Heavenly Horst

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Portrait of a Lady in Paris

photograph by HORST

Contessa Brandolini wearing pink in her bedroom, standing alongside a 17th century wooden figure in Dutch costume, fresh dahlias, and a canine companion.
A Victor Hugo sepia drawing hangs over a French boiserie mirror and panelling.

 In the Brandolini Salon on the Left Bank

photograph by HORST

Louis XIV Boulle armoires, a 17th century Giovanni Ghisolfi painting, 

and 17th century Italian stools fill the room reflecting the 17th century period of the Paris building.

the Contessa and the Venetian gondoliers, c. 1795.

photograph by HORST

a Contessa's Bedroom

photograph by HORST

Drawings of Piranesi and Ruskin hang on embroidered silk covered screens
at either side of a Venetian mirror and a Louis XV bed.

a Conte's Sitting Room

photograph by HORST

In a private alcove with velvet seating & masses of pillows-
a mirror frames the space with bookcases fitted into the alcove's sides. 

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Passages

photograph by HORST

A hallway in the Brandolini Paris apartment is covered with a fresco,
and a 17th century Italian camel stands amidst its field of flowers.

I always cite Horst as a great influence on my taste in design. These photographs-once again-are proof of his great genius, especially his portraits of the owners in their rooms.

(from the pages of my 1967 November Vogue )



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