Tuesday, 5 October 2010

This too seemingly went unnoticed

 
The greenhouse with its trompe l’oeil murals by Fernand Renard.

 
A detail from the Renard mural. 


View of the arbor from the greenhouse


 The basket house replete with its painting by Georges Braque.



Mrs. Paul Mellon’s fabled Virginia estate, Oak Spring, photographed by Jonathan Becker
 Bunny Mellon’s Secret Garden  
by James Reginato
Vanity Fair, August 2010





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10 comments:

  1. Lucindaville5 October 2010 at 16:12

    I would so love to spend an afternoon in her gardening library. I think at 100 it is time for her to write a gardening book!

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  2. Mrs. Blandings5 October 2010 at 17:47

    This one, not completely. I did a very brief something and Heather Clawson posted most of the images if I remember correctly.

    I admired her so much after reading the interview. Such a nice break from the "look at me! look at me!"

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  3. Emily Evans Eerdmans5 October 2010 at 20:20

    Wowee wow wow. Am completely obsessed with Bunny Mellon....

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  4. La Petite Gallery5 October 2010 at 20:43

    What a wonderful looking place.
    yvonne

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  5. Lynne Rutter5 October 2010 at 21:02

    unnoticed? it was published in a national magazine!

    very nice work by mr renard there. thanks for sharing this

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  6. M5 October 2010 at 21:30

    I've only got 5 words to describe this: UN-BE-LIEV-A-BLE.
    Yes, and it's beautiful too.
    Great post!

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  7. Pigtown*Design6 October 2010 at 01:04

    i think this is such a spectacular place. it was an excellent article.

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  8. Unknown6 October 2010 at 07:59

    the braque in the baskethouse is killing me.

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  9. JLS7 October 2010 at 17:10

    Truly chic,and timeless

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  10. Renée Finberg22 October 2010 at 04:29

    what a magnificent set of images!
    i want to jump inside them.

    x

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