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Armchair Art

6/30/2015

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Some of you inquired about this photo from the previous post, spotted in the "EATALY" pavilion at EXPO MILAN 2015.  So I imagine pasta inspired this "ARMCHAIR IN LOW PRESSURE HEAT EXTRUDED MULTICOLOR POLYURETHANE".  I am most curious about the two windows that seem to be eyes that personify this spaghetti monster.  The title of the work by Gaetano Pesce "SENZAFINE UNICA" translates "ENDLESS ONLY".
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Take a Seat in Italy!

6/23/2015

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Manarola
Manarola
Sienna
Sienna
Florence
Florence
Rome
Rome
Milan
EXPO Milan 2015
EXPO Milan 2015
EXPO Milan 2015
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Florentine Footrest

6/17/2015

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Here's an up close view of my Italian "FIND".  Spotted first by my Antiques Diva Guide, Susan, at one of her secret sources.  This secret source was a harmonious fusion of furniture showroom, workshop, carpenter's shop, and architectural design studio, and specialized in items restored, reinterpreted, and reimagined for the home.  We climbed the attic to dig in the archives of wait listed projects to find this Florentine footrest.  I fell in love with the  gilded bees and green paint that is aged and chipping.  Now what to do for a slipcover?
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Fringe & Floral?
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Mini bullion & linen?
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Velvet ballerina ties?
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Antiquing in Italy with The Antiques Diva & Co

6/4/2015

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As soon as Barton (best friend, photographer and muse) ordered cheap airline tickets and a copy of Rick Steve’s guide to Italy, I contacted The Antiques Diva & Co. You see, since hearing Toma Clark Haines speak at High Point Furniture Market Fall 2014, I knew I was destined for a fabric reconnaissance with one of her guides.  Enthralled with Rick Steves’ “Europe through the Back Door” travel style,  I was convinced that seeing the marketplaces that the creatives and makers move through would carbonate my experience in Italy, and I needed a guide.  Toma connected me with antiques diva guide 
Susan Pennington  …  

To read more about my fabric reconnaissance, antiquing in Italy, and European tours, visit:
 The Antiques Diva & Co.

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Snapshots From a Fabric Reconnaissance in Italy

6/1/2015

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Made in Italy Linen
Fabric Hunting
Pinstripes
Lots of Buttons
Table Linens
Hand Woven Fabrics
Weaving
Pretty Paper Shop
Wash Day
Vernazza Shop
White Linen Blouses
Museum Shop
Custom Clothiers
Atelier
Wall of Bolts
Shopping
Antiques Diva Guide
Passementerie
Tiramisu Gelatti
Italy
Cheers!
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