Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Wallcovering: Movies with Beautiful Wallpaper

 CHINOISERIE


Just a little tidbits of history on this very popular design...
  
In 1670, King Louis XIV had the Trianon de Porcelaine erected at Versailles. It was a small structure-a pleasure house built for the king's mistress-and it was decorated with chinoiserie and faced with faience tiles with a blue and white chinoiserie pattern. The building persists in history as the first major example of chinoiserie-the English word is borrowed straight from French, which based the word on chinois, its word for "Chinese"-but the trend it began long outlasted the building itself, which was destroyed a mere 17 years later to make way for the Grand Trianon. Chinoiserie itself was popular throughout the 17th and 18th centuries and enjoyed a brief revival in the 1930s. And people still enjoy it today.


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Wallpaper can be daunting to shop for, commit to and hang. But when you do it correctly, it really MAKES a room. It not only provides a big pattern that creates impact but it actually makes the rest of the room easier to design because you have this super solid style that leads everything-Movies with Beautiful Wallpaper, CHINOISERIE, de GourneyMovies with Beautiful and exquisite Wallpaper, CHINOISERIE, de Gourney,
...from our archive.  (La Jolla, California)




A  de Gournay panoramic hand painted wall mural of  "Early Views of Italy" post is in the horizon. I am so thrilled and honored to get to hang  their hand painted  mural in a formal living room.

...to be continued...

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