Margaret Chambers

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Okay @scalamandre - you know my true colors. 💙🍶🐇 #royaldelft #blueandwhitelovers
When your grand baby falls asleep on you and you should just put her down... but the moment is too cute so you keep on sittin’ and make it last... #grandmagrams 🎀
Couldn’t help myself... beautiful @johnrobshaw textile at @codarus that happens to excite the #birdlover in me. #southeastasia #textiledesign #dallasdesigndistrict
When you don’t regret the eye candy that awaits you in the bathroom @codarus ... #designerbathrooms #tmi #dallasdesigndistrict
Love this whimsical line of Southeast Asian textiles from @johnrobshaw at @codarus #textiledesign #southeastasia #dallasdesigndistrict
Soakin’ up the summer vibes inside! Thanks for the beauty, @scottandcooner 🌸
 
 

Lea Barfield

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Most beautiful combination of textiles, patterns and Jacobean Stumpwork 📷 Sun Jun @harpersbazaarcn #stumpwork #jacobeanembroidery #fashionandinteriors #inspirations #worldscoliding #thecolors!
Royal Guilt-Gift: Incredibly charming Benrath Schloss built in Düsseldorf in 1756 by Prince-Elector Karl Theodore as a “guilt gift” for his wife, Princess Elizabeth Aguste. The Prince commissioned romantic flower beds, feminine sculpture gardens and pink hues throughout the small palace with the hope that the atmosphere would persuade his wife to forgive him after a long estrangement. It is said that the Princess loathed her husband so much for his liaisons with other women and numerous illegitimate children, that she never even visited the property. Her loss! 🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷Karl Theodore finally threw in the towel and turned the pleasure palace into a pink Baroque hunting lodge. Wild boars, hunting hounds and stag statuary began to replace the graceful female forms, (see final photo) but the building maintained its wonderful pink color. 🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷Today Benrath houses the Museum of European Garden Art and is open to the public. The 61 hectares of gardens are spectacular and the museum is also available for private reception rentals; although it might be a risky move for a wedding venue.... #benrathpalace #gardens #baroquearchitecture #summercalling #livininthedoghouse🐕 #dusseldorf #guiltgifts
18th Century Diversions: Monkeys playing backgammon, opium pipes and Clara the traveling rhinoceros, who was an 18th century celebrity, (and travelled across Europe for 17 years) are seen in these playing cards from the addictive centuries old game of chance called “Jeu de Cavagnole”. The game was prohibited by law in 1837 due to the ruin of so many aristocratic fortunes. Cavagnole was a favorite of Casanova’s who described lt as a “regular cheater’s game”. 🔷♠️♥️♣️ The cards were highly decorative and topical, and meant to stimulate conversations at the gaming tables before electricity was available. The etiquette of Cavagnole demanded that losers pay their gambling debts before paying their tailor or servant’s wages, while “bad sports “ and cheaters were shunned from society as a matter of honor. Stories abound of chamber maids and pastry chefs who won and lost fortunes overnight. Watercolor and gouache on vellum, from a private collection. #chinoiserie #gouache #fashinablevices #claratherinoceros #cavagnole
Thursday Blues- inspirations. #swedishcharm #perfectbalance #blueandwhite #louisxvl #gustavian
Been seeing these stunning photos of Annabel’s~ gorgeously in bloom for the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Gasp! #markbirley #oldstompinggrounds #royalhorticulturalsociety #deckedout #chelseaflowershow2018 @annabelsmayfair
Exceptional Collector auctions today at Christie’s King Street, beautiful antique pieces from the 17th-19th centuries. #antiquefurniture #statementcandelabras #objects #bigbird @christiesinc