Grisaille: A Painting in Shades of Gray

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I received a <a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/Italian-Grisaille-Panel-grisaille/prod144260323___/?icid=&searchType=MAIN&rte=%252Fsearch.jsp%253FN%253D0%2526Ntt%253Dgrisaille%2526_requestid%253D9508&eItemId=prod144260323&cmCat=search">Neiman Marcus</a> home catalog in the mail the other day, and this "Italian Grisaille Panel" caught my eye."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3889xuoP910XjznOykcAr3tqIb15KCVMe7uWhDpmTJ5WCZFJJ3Bq8RDuinSdkH3RGh90mmHT11ahQZAFnOrXWl0alxoCG4FCTRpQRbVeNM228MM6yJQQMpI6knOoYm2ggBfZQAuTkRcc/s1600/NMH60DR_mz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3889xuoP910XjznOykcAr3tqIb15KCVMe7uWhDpmTJ5WCZFJJ3Bq8RDuinSdkH3RGh90mmHT11ahQZAFnOrXWl0alxoCG4FCTRpQRbVeNM228MM6yJQQMpI6knOoYm2ggBfZQAuTkRcc/s640/NMH60DR_mz.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Grisaille</i> is a term for a monochromatic painting, usually in shades of gray. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tones in the sepia range make this canvas unique."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Tara Shaw. Reproduced from a European original found in Milan."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">53.75"W x 0.75"D x 81.75"T</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to visit Tara Shaw's own <a href="http://www.tarashaw.com/">website</a> and found a few more <i>grisaille</i> items. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_5USWxjz1oK_X64agsPuTatPfzZNIkgkkvPKgAVlWvjaTJuB7CaL4Jb02gc9-Ps32ykKQTN7jh2yy23HFZbQ7xnKD5NfXkeOOoKb0v-Ev89AWyUQzMCPy7LI5KZ1TRY3C18JoDTApKc/s1600/TX2000M+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_5USWxjz1oK_X64agsPuTatPfzZNIkgkkvPKgAVlWvjaTJuB7CaL4Jb02gc9-Ps32ykKQTN7jh2yy23HFZbQ7xnKD5NfXkeOOoKb0v-Ev89AWyUQzMCPy7LI5KZ1TRY3C18JoDTApKc/s320/TX2000M+(2).jpg" width="290" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <i>grisaille</i> throw (72"H x 48"W).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tarashaw.com/maison/get_details.php?id=TX2000M">Tara Shaw Maison</a></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYr5zaeRM7k5WDQc-GjlpmQRyUIIV-ByGF7NB1ojeC6FQbhTf7XbuEpI78a0ZurC2YvCd6flm3OhtLqGXlCwUZ4VfbdharedbXKGrUesAeY-yNSKlxh12TEXfsdNCRiSPVNaHaSbk1lZU/s1600/TX2001M+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYr5zaeRM7k5WDQc-GjlpmQRyUIIV-ByGF7NB1ojeC6FQbhTf7XbuEpI78a0ZurC2YvCd6flm3OhtLqGXlCwUZ4VfbdharedbXKGrUesAeY-yNSKlxh12TEXfsdNCRiSPVNaHaSbk1lZU/s320/TX2001M+(2).jpg" width="290" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <i>grisaille</i> pillow sham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tarashaw.com/maison/get_details.php?id=TX2001M">Tara Shaw Maison</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlDAncrWkCbkOB3QKNQ8JPLgK_um1LBKom6xNXdmre4v3HCNYNFFsmJlWSnHAvGxXRfdQJirlFq_QlNGk2fupa4yaY1xGZx_FmycPZbueewm_w6bCgC3JjRMOORtZ8-509faL9LF7JZo/s1600/TX2002M+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlDAncrWkCbkOB3QKNQ8JPLgK_um1LBKom6xNXdmre4v3HCNYNFFsmJlWSnHAvGxXRfdQJirlFq_QlNGk2fupa4yaY1xGZx_FmycPZbueewm_w6bCgC3JjRMOORtZ8-509faL9LF7JZo/s320/TX2002M+(2).jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another <i>grisaille</i> pillow sham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tarashaw.com/maison/get_details.php?id=TX2002M">Tara Shaw Maison</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite interiors have a classical air - a sense of elegance, history and patina. <i>Grisaille</i> textiles, murals or wallpaper panels provide a perfect way to add these three elements to a room. Here are some beautiful examples. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nO0izwjztzBoaqGc8c9zcbLdQwDHOupHE3_rFrXvsV7xm45fxIWCHq57_5tNT2qyG-V_pyeDULONkye1p8mwHszH666qr-NtXqgnY5g8BBR-H-EG8o-3erxwb0llOtgsc5bzJ9DCZyA/s1600/ED0112_Paris_002-400-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nO0izwjztzBoaqGc8c9zcbLdQwDHOupHE3_rFrXvsV7xm45fxIWCHq57_5tNT2qyG-V_pyeDULONkye1p8mwHszH666qr-NtXqgnY5g8BBR-H-EG8o-3erxwb0llOtgsc5bzJ9DCZyA/s640/ED0112_Paris_002-400-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rotunda with 18th-century trompe l'oeil wallpaper panels."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For clients with a blue-chip art collection, [French decorator Frederic Mechiche] recently turned a nondescript office space into a grand, neoclassical apartment straight out of Versailles."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jean-Francois Jaussaud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-gilded-age#slide-2">The Gilded Age</a>" by Daniele Gerkens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January - February 2012).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in Elle Decoration, France.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdR5dUQsFQSRag40UFRQpztzJqkTIyXT4yP2pDjmizeqO2br-metBk-rBRY6gbb-dS52f6KW_vZEC85eSrAYfQA47upjONLA7Q_x7F3Kax_9ulEMveEekHzOSfWQFeX03dLqKnF91BVc/s1600/ED0112_Paris_004-625-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdR5dUQsFQSRag40UFRQpztzJqkTIyXT4yP2pDjmizeqO2br-metBk-rBRY6gbb-dS52f6KW_vZEC85eSrAYfQA47upjONLA7Q_x7F3Kax_9ulEMveEekHzOSfWQFeX03dLqKnF91BVc/s640/ED0112_Paris_004-625-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the entrance hall, marble columns are topped with Medici vases, and a pair of 18th-century Swedish stools is upholstered in silk."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jean-Francois Jaussaud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-gilded-age#slide-4">The Gilded Age</a>" by Daniele Gerkens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January - February 2012).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in Elle Decoration, France.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1sqt2Ro22IK69OkxTkz-E35k7cSaX8Ohw2fLahyphenhyphenIf53Bkh9_DTeOGrPF-nT_NyG-y4axsmx0DyGJMPzErsC9gzNnDudcDTwmz3fOMoXg0xUv0N-LW6HFg93eFR7ka6o2tp1lSFmnhaQ/s1600/ED0112_Paris_008-400-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1sqt2Ro22IK69OkxTkz-E35k7cSaX8Ohw2fLahyphenhyphenIf53Bkh9_DTeOGrPF-nT_NyG-y4axsmx0DyGJMPzErsC9gzNnDudcDTwmz3fOMoXg0xUv0N-LW6HFg93eFR7ka6o2tp1lSFmnhaQ/s640/ED0112_Paris_008-400-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The rotunda's powder room is hidden behind 18th-century <i>grisaille</i> panels."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jean-Francois Jaussaud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-gilded-age#slide-8">The Gilded Age</a>" by Daniele Gerkens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January - February 2012).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in Elle Decoration, France.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4EIPubDSBmU2WA5hQ7EB_jRkCo5DDRtkt3GqhFYnp4qxqoU8EbAXy2EVPK0LJEhdmj8AGcZMv_0pUAFBcDOk1atq-haS9PAFxLVu2c2Fnxr8aKPI-mINYk90zMhF7YyEz7rBZOaILcQ/s1600/ED0112_Paris_009-400-lgn+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4EIPubDSBmU2WA5hQ7EB_jRkCo5DDRtkt3GqhFYnp4qxqoU8EbAXy2EVPK0LJEhdmj8AGcZMv_0pUAFBcDOk1atq-haS9PAFxLVu2c2Fnxr8aKPI-mINYk90zMhF7YyEz7rBZOaILcQ/s640/ED0112_Paris_009-400-lgn+(1).jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of mahogany Jacob chairs flanks a copper tub in a bathroom."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jean-Francois Jaussaud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-gilded-age#slide-9">The Gilded Age</a>" by Daniele Gerkens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (January - February 2012).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally published in Elle Decoration, France.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvES9b7TjcI4sNGqNg-L-AY0Rx2HYPTI-MtNziz2_5W9E-rYAmKkQnO2tsDaJBxpzEOxi5holNXsj-V5ogQqex85B3v-v_kOUFVa1kbTRRHMCJCgsnz6f0wwm9QXiGPsL_0g5xdISIVaU/s1600/french-country-anitique-chair-0311-tracery01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvES9b7TjcI4sNGqNg-L-AY0Rx2HYPTI-MtNziz2_5W9E-rYAmKkQnO2tsDaJBxpzEOxi5holNXsj-V5ogQqex85B3v-v_kOUFVa1kbTRRHMCJCgsnz6f0wwm9QXiGPsL_0g5xdISIVaU/s640/french-country-anitique-chair-0311-tracery01-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The entry's framed wallpaper fragment and antique French chest establish the neutral palette of the house."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Mountain Brook, Alabama.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Paige Schnell and Doug Davis of <a href="http://www.traceryinteriors.com/">Tracery Interiors</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/traditional-decorating-ideas-0311#slide-3">All Dressed Up</a>" produced by Doretta Sperduto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2011).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZ1aU9rSkBZouyY-xBx-BhVtUqsOTqZRbBIpBjGr_37bhwQYDEszBEqfRRR_Sf4YqKTdksNynGyVefPFvQYSgcbWwyBeaTHPJZV78HguDjImuJte_FpottOl4tVHfsSarIrVDjQQBgsA/s1600/BlogGrisailleVerandaJulyAug2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZ1aU9rSkBZouyY-xBx-BhVtUqsOTqZRbBIpBjGr_37bhwQYDEszBEqfRRR_Sf4YqKTdksNynGyVefPFvQYSgcbWwyBeaTHPJZV78HguDjImuJte_FpottOl4tVHfsSarIrVDjQQBgsA/s640/BlogGrisailleVerandaJulyAug2012.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"19th-c. wallpaper panels, Linda Horsley Antiques. Antique French chairs in Vervain silk."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1921 Georgian manor in Richmond, Virginia </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">designed by classical architect W. Duncan Lee, "a leading residential architect of his day."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/">Suellen Gregory</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Sallie Brady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Flair, Form and Color" produced by Leslie Newsom Rascoe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (July - August 2012).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb1aKNiFIl9flBB-n4X5zWKvDp3YxoBQ2K9GwadBxyKk89ucilKTt0KjMVDY1_w0se2V6R8vAuPhJD0Wlhpt8a_M24uNKWUbPy1Ln8Tl2cGPaoYin5l4FHdCNsbolI37mCwx-J_rh48w/s1600/BlogGrisailleVerandaJulyAug2012+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb1aKNiFIl9flBB-n4X5zWKvDp3YxoBQ2K9GwadBxyKk89ucilKTt0KjMVDY1_w0se2V6R8vAuPhJD0Wlhpt8a_M24uNKWUbPy1Ln8Tl2cGPaoYin5l4FHdCNsbolI37mCwx-J_rh48w/s640/BlogGrisailleVerandaJulyAug2012+(3).jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Contemporary art and an antique fragment balance gilt touches."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1921 Georgian manor in Richmond, Virginia </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">designed by classical architect W. Duncan Lee, "a leading residential architect of his day."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/">Suellen Gregory</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Sallie Brady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Flair, Form and Color" produced by Leslie Newsom Rascoe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (July - August 2012).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqmwrUNNn18fuKiZI07fz_kv5Gu6HYuegmpHtkp7SIdcQlJu5vPVSe4h5OFLbhbhAUreBwBDrU0puV_gIpVIzpwdbWVFxolytK1M_4bYbWCq117CbBNQ8XTCHMQJqJQMm8gLUFujF1Ak/s1600/BlogGrisailleVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqmwrUNNn18fuKiZI07fz_kv5Gu6HYuegmpHtkp7SIdcQlJu5vPVSe4h5OFLbhbhAUreBwBDrU0puV_gIpVIzpwdbWVFxolytK1M_4bYbWCq117CbBNQ8XTCHMQJqJQMm8gLUFujF1Ak/s640/BlogGrisailleVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Grisaille</i> wallpaper panel, tole urn and garden seat, all antiques.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tablecloth in vintage Fortuny fabric."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM24LzSA3E35oPppcQLBhGeDHWAPRAJyF24LQ7_rmcGq6nVrgAF-TfcniINI1WqQYT4rh3hZqr280YvbT4PXrj6JeJJXAgi-oXS60TskgueuCuWzWIMgyVnkDDe71b0-6LWn3BeW4ymg/s1600/bunny-williams-interior-design-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM24LzSA3E35oPppcQLBhGeDHWAPRAJyF24LQ7_rmcGq6nVrgAF-TfcniINI1WqQYT4rh3hZqr280YvbT4PXrj6JeJJXAgi-oXS60TskgueuCuWzWIMgyVnkDDe71b0-6LWn3BeW4ymg/s640/bunny-williams-interior-design-06-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The powder room wall covering - an album of family photos printed on glazed canvas scrawled with white gold - was inspired by <i>grisaille</i> walls [Bunny Williams] once saw in a European dining room and by her client's love of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan penthouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bunnywilliams.com/">Bunny Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/bunny-williams-transforms-a-park-avenue-penthouse#slide-6">Upward Trajectory</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (February - March 2011).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRDvAL-_FuNBf3t9z8bzl9w1rP7ZCCkZ79TZEbddkmlz1RDQZOYiWzhXnZF2_5Lb_5Ztj0cf4IFs6NBQX48TidhkyiGxxto_szPO48cjQbVSgx2JDNB_-FDL1kRFBI_mrAUkuHZbcHs8/s1600/BlogGrisailleADFeb2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRDvAL-_FuNBf3t9z8bzl9w1rP7ZCCkZ79TZEbddkmlz1RDQZOYiWzhXnZF2_5Lb_5Ztj0cf4IFs6NBQX48TidhkyiGxxto_szPO48cjQbVSgx2JDNB_-FDL1kRFBI_mrAUkuHZbcHs8/s640/BlogGrisailleADFeb2012.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the bedroom, a painted canvas panel forms a dramatic backdrop for an antique English hall chair from Cove Landing and an Empire bench."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York City duplex of Nina Griscom and Leonel Piraino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nina Griscom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nina Griscom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-02/nina-griscom-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=11">Shifting Gears</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest </a>(February 2012).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxPCjV0bHG8G1F2aOobT4mJBi1W9YRQS2TJICiqb0Qnicw2A-VIz6STrhhE5tvEwyofQHGb7JdubWK9DTW9P0OLXr2j3gcb9a2kRU-YGndPjv8cLVucZhJZzqXW683IxdJZIunwM-OsU/s1600/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxPCjV0bHG8G1F2aOobT4mJBi1W9YRQS2TJICiqb0Qnicw2A-VIz6STrhhE5tvEwyofQHGb7JdubWK9DTW9P0OLXr2j3gcb9a2kRU-YGndPjv8cLVucZhJZzqXW683IxdJZIunwM-OsU/s640/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-01-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living room . . . a mural by Bob Christian serves as a backdrop for a Louis XVI chaise and a pair of 18th-century Italian gilt armchairs, covered in fabric by Nobilis and Claremont, respectively; the Louis XV chair by the fireplace is upholstered in Claremont fabric."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York pied-a-terre of Los Angeles decorator Suzanne Rheinstein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannerheinstein.com/">Suzanne Rheinstein</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julia Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/suzanne-rheinsteins-city-escape#slide-1">The Age of Elegance</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2010).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvg4ZuTBQn2_VO9Yemkxu3w-rOQssuy4Em34aRXfu_uUZUgKhm6jnpAVM-b44rRDVYPyyAuCVvFeDMxkJSMkxcPkikvmk4wujeOzkL8Lz2KeJQwWSrJkN2pDWwgteX-smiGI55td322s/s1600/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvg4ZuTBQn2_VO9Yemkxu3w-rOQssuy4Em34aRXfu_uUZUgKhm6jnpAVM-b44rRDVYPyyAuCVvFeDMxkJSMkxcPkikvmk4wujeOzkL8Lz2KeJQwWSrJkN2pDWwgteX-smiGI55td322s/s640/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-06-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of the living room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York pied-a-terre of Los Angeles decorator Suzanne Rheinstein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannerheinstein.com/">Suzanne Rheinstein</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julia Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/suzanne-rheinsteins-city-escape#slide-6">The Age of Elegance</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2010).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOxqG4CDV-USNiml8dTqpZgSzEGAX4Ey-CcPhp-IR1sbAIgwAScT76EdTjMtOh01VF-whxyPZMNu1u6peF8jDdSqjCxBhtUA-YKrUIltGf1ZyHUcHXZularcI6UsBb3TPgWhRTFIPrbM/s1600/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-07-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOxqG4CDV-USNiml8dTqpZgSzEGAX4Ey-CcPhp-IR1sbAIgwAScT76EdTjMtOh01VF-whxyPZMNu1u6peF8jDdSqjCxBhtUA-YKrUIltGf1ZyHUcHXZularcI6UsBb3TPgWhRTFIPrbM/s640/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-07-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room's walnut desk from <a href="http://hollyhockinc.com/">Hollyhock</a> and bleached-oak table are both 18th century; the wing chairs are vintage, and the curtains are of a cotton-silk by Rheinstein."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York pied-a-terre of Los Angeles decorator Suzanne Rheinstein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannerheinstein.com/">Suzanne Rheinstein</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julia Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/suzanne-rheinsteins-city-escape#slide-7">The Age of Elegance</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2010).</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPf8AdnJZQn62nyiG5r4-yuowtQnS89KbiFZRG-yS4PlSDYZ8BebB6BsvOts-CXkTZxj9kOHeT1I1NhJ6fr1b35kXcD24wyoUAlq9kaYGShCx0kG170eZLkXkbN8MiRZ3JcfU4gZCVlw/s1600/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-08-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPf8AdnJZQn62nyiG5r4-yuowtQnS89KbiFZRG-yS4PlSDYZ8BebB6BsvOts-CXkTZxj9kOHeT1I1NhJ6fr1b35kXcD24wyoUAlq9kaYGShCx0kG170eZLkXkbN8MiRZ3JcfU4gZCVlw/s640/pied-a-terre-new-york-ed1110-rheinstein-08-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Louis XV cane armchairs with silk cushions flank a marble-top table with an antique wood base; the lamp is by <a href="http://hollyhockinc.com/">Hollyhock</a>, and the mirror is Georgian."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York pied-a-terre of Los Angeles decorator Suzanne Rheinstein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannerheinstein.com/">Suzanne Rheinstein</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Julia Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/suzanne-rheinsteins-city-escape#slide-8">The Age of Elegance</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (November 2010).</span> </div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Grisaille: A Painting in Shades of Gray

I received a Neiman Marcus home catalog in the mail the other day, and this "Italian Grisaille Panel" caught my eye." ...

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