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.






4 comments:

  1. Oh I love that cabinet Benji is sitting atop in the Jayne apartment!!

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  2. 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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  3. PT and Edward- I love love love that Jayne apartment- inspired and that cabinet too. thanks, la

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