little augury: the Founding Fathers give Good Design

03 July 2009

the Founding Fathers give Good Design

George Washington in the Rotunda North Carolina State Capitol from the Canova original

founding three: Good design
American Classicism
column, bust, living drapery

Benjamin Franklin poised on a cabinet in the Thomas Jayne apartment

another view in the Thomas Jayne home- here Thomas Jefferson

George Washington & Thomas Jayne

Thomas Jefferson Designer : Monticello

photograph from an old House and Garden in my grandmother's scrap book

GW on a pedestal

the Matthew Patrick Smyth apartment

MPS channeling Thomas Jefferson in a table setting

GW in repose: MP Smyth

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Good Design.

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Mrs. BlandingsJuly 3, 2009 at 9:31 AM
A perfect post!
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Pamela Terry and EdwardJuly 3, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Oh I love that cabinet Benji is sitting atop in the Jayne apartment!!
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P.Gaye Tapp at Little AuguryJuly 4, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Mrs. Blandings- many thanks,the founders got a lot right didn't they- not that they were perfect- but, I can't help but think they were divined. again, thanks.
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P.Gaye Tapp at Little AuguryJuly 4, 2009 at 6:45 AM
PT and Edward- I love love love that Jayne apartment- inspired and that cabinet too. thanks, la
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My book HOW THEY DECORATED, for Rizzoli, was published in April of 2017. I have been an interior designer for over 30 years & have an abiding passion for the original, & history. Little Augury was born on New Year's Eve 2008. It began as a way of continuing a conversation with a beloved mentor & the promise to keep just a bit of his wit & wisdom alive by sharing it whenever possible. Little Augury focuses on interior design, art, literature, fashion & social history with an eye, always looking back to the past, in hope of understanding what is authentic & what will endure & what connects us to our environment. Always listening for the footstep on the old stair-the sound of lives that walked that way.

03 July 2009

the Founding Fathers give Good Design

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