little augury: What They Wore: a Wilde one, a Queen & a Dauphin

01 March 2012

What They Wore: a Wilde one, a Queen & a Dauphin

Fashion is what one Wears.

What is Unfashionable is What others wear.

Oscar Wilde

Maria Theresa wife of Louis XIV, with her son, Dauphin Louis of France by Pierre Mignardca

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Bruce BaroneMarch 1, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Love that quote!!!
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ACravanMarch 2, 2012 at 7:54 AM
Have been reading up and looking at Mignard pictures since viewing this. Fascinating. So accomplished on the various non-human surfaces. Such odd and insensitive portraiture. Thanks for this. Curtis
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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.

01 March 2012

What They Wore: a Wilde one, a Queen & a Dauphin

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