04 August 2011

Summer straw: sitting

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 no Summer would be complete without a bit of sitting-be it rocker or not. While not moving as the rocker or swing- the chair of wicker seems to be well suited for a Summer Idyll.


Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Alexander Pope

















Hardy Amies in the country -(obviously- on the grounds of John Fowler's Hunting Lodge) and there in lies much of the problem with the internet-the picture of HA is from the online publication another-and though full of interesting things, their goal is obviously to get it out and move one-not to know or ask or discern.
but- this from a HA associate-"
That garden shot of Hardy Amies looks very like his garden in Oxfordshire.  He was a client of mine back in the 80s and early 90s and had a very pretty rose garden of which he was most proud."


Gloria-Guinness-the domed palapa room of her Acapulco home, 1972
Model Jean Patchett
I would grab them-if I had a place for them- from Berns Fry Ltd at 1st dibs here
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16 comments:

  1. Oh, to have a place for those towering odes to summer wicker! xo J~

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  2. Isn't that Hardy Amies at John Fowler's country house? Look in the pavilion at the painted walls.

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  3. Blue- I thought so too-however the source- linked here- did not confirm and referenced the picture "his country house" which I have changed-because I think you are right-I did look about for more id but could not find any. pgt

    http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/482/Hardy_Amies_SS11

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  4. The furniture is wonderful. I am also in love with the red dress!

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  5. Whether that pavilion is at Fowler's or Amies' I'd love to uproot it and drop it in my courtyard... then purchase those wicker chairs from 1stDibs... I could definitely use them here in Charleston... the heat is unbearable.

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  6. Blue, due to your comment I dug a little deeper and found a picture of the Fowler lattice pavilion. pgt

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  7. & should have said I added it to the image descriptions at the end of the post!

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  8. The wicker chair always conjures up lazy summer afternoons sitting on the wide verandahs of my childhood back in Australia.

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  9. oooh- there's something just wonderful about those well worn white wicker chairs.
    I love a good Orkney straw chair too, don't you?

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  10. Straw, wicker... my favorite. I wish I had a place for them, too AND would love Jean's Patchett's dress. You can see so much wonderful antique wicker for sale near Bar Harbor, Maine.

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  11. I wish I could use real wicker outside, but here in New Orleans, the climate destroys it quickly. On Memorial Day it looks great; by July 4th it looks like it belongs in Violet Venable's garden.

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  12. there may be other-Fowler like pavilions after all-this from a HA client:
    "That garden shot of Hardy Amies looks very like his garden in Oxfordshire. He was a client of mine back in the 80s and early 90s and had a very pretty rose garden of which he was most proud."

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  13. hi dear - just catching up on reading and i can assure you that is Fowler's pavilion...and chairs too - i have a picture of Fowler in same ones! Next time your sleuthing email us!! love this post - as usual. x colette

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  14. Thanks Colette! Do post the Fowler ones as a follow up soon. Best to you and Nicky. pgt

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  15. There is something so inviting about nice wicker, it makes me go back in time in a sort of comforting way. The English do wicker so well!

    Cheers,


    Claudia

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