Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:56:04 +0000

< Regina Joi said...

I suppose that my last comment to you had gone by the wayside...so here goes again.

WHAT A POSTING...on the delicious Petit Trianon, the final home of the Enlightenment and the refuge for Marie Antoinette.

Not only is this the epitome of BIJOUX architecture, for great things ONLY come in little packages...but the history it witnessed.

I do not know if you had taken in the exhibition of the entire contents of the Petit Trianon at the San Francisco Legion of Honor in 2008, the first time in the history of the Petit Trianon ( all while the restoration was undertaken)...the Lanterne for the Salon was a favorite of mine for the paste jewels and magnificence of the chase work on the Gilt Bronze.

Watched 'Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola' the night this posting went up...and the absolute honor she had as being the ONLY film maker to use Versailles, Petit Trianon with Hameau and Temple of Love...she brought it all back to life and gave us insight to the folly of youth no matter what age of enlightenment we live ~ Beauty and Money at an early age, and then realizatin that we are not at all in control is the final lesson learned. She inhabited the rooms with powerful colors, jewels and THOSE shoes...the Petit Trianon came to life for a bit again.

The glow within from the windows at night while the tent in the garden was ablaze...Soulful.

You must make this a little book for us all to collect...love your style and knowledge. You must be incarnate of the 18thC.

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