A night in technicolor...in India.

Another colorful find...

Have a look at this "Indian" bedspread!

Lots of details!

Can you imagine the journey on the elephant?

 Pay attention: tigers!

It is so hot: you'll need these huge fans, and they are shaked for you...

Just look.

Sooooo colorful...

Sooooo many person and details...

I need a shweppes Indian tonic.

Finally, it was a good Monday!

Monday, at Brussels... I was very disappointed because the dealer was not there with the "promised "lace curtains! GRRRR...




So, in a very bad mood, I made some bargain hunting. I was very angry and I bought a few things through spite. I spent 5 euros on what I taught to be only a dirty old tablecloth just good enough to fill the garbage-bin. Without really looking at it, I paid, rolled it and threw it away in the bottom of my shopping trolley. 

I forgot it until yesterday . What a surprise! That "little old dirty thing" was absolutely not as bad as I was expecting! Far from there to say the least! Except the fact that it is a bit frayed on the edges (I suppose "commensurate" with age!) it is absolutely free of any gaps and stains!










I could not believe my eyes...Did I mentionned that when I spotted it there was only one tiny corner of it coming out in the daylight from under a huge heap of the ugliest "vintage"shoes?






Wow, I love it! And it is now part of my collection (as the cheapest one!!!)



Gosh, I do love these tapestry squares! I've got them in olive green, in red, in purple, in brown, in light green and in pink...and now in black!

A great Monday, finally...

What's your favorite one?

Found in Bruges, 22 September 2013

Yes, I know, it took me a while to "unveil" my purchases from Bruges. Not that they were so many but I finally took time only today to empty the one and only bag that I had brought back home...a bag of antique linen, ofcourse! Some lace curtains and a bedspread. Pictures...

Found this morning in Brussels...

A batch of antique printed wallpaper that has been hidden for decades in the attic of an old mansion.

A discovery that left me speechless and I can't stop looking at these...

Roses, lilac, Ribbon, Fruits, trompe l'oeil...

What is your favorite?

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THESE ROLLS!

 

Item of the week: a Venetian evening...

I often say that textiles are to the home what flowers are to the garden... I can't remember if I'm the proud "inventor" of that sentence or if I read that somewhere, but anyway, I really believe this to be true.


Well, I love colorful flowers, and then, I also love colorful textiles. And if like me, you prefer them antique, I think that you could be pleased by that lovely tapestry panel!












This week, I'll be speaking about an item that you can find for sale in my eBay listing (http://myworld.befr.ebay.be/ben.de.papignies). It is a piece of antique tapestry with colors that are just faded "à point"! Gosh, I love it!

It depicts an evening scene at Venise and is full of glamourous details! Look at these clothes, at all these peoples! Some are dancing while others are taking place in gondolas. The sky is dark and the moon high above them. Chinese lanterns are lit and look at these opulent loads of flowers. You could almost hear the music that that minstrels sitting on the balustrade is playing...


I guess that you understand why that item is now my "item of the week"! If not, here are some more pictures. 
 




  Will you be its new proud owner?