05 August 2013

on the couch with Édouard

MANET.
most Sofas- don't move me...his do.
most of Sofas seem to be "on the couch"- suffering from all the disorders one is treated for there.

His have all the qualities I want-in a Sofa.


Great Depth.

"The Rest, A portrait of Berthe Morisot"




Colorful.

"Madame Manet on a Blue Sofa"





Monogamous.

 "Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire's Mistress"





 Elegant.

"Woman with Fans"




Au Courant.

 "The Reader"




 Laid Back.

 "Young Woman Reclining in Spanish Costume"




 A Good SOFA is hard to find, No?





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4 comments:

  1. It is the hardest piece of furniture for me to choose.

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  2. Btrilliant! Love this post!

    Makes me get in my "uniform" and just stay there!
    Four times (in four years) a wonderful magazine.....(Trad Home twice; and Santa Barbara Magazine; and House Beautiful)

    I thought (and I think they thought) it was photographing the house! (not me!!)

    Well; in fact, I think all three times.....they did photograph me......and I had on the exact same white t-shirt, white long skirt, brown wide belt....even the same sandals.....

    My cousin said........"What the hell? don't you have any other clothes???" (she is a "fashionista! chicest in the land!!)

    Kinda like "the reader" in your post!

    I think it comes from the nuns. They were always so fashionable to my eye! (I am not Catholic; but the Catholic school saved me)!

    The sofas were fascinating.......and so was everything in this post!!

    Penelope

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  3. Speaking of SOFAS...I saw one over the weekend to swoon over. Cedric Gibbons designed - for the apartment of John Gilbert in A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS - a Greta Garbo silent film from 1928. If you ever wished for one that is meant for a Visionaire's Repose, this was it!

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  4. Yes it is. And a sofa is a sofa--I have no idea what "couch" means. Thanks for stating the truth of sofas.
    Have a wonderful week.
    Mary

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