patron

Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room | 1876-1877 | James McNeill Whistler | Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, and wood F1904.61

The south wall and large mural. Today my family and I traveled down to the Washington, DC area to attend a birthday party. Knowing that ...

Peacock throne in the Moorish Kiosk near Linderhof

Recently we took part in a conversation regarding a powder room dedicated to the Dark Lord himself (no, not Seraph, although that would make an interesting design scheme complete with tattoo inspired wallpaper and spiked towels. The corpse paint dispenser would of course be Splendor’s…summer is hell on the complexion. No, we are speaking of a room dedicated to Satan himself. Now this sounds well and good on paper but in practicality it is impossible to find good quality Luciferian themed…

La Princesse du Pays de la Porcelaine by James Abbott McNeill Whistler at the Freer.

The acrylic painting on the textured plaster. For the mansion bedroom in oriental style. Size 330 x 150 cm

Walter Crane, Juno and her Birds, 1887, via Art & Vintage With their sumptuous ornamental feathers, elegant silhouettes and rich iridescent colors, peacocks were the Art Nouveau birds par excellence. I love watching the many different ways in which artists have played with such complex and fascinating imagery. Many thanks to the beautiful Peacock's Garden for some of the images in this post, go visit that enchanted place and you'll find much more. Will Bradley, The Modern Poster and The Kiss…

I want a stuffed peacock

Enter digital recreations of the Peacock Room at two historical moments (Victorian London and Detroit in the Gilded Age) and learn more about the diverse Asian ceramics on its shelves. http://peacockroom.wayne.edu/visit F1904.61

General: The Aesthetic Movement was intended to reform and reeducate consumers in artistic principles (primarily in the interiors). this style combines decorative and fine art into the interiors an…

April 2, 2018It’s a crisp, sunny winter day on the swank Upper East Side of Manhattan, and two moving men in blue coveralls are carrying a zebra down the sidewalk before carefully loading it into the back of a truck. A somewhat startled police officer, who had been primed to write the standing vehicle a […]

Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of Charles Lewis Tiffany of the famous silver and jewelry brand Tiffany & Co, was born February 18 (Aquarius/ Pisces cusp, obviously) 1848 in New York City. Throughout his life he became the leader in modern stained glass technique, while also succeeding in interior and furniture design.