tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post8288036034298046273..comments2023-07-13T13:01:03.943+02:00Comments on le style et la matière: Salon des Fleurs Chateau de Compiègnegésbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094108253356167918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-71836949715670605432013-06-20T22:58:28.740+02:002013-06-20T22:58:28.740+02:00Dear Blue and Carter Nicholas, The colors to come ...Dear Blue and Carter Nicholas, The colors to come in the latter part of the 19th century did become harsh at times. It's interesting to think that the color harmonies favored by a period and a style were fashioned in part by what it was technically possible to achieve.gésbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094108253356167918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-50558840616431087122013-06-20T18:40:53.958+02:002013-06-20T18:40:53.958+02:00gorgeous gorgeous. i think i must be a nineteenth...gorgeous gorgeous. i think i must be a nineteenth century kind of person.<br><br>thanks for a delicious lead-in to a summer weekend!<br><br>Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-21695269970318094002013-06-20T17:11:03.561+02:002013-06-20T17:11:03.561+02:00An extremely pretty posting; I'd hate to see t...An extremely pretty posting; I'd hate to see the lilac "deepened" by that progress. Ultimately of course it is impossible to forget 20th Century events in this place.Carter Nicholasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567318375972114465.post-82309413005189126082013-06-20T16:41:52.380+02:002013-06-20T16:41:52.380+02:00The new aniline dyes must have been very exciting ...The new aniline dyes must have been very exciting and, possibly, disconcerting colors - stark, staring-mad mauve, never a color I appreciated. And, you're right, there is a water-color quality to these old textiles with their now softened natural colors. Tender is the word that comes to mind.Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.com