tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post7103988060257792434..comments2023-12-08T03:56:59.376-05:00Comments on An Aesthete's Lament: From the Archives: Heaven SentAn Aesthete's Lamenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-2123227982826833512011-11-03T17:32:44.043-04:002011-11-03T17:32:44.043-04:00This is kind of amazing, because I saved this post...This is kind of amazing, because I saved this post in Google Reader when it was originally published (I am a subscriber of your lovely blog) and then completely forgot about it until the wonders of Google reminded me of its existence. <br /><br />I am writing a paper on Consuelo Vanderbilt and have been trying to find an image of Consuelo's bedroom at Marble House in Newport, which was completed in 1891 by Richard Morris Hunt for Consuelo's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. Consuelo describes it thus on p. 20 of her autobiography:<br /><br />"Often as I lay on the bed, that like St. Ursula’s in the lovely painting by Carpaccio stood on a dais and was covered with a baldaquin, I reflected that there was in [my mother's] love of me something of the creative spirit of an artist - that it was her wish to produce me as a finished specimen framed in a perfect setting, and that my person was dedicated to whatever final disposal she had in mind." <br /><br />I wonder if there is some relationship between the bed of Barbara Rutherford and that of her stepsister, Consuelo Vanderbilt? <br /><br />My paper doesn't really have anything to do with that (I am using the Vanderbilt-Marlborough marriage and Sargent's Marlborough portrait as a case study for the relationship between the mania for eighteenth-century portraits, collecting in Gilded Age America and British aristocratic identity) but I will let you know if I find anything useful. I definitely would like to look into this in the future. <br /><br />One place to start would be looking a bit earlier, to see if Alva Vanderbilt's designers (Jules Allard et fils, I think) were in fact responsible for this version of the bed - or if there was indeed a second, later version made for Barbara. Alva was obsessed with the Renaissance.mavieenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355095963161046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-59554900470129389902011-10-20T08:45:04.748-04:002011-10-20T08:45:04.748-04:00Good Lord! I think that the decor would have drive...Good Lord! I think that the decor would have driven me mad. Although it was masterfully executed.Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-51484771876177032812011-09-29T14:30:19.965-04:002011-09-29T14:30:19.965-04:00Should anyone learn anything new about either of t...Should anyone learn anything new about either of these posted beds, anything at all, I'd love to know about it. Colette, does Nicky have any records/letters pertaining to the bed? And if, perhaps, Scott designed the Rutherfurd bed? Or how he and Mr Haslam came up with the idea to make this particular bed?An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-75413574839199969702011-09-29T14:28:57.330-04:002011-09-29T14:28:57.330-04:00Parisapartment ... I have a fabulous book (unpubli...Parisapartment ... I have a fabulous book (unpublished) written by a designer of the 1930s about beds, historical and modern ...An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-77892373045100919002011-09-29T14:28:19.623-04:002011-09-29T14:28:19.623-04:00ArchitectDesign ... I must see the Haslam bed in p...ArchitectDesign ... I must see the Haslam bed in person. That must be spectacular.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-75011784217644945202011-09-29T14:27:43.924-04:002011-09-29T14:27:43.924-04:00Thank you, Swan! More archival posts are on their ...Thank you, Swan! More archival posts are on their way.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-15963880042312013742011-09-29T14:27:25.982-04:002011-09-29T14:27:25.982-04:00Indeed, Laughing Salmon. To sleep, ere to dream.Indeed, Laughing Salmon. To sleep, ere to dream.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-30272254995158008072011-09-29T14:27:03.398-04:002011-09-29T14:27:03.398-04:00Oh, John! It would be nice to see the room in colo...Oh, John! It would be nice to see the room in color, that I will grant you.An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-36652648131895000882011-09-29T14:26:43.962-04:002011-09-29T14:26:43.962-04:00Many thanks, Colette (and Nicky, too).Many thanks, Colette (and Nicky, too).An Aesthete's Lamenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-57473435404951573972011-09-29T06:01:15.069-04:002011-09-29T06:01:15.069-04:00Brilliant as usual! And Nicky delighted to see al...Brilliant as usual! And Nicky delighted to see all so factually correct. ColetteColettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212668608828865652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-82055180123551623242011-09-29T05:59:24.922-04:002011-09-29T05:59:24.922-04:00Brilliant! As usual...and Nicky delighted to see e...Brilliant! As usual...and Nicky delighted to see entirely factually correct. You amaze. ColetteColettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212668608828865652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-63123010261328837082011-09-29T00:33:56.395-04:002011-09-29T00:33:56.395-04:00I must ditto ArchitectDesign. The bed and the figu...I must ditto ArchitectDesign. The bed and the figure are strangely elongated. Your post is fantastic, even better the second time around. Thank you. MaryMJH Design Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752876154227590389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-12295211616439909902011-09-28T18:49:45.407-04:002011-09-28T18:49:45.407-04:00Divine! The photos are incredible. I'm obsesse...Divine! The photos are incredible. I'm obsessed with beds and their evolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-45297311090217424992011-09-28T15:17:31.702-04:002011-09-28T15:17:31.702-04:00So glad you are back to regular posts, you have be...So glad you are back to regular posts, you have been sorely missed!<br />I think the painting (which I have never seen) is really beautiful but the porportions of the bed seem strange to me - artistic license perhaps? I think the Haslam bed is pretty spectacular though and fixes these scale problems. To each his own though! I wonder if the bed is laying in a barn upstate or was demolished with the house perhaps?ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-30689142957552589622011-09-28T14:39:35.644-04:002011-09-28T14:39:35.644-04:00Oh my goodness!Oh my goodness!Paul Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238236951876804955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-77338890894333996922011-09-28T11:37:14.445-04:002011-09-28T11:37:14.445-04:00Great to see the ARCHIVE in use...and I remember t...Great to see the ARCHIVE in use...and I remember this one...Baron DeMeyer is surely the one and the Haslam bed today is a dreamboat!The Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159724663060240920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-44939745345596543562011-09-28T08:56:08.648-04:002011-09-28T08:56:08.648-04:00Oh the dreams one might have in such a bed...Oh the dreams one might have in such a bed...laughingsalmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190554461806939221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111886388324003324.post-9367627978473129432011-09-28T08:27:22.700-04:002011-09-28T08:27:22.700-04:00Fascinating! Sorry to say that Barbara Rutherfurd...Fascinating! Sorry to say that Barbara Rutherfurd's bedroom, despite the rich decorating scheme, seems to lack the joy of St Ursula's room. Perhaps the black & white photography plays a role in that, though. The Haslam room looks wonderful, however.<br />__ The Devoted ClassicistJohn J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.com