Dreaming of Dandelions

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I grew up in Houston, Texas, and I used to love the "Dandelion Fountain" on Allen Parkway:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh629eL8nx0eBZT4eKs0toTTOB8Rs8HnTgaOhM5Am8aMXvD-2ZPAR84E_9jxQCmagGegP4y72lFdh8TPksxfgOUsi_EdPD-eaDEssNW0d18_2cSQ0vy_m033x9vZTqRSHu3_ysUDKpJ3Qc/s1600/photo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh629eL8nx0eBZT4eKs0toTTOB8Rs8HnTgaOhM5Am8aMXvD-2ZPAR84E_9jxQCmagGegP4y72lFdh8TPksxfgOUsi_EdPD-eaDEssNW0d18_2cSQ0vy_m033x9vZTqRSHu3_ysUDKpJ3Qc/s1600/photo2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houstontx.gov/municipalart/wortham.html" target="_blank">Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Date: 1978. Bronze coated with lacquer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Location: Buffalo Bayou Park (Allen Parkway near Waugh).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Worthams were inspired to commission the Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain after seeing a similar fountain in Australia. The fountain was designed by local architect, William Cannady and donated to the City of Houston by the Wortham Foundation and American General Insurance. The fountain, also affectionately called 'the dandelion fountain' is located in the 2900 block of Allen Parkway."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via the <a href="http://www.houstontx.gov/" target="_blank">City of Houston</a> website.</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/AVvXsEgPetuJVyT9w9wyvW6dlGNf-9yyrnkhmOL-QXReulKogYhttyF7X8Qh5JRNsAO87851pL5M6Hpa3IsKGio6SOIw5S6T5L0xIJz_bH7-BkEh1jlD51DY-gmp2g5anfZ7VA2WOF6m662lZow/s1600/wortham+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPetuJVyT9w9wyvW6dlGNf-9yyrnkhmOL-QXReulKogYhttyF7X8Qh5JRNsAO87851pL5M6Hpa3IsKGio6SOIw5S6T5L0xIJz_bH7-BkEh1jlD51DY-gmp2g5anfZ7VA2WOF6m662lZow/s1600/wortham+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houstontx.gov/municipalart/wortham.html" target="_blank">Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Date: 1978. Bronze coated with lacquer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Location: Buffalo Bayou Park (Allen Parkway near Waugh).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designed by architect William Cannady.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The fountain is comprised of a central bronze shaft with multiple bronze sprinkler pipes radiating out of a central hub. The pipes are equal in length giving the top portion of the fountain a spherical shape, which is reinforced by the surface of the sphere created by the spraying water."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.houstontx.gov/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">City of Houston</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These Tony Duquette Dandelion light fixtures by Remains Lighting remind me of the Dandelion Fountain: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfny_hQjp5kWPhTwUwVkhdJFiB4c_cigV1pGs683dlNlaiMOA43MlmuWhSDNDI-qJwz3r4f5Y5FnOjG6GG-KmFlRGgBqhPq4fgKCF3pra8NI-e1FIN8l2LuB5oU2QzuCMVOcLTOwsTZo/s1600/DandelionFixtures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfny_hQjp5kWPhTwUwVkhdJFiB4c_cigV1pGs683dlNlaiMOA43MlmuWhSDNDI-qJwz3r4f5Y5FnOjG6GG-KmFlRGgBqhPq4fgKCF3pra8NI-e1FIN8l2LuB5oU2QzuCMVOcLTOwsTZo/s1600/DandelionFixtures.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In keeping with Tony Duquette's decorative vision of exploding fireworks, starbursts, sunbursts and super novas, the new Dandelion fixtures by Remains Lighting are another example of his unique point of view. Duquette always insisted that his jeweled brooches could be blown up to become a chandelier… And vice versa…."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hutton Wilkinson - President, Tony Duquette, Inc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.remains.com/blog/2014/06/introducing-the-duquette-dandelions/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Introducing the Duquette Dandelions</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remains Lighting Blog Post (June 30, 2014).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkThxKTvMyk2n8n3R_yNdFQW600_oko4tI14ez5cYbNrzaMpbOfocZjVsqubae6rqlH5w2mlqy-7H5uRBg4GFGl_vXztjynN7Vj9zwHi8hCYYjCYRAWuvQQCvLkfQPL9KgzntFEVdFvQ/s1600/DandelionSketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkThxKTvMyk2n8n3R_yNdFQW600_oko4tI14ez5cYbNrzaMpbOfocZjVsqubae6rqlH5w2mlqy-7H5uRBg4GFGl_vXztjynN7Vj9zwHi8hCYYjCYRAWuvQQCvLkfQPL9KgzntFEVdFvQ/s1600/DandelionSketch.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tony Duquette "loved making beaded chandeliers for his clients and the Dandelion takes his idea of a fixture entirely made of flowers and turns one dandelion seed head into an entire decorative extravaganza. This new illuminated conversation piece for Remains Lighting takes a weed and turns it into one more of Duquette’s extraordinary ‘exclamation points’ for a room.” - Hutton Wilkinson - President, Tony Duquette, Inc.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.remains.com/blog/2014/06/introducing-the-duquette-dandelions/" target="_blank">Introducing the Duquette Dandelions</a>" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remains Lighting Blog Post (June 30, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXlx9Ci_weaO5crhf52-4vzjNVcIvdS_I1wbWo_HnijUCdjlG_67VddrA2vJ1QJrI9QmheO-zUCQ_PAzLITrRlHspKdW5VGVGp8a3PM4K1SfsNqHTlZKeH03yvLxjeuLe6OKDhqGwccA/s1600/4c398c2614e191d5ad2f052a514d743a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXlx9Ci_weaO5crhf52-4vzjNVcIvdS_I1wbWo_HnijUCdjlG_67VddrA2vJ1QJrI9QmheO-zUCQ_PAzLITrRlHspKdW5VGVGp8a3PM4K1SfsNqHTlZKeH03yvLxjeuLe6OKDhqGwccA/s1600/4c398c2614e191d5ad2f052a514d743a.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/a-diamond-and-tsavorite-garnet-dandelion-brooch-5394796-details.aspx" target="_blank">A diamond and tsavorite garnet dandelion brooch by Tiffany and Co.</a> sold by <a href="http://www.christies.com/" target="_blank">Christie's</a> in New York on December 7, 2010 for $16,250. </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/AVvXsEgtaDWfDvCkl_Awgm-A-qknqzRprxC-kcLQe5oDbiXhP4EkvmYXG0zRWsVfl82ZW76zIJb4-fd5tenG9vMXMvn5Zt_T1eNPwJ2xgMAWsHs5l-D76crxhhEknGIdczqHeNmr9RWcPB4fI5Y/s1600/interior-design-ideas-ED07-03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaDWfDvCkl_Awgm-A-qknqzRprxC-kcLQe5oDbiXhP4EkvmYXG0zRWsVfl82ZW76zIJb4-fd5tenG9vMXMvn5Zt_T1eNPwJ2xgMAWsHs5l-D76crxhhEknGIdczqHeNmr9RWcPB4fI5Y/s1600/interior-design-ideas-ED07-03-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Overhead dangles a 1950s American brass-and-crystal chandelier that looks like a giant dandelion, and one wall displays a portrait of a startlingly beautiful nun graced with a Brigitte Bardot pout. It’s artist Tony Scherman’s irreverent depiction of Catherine Millet, the author of the racy 2002 memoir <i>The Sexual Life of Catherine M.</i>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment of Milly designer Michelle Smith and her family.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styling by Carlos Mota.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/thoroughly-modern-milly#slide-3" target="_blank">Thoroughly Modern Milly</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</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/AVvXsEh4sQu3Phv6F_7Sf8NvC4welqbfK6J0ngcQ-obXVNuyRNy0hX0scjrp2z9iW4tslba2-N7sbqUMOC0wReMT7Vbb8IelD96Fsjv9Wl8aUQmDp4E1KNXz0hHnaX7Yn67j52jrTdSNJSHt514/s1600/home-decorating-ideas-turk-ED07-06-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sQu3Phv6F_7Sf8NvC4welqbfK6J0ngcQ-obXVNuyRNy0hX0scjrp2z9iW4tslba2-N7sbqUMOC0wReMT7Vbb8IelD96Fsjv9Wl8aUQmDp4E1KNXz0hHnaX7Yn67j52jrTdSNJSHt514/s1600/home-decorating-ideas-turk-ED07-06-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "In the dining room, vintage William Haines brass chairs and a George Nelson table by Herman Miller." The nine-foot-tall dandelion sculpture is "a 1960s knockoff of a Bertoia sculpture. The original is made of steel with a marble base. But this one is set in a stump, and looks like a hippie made it in his backyard."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles home of fashion designer Trina Turk.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/case-study#slide-6" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Case Study</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Christine Lennon.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</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/AVvXsEiLeBXfMwVcM-YLj1ElbJPcxBSOx8MLy9s9X-AjRlF2WnXbAmH_d3jV3M2RvOqT3tdldqE5TBbXqJ36VkBKemUFBBIvxcpfHK7W4qy1L8590oq7LSbH0SEbomYIT0buFwP1QxXPeV6ylAE/s1600/824444_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeBXfMwVcM-YLj1ElbJPcxBSOx8MLy9s9X-AjRlF2WnXbAmH_d3jV3M2RvOqT3tdldqE5TBbXqJ36VkBKemUFBBIvxcpfHK7W4qy1L8590oq7LSbH0SEbomYIT0buFwP1QxXPeV6ylAE/s1600/824444_l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/sculptures/oversize-dandelion-sculpture-brass-jere/id-f_824444/" target="_blank">Oversize Dandelion Sculpture</a> in Brass by Curtis Jere. Circa 1970s.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dandelion form was a popular motif for Jere and can be found in a range of smaller sizes intended to be displayed on a table or pedestal. This oversize version is much more uncommon. Standing 51" tall, it's an impressive piece and adds a shimmering excitement to any interior."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/pegboard-modern/" target="_blank">Pegboard Modern </a>via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</a>.</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/AVvXsEhcTxpxoNmPu7_zNbI0J03SPa5KIq_zSVDo3L6umMh8-0ssmyzRfEnxLvphPLSWZN6bNukyZcTfIzdkaqg9jPIJihC9z1m2g8U_6Tv0ed-KdBbrgBcjUYdLz_vf4-wdhg5Zyybo_Juormo/s1600/611c81c58ec2b9f61fc2acafeacab4cf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTxpxoNmPu7_zNbI0J03SPa5KIq_zSVDo3L6umMh8-0ssmyzRfEnxLvphPLSWZN6bNukyZcTfIzdkaqg9jPIJihC9z1m2g8U_6Tv0ed-KdBbrgBcjUYdLz_vf4-wdhg5Zyybo_Juormo/s1600/611c81c58ec2b9f61fc2acafeacab4cf.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gumps.com/p/caspari-make-a-wish-cards?cm_vc=Search" target="_blank">Caspari Make a Wish Card</a> offered by <a href="http://www.gumps.com/" target="_blank">Gump's</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyTtCBXXwgI3fMdPVf3CbbscnY-jggjiLADoX6z48xmq34HptJYv2ZV1pEhVkLH7blV398xUIliUedkeQ1DyPpa6A10643jY6fuvTtT-Yr4uZVl3EPNt2ASNUicuIoukKg7fjBUEgSHQ/s1600/XXX_7867_1291762286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyTtCBXXwgI3fMdPVf3CbbscnY-jggjiLADoX6z48xmq34HptJYv2ZV1pEhVkLH7blV398xUIliUedkeQ1DyPpa6A10643jY6fuvTtT-Yr4uZVl3EPNt2ASNUicuIoukKg7fjBUEgSHQ/s1600/XXX_7867_1291762286.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/lighting/chandeliers-pendant-lights/pair-of-venetian-dandelion-chandeliers/id-f_474429/" target="_blank">Venetian Dandelion Chandelier</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A beautiful brass and blown glass chandelier with over 160 glass elements. 12 light sources. Restored. Originally installed in an Italian resort. A Venini design. Rewired. Date of manufacture: 1960."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/dealers/kerson-gallery/" target="_blank">Kerson 20th Century Design</a> via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</a>.</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/AVvXsEiYG629wJD1q2fq7KE2NM94uknTLeEk24Tjh-hCyNuTtXwESolOPmUeROzmJjWigW8lNB3c66dRQv7TrsYisnwch6MqY32kReiwqX-WxlEbFM_RWKZNSpb-ykDvzgZWiZwXQxlXFddFuYs/s1600/book-covers-3_el_26jan12_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYG629wJD1q2fq7KE2NM94uknTLeEk24Tjh-hCyNuTtXwESolOPmUeROzmJjWigW8lNB3c66dRQv7TrsYisnwch6MqY32kReiwqX-WxlEbFM_RWKZNSpb-ykDvzgZWiZwXQxlXFddFuYs/s1600/book-covers-3_el_26jan12_b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/interiors/beautiful-books/the-sense-of-an-ending" target="_blank">Judge These Books By Their Covers</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/" target="_blank">House and Garden</a>.</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/AVvXsEh0CmfSvsjUk0BPnuTBBEiLsz-6WtBOMd2fXKiXh5BuzgXVC-8E1HC2_uPJ3_P8KimIlLyHahZelzUfPzrNamIBFWjoO5nuQnuJoZbGBlN_EY09MlVeffaMld-90Cl-5v2RfsnaBx0_Rx8/s1600/Dandeolines_large.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CmfSvsjUk0BPnuTBBEiLsz-6WtBOMd2fXKiXh5BuzgXVC-8E1HC2_uPJ3_P8KimIlLyHahZelzUfPzrNamIBFWjoO5nuQnuJoZbGBlN_EY09MlVeffaMld-90Cl-5v2RfsnaBx0_Rx8/s1600/Dandeolines_large.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.johnderian.com/collections/hugo-guinness-2014/products/dandeolines-png" target="_blank">Dandelions</a>" by Hugo Guinness.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45" by 64"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.johnderian.com/" target="_blank">John Derian</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHq1_JsjPRxFWTcxXtMlpbwFBoLbTbWaUTX90pu3Bq_NEHb8DvmVqtPH1hyphenhyphenwsV_RIRmfU4fNG4ST-ovh5U7uFdspmOqrM1oUuwWZLWQrWh3L96MHSUg6qx2N1ubYW_mn0my_RGFqLAfTY/s1600/EDC060112ArtShow02-400-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHq1_JsjPRxFWTcxXtMlpbwFBoLbTbWaUTX90pu3Bq_NEHb8DvmVqtPH1hyphenhyphenwsV_RIRmfU4fNG4ST-ovh5U7uFdspmOqrM1oUuwWZLWQrWh3L96MHSUg6qx2N1ubYW_mn0my_RGFqLAfTY/s1600/EDC060112ArtShow02-400-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/culture/art-show-takashi-tomo-oka#slide-2" target="_blank">Dandelion</a></i>, 2010 by Takashi Tomo-oka.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Takashi Tomo-oka, Courtesy of Ippodo Gallery NY.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/culture/art-show/art-show-takashi-tomo-oka-a?click=main_sr" target="_blank">Art Show: Takashi Tomo-oka</a>" by Vicky Lowry.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</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/AVvXsEh88sp75AuhaqvH3Y1CKHKzonZDqFTbFngZRlwUe-WRW4Yifj9e1YiRjVzWgDuycSQw6KdGFdctrNkLjF_L3GZtiEtXEBRgbEIOyx0CCtSh8d7u-VMKvg1AaE-L7yOFnA4DVL4plFK9LWQ/s1600/nate-berkus-interior-design-ed0710-10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88sp75AuhaqvH3Y1CKHKzonZDqFTbFngZRlwUe-WRW4Yifj9e1YiRjVzWgDuycSQw6KdGFdctrNkLjF_L3GZtiEtXEBRgbEIOyx0CCtSh8d7u-VMKvg1AaE-L7yOFnA4DVL4plFK9LWQ/s1600/nate-berkus-interior-design-ed0710-10-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A canopy bed by Niermann Weeks in Adelaide’s room is draped in a Perennials fabric, and the bedding is by Leontine Linens; the chandelier is 1960s Italian, and the silk wall panels are by de Gournay."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Nate Berkus.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styling by Stephen Pappas.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/high-style-in-florida-65133#slide-10" target="_blank">High Style in Florida</a>" by Mitchell Owens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a>.</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/AVvXsEj_VO894Yqsk9FSe4Z7p0cn4teHVarbGHw7EuGbK_DoS-r1rmeEaHbY2ZqWOFmCsbVmGyO1_LqR7fpAO5zx6xWOnp9HvF-zwCOq89sHJhE_tj3Ws34hDBj8jtbo2vmzxU0SWoxb5vrgBxg/s1600/504badb1fa25d804c0f082802d47ca33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VO894Yqsk9FSe4Z7p0cn4teHVarbGHw7EuGbK_DoS-r1rmeEaHbY2ZqWOFmCsbVmGyO1_LqR7fpAO5zx6xWOnp9HvF-zwCOq89sHJhE_tj3Ws34hDBj8jtbo2vmzxU0SWoxb5vrgBxg/s1600/504badb1fa25d804c0f082802d47ca33.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/30764112.jsp?cm_vc=SEARCH_RESULTS#/" target="_blank">Dandelion Orbit Chandelier</a> offered by <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/" target="_blank">Anthropologie</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCsbsu1QcmS4NiDgBqt_ujwDMxOKsi6LtY4otjsP7U404moDzDL80MwwOjz912tlSO1twoxCdCH_G4k8NVCbWDGPSug2xIrSJjHgU_Kart67hncsVlbeCZTC9Jyo_4vo8eNav-AUpugA/s1600/3839634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCsbsu1QcmS4NiDgBqt_ujwDMxOKsi6LtY4otjsP7U404moDzDL80MwwOjz912tlSO1twoxCdCH_G4k8NVCbWDGPSug2xIrSJjHgU_Kart67hncsVlbeCZTC9Jyo_4vo8eNav-AUpugA/s1600/3839634.jpg" width="426" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://timorousbeasties.com/shop/fabric/1455/dandelion/#" target="_blank">Dandelion</a>" on wool voile.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.timorousbeasties.com/" target="_blank">Timorous Beasties</a>.</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/AVvXsEh0e3XJakMzLvGl_O14npxW1w8-Ok5vKDcgcBdrN01RrD1rtsZi5dzx-63zpKVgaXVPeG0vZUkItCNug_Ip8Ca07Mc1dEnIAQlKmYyrxsRJwmTcp4Akd2UtOKGMWTS6SloEphGtys_fdVo/s1600/garden-farm-landscape-ohio-farmhouse-0412-xln.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0e3XJakMzLvGl_O14npxW1w8-Ok5vKDcgcBdrN01RrD1rtsZi5dzx-63zpKVgaXVPeG0vZUkItCNug_Ip8Ca07Mc1dEnIAQlKmYyrxsRJwmTcp4Akd2UtOKGMWTS6SloEphGtys_fdVo/s1600/garden-farm-landscape-ohio-farmhouse-0412-xln.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the kitchen garden, lettuces, basil, chard, and dandelion greens populate the raised beds."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ohio farm of Page and Greg Price.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/homes/house-tours/farmhouse-decorating-ideas?click=main_sr#slide-17" target="_blank">Inside a Collected Ohio Farmhouse</a>" by Ada Calhoun.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWe8La_SL6HVo9wO58BNT9Tc1FJb4Nc4cqmbhy8OCejIysLW86zILWjCcVyXl_CeznGyaO-g4TUqNVYAGcYxWTzxmfxBfP2O8Cu0iWJVpqSE6VLaNE4vD6FBOB-mqkQLev5Qk3wVeuvOQ/s1600/fwelch_metball_v_8may12_rex_b_592x888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWe8La_SL6HVo9wO58BNT9Tc1FJb4Nc4cqmbhy8OCejIysLW86zILWjCcVyXl_CeznGyaO-g4TUqNVYAGcYxWTzxmfxBfP2O8Cu0iWJVpqSE6VLaNE4vD6FBOB-mqkQLev5Qk3wVeuvOQ/s1600/fwelch_metball_v_8may12_rex_b_592x888.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Trust Florence Welch to wear one of the Met Ball’s most eccentric outfits. The singer certainly made an entrance in this 3D Dandelion embroidered organza tiered dress, courtesy of Alexander McQueen. In fact her entire outfit was by the designer, including her Armadillo heel sandals and knuckle box clutch."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Rex Features.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/fashion/celebrity-fashion/2012/05/met-ball-2012#!image-number=25" target="_blank">Met Ball: All The Dresses</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/" target="_blank">Glamour Magazine UK</a> (May 2012).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR2TzSZHpuy8rQw1ADeZpAEp9TYwExiC3l2XRUzliyFOGdNwuhjr6j9fc0WdnB7inG-0RhKycc7ng5x0dI5-AxFNIVMbHWzG37PTnUNkUnC_xDFzck_zWFN9uXojmqdJocadiqXOkFeE/s1600/yhst-75748725275044_2268_11834248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR2TzSZHpuy8rQw1ADeZpAEp9TYwExiC3l2XRUzliyFOGdNwuhjr6j9fc0WdnB7inG-0RhKycc7ng5x0dI5-AxFNIVMbHWzG37PTnUNkUnC_xDFzck_zWFN9uXojmqdJocadiqXOkFeE/s1600/yhst-75748725275044_2268_11834248.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.plantationdesign.com/md-dv165.html" target="_blank">Clear Quartz Dandelion Votive</a>" offered by <a href="http://www.plantationdesign.com/" target="_blank">Plantation Design</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGNtvR9RxVmc9K-nBE-8lLXa9yHdkwbFN8Lh3qpY65p1e7aMHsXNn5Wb0kLlWe7HS1mr_bKjwhorlH_6u0kDgo9FRNSiNWIpnqJm40KVet07QxLHnusMZo1mGidBwpAsF5d-xdNOzkyA/s1600/DOPWDA104_zoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGNtvR9RxVmc9K-nBE-8lLXa9yHdkwbFN8Lh3qpY65p1e7aMHsXNn5Wb0kLlWe7HS1mr_bKjwhorlH_6u0kDgo9FRNSiNWIpnqJm40KVet07QxLHnusMZo1mGidBwpAsF5d-xdNOzkyA/s1600/DOPWDA104_zoom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.sanderson-uk.com/shop/wallpaper/options-10-wallpapers/dandelion-clocks/?code=DOPWDA104" target="_blank">Dandelion Clocks</a>" wallpaper by <a href="http://www.sanderson-uk.com/" target="_blank">Sanderson</a> "is a fun and funky 50s retro design. Stylized dandelion heads with seeds radiating from a central point are printed in four off-beat color combinations."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other colorways available.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5VShXW16cn9kIBQWplH4jMCQV4oBFe2Pi3RllHIO0t2P_izCBI0P9X_LEfFDhAmeuAhcTpSUqIQVt5iqiCLJmv3ve-A6Q7eNrTOixuw33FQNJa7J84ZHrqR6-4TI1oY0ha8OOCxS9oc/s1600/DOPNDC303_zoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5VShXW16cn9kIBQWplH4jMCQV4oBFe2Pi3RllHIO0t2P_izCBI0P9X_LEfFDhAmeuAhcTpSUqIQVt5iqiCLJmv3ve-A6Q7eNrTOixuw33FQNJa7J84ZHrqR6-4TI1oY0ha8OOCxS9oc/s1600/DOPNDC303_zoom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.sanderson-uk.com/shop/fabric/options-10/dandelion-embroidery/?code=DOPNDC303" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dandelion Embroidery</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by </span><a href="http://www.sanderson-uk.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sanderson</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ivory/orange fabric. Other colorways available.</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/AVvXsEituLZyCkppLh93oStwyFkp4ZOvmXM1S1p6zgKmgp82tsqjPUiB9RlMNeiH9FWA5tnKq02ATVGn_Ocd4YTKobGSPoP8DDkZByf9YZhmTOVXMNEKiYTcPtkvRpkYCmGOeRAMwxdGBZLv33c/s1600/rhbc_prod397511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituLZyCkppLh93oStwyFkp4ZOvmXM1S1p6zgKmgp82tsqjPUiB9RlMNeiH9FWA5tnKq02ATVGn_Ocd4YTKobGSPoP8DDkZByf9YZhmTOVXMNEKiYTcPtkvRpkYCmGOeRAMwxdGBZLv33c/s1600/rhbc_prod397511.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=rhbc_prod397511&categoryId=search" target="_blank">Dandelion Puff Pillow</a> offered by <a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/" target="_blank">RH Baby and Child</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nothing captivates the imagination quite like the perfect circular shape and wonderful puffiness of a real dandelion, although our appliquéd pillows – with their buoyant, ruffled pom-poms – come close."</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In petal, grey, white, lilac or pool.</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/AVvXsEiMANNAMWMyBDsi6YtxWEoU1od1ZRbAIY-ookvzIeiI-QmCBmK6LhlNA3WFRrCuRAaEGzppzvefCY2zptbVl2hLF6f1aYZv8GqFJef3CcJpMY8p9ybhTiM_yI5jDiWnToggzjgbom7W0pc/s1600/rhbc_prod379393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMANNAMWMyBDsi6YtxWEoU1od1ZRbAIY-ookvzIeiI-QmCBmK6LhlNA3WFRrCuRAaEGzppzvefCY2zptbVl2hLF6f1aYZv8GqFJef3CcJpMY8p9ybhTiM_yI5jDiWnToggzjgbom7W0pc/s1600/rhbc_prod379393.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=rhbc_prod379393&categoryId=search" target="_blank">Dandelion Art</a> offered by <a href="http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/" target="_blank">RH Baby and Child</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dandelions delight children by being easy to find, soft and puffy to the touch and, as legend has it, promising granted wishes when all the spores are blown away. Our art celebrates that magic while bringing an antique-inspired element of décor to the walls."</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/AVvXsEgHrImrE-N2vsd2WwWpLgr6Ax5-d1GxQd5RZpVDhJYBkvJKY0hlSpu2qj_Cd5PNKq8aqIY4Zox5GuAWlsXIP04IuaKxORW7u3YkpLcb_B3uGYURerlBl_gvuzsnZyBMsGytMEvKbQ_20DE/s1600/65c53cb20e00e2b0be18f4fb66f08eb9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrImrE-N2vsd2WwWpLgr6Ax5-d1GxQd5RZpVDhJYBkvJKY0hlSpu2qj_Cd5PNKq8aqIY4Zox5GuAWlsXIP04IuaKxORW7u3YkpLcb_B3uGYURerlBl_gvuzsnZyBMsGytMEvKbQ_20DE/s1600/65c53cb20e00e2b0be18f4fb66f08eb9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.allegrahicks.com/shop/printed-linens-dandelion-natural-white/" target="_blank">Printed Linens: Dandelion Natural White</a> - offered by <a href="http://www.allegrahicks.com/" target="_blank">Allegra Hicks</a>.</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/AVvXsEgfXd8Q-dhJqPMZStJOb-pm3M_WEiKEuMPcuTB98Wwb7Bb594iKV5YRv2ykV1L59VHh3yM9cq0DVQWBVD5yjRJYHou1am7bNTwJotYYxAYZFaanOFeVz8xVWfb30Dpbua_b08AC9puzw08/s1600/51bab831d9127e0cc9000a27._w.540_s.fit_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXd8Q-dhJqPMZStJOb-pm3M_WEiKEuMPcuTB98Wwb7Bb594iKV5YRv2ykV1L59VHh3yM9cq0DVQWBVD5yjRJYHou1am7bNTwJotYYxAYZFaanOFeVz8xVWfb30Dpbua_b08AC9puzw08/s1600/51bab831d9127e0cc9000a27._w.540_s.fit_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Switzerland-based artist Regine Ramseier created this lovely installation made entirely of dandelions. About 2,000 of these ephemeral plants were gathered near the artist's home and installed on the ceiling of a gallery, creating an indoor meadow one can wander beneath."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via Regine Ramseier via Apartment Therapy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/green-style-dandelion-installa-159257" target="_blank">Green Style: Dandelion Installation</a>" by Leela Cyd.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/" target="_blank">Apartment Therapy</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The First Dandelion</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Simple and fresh and fair from winter's close</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>      emerging,</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>As if no artifice of fashion, business, politics,</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>      had ever been,</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Forth from its sunny nook of shelter'd grass—</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>      innocent, golden, calm as the dawn,</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The spring's first dandelion shows its trustful</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>      face.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walt Whitman</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/periodical/poems/per.00114" target="_blank">New York Herald</a></i> (March 12, 1888).</span><br /><br /></div>

Dreaming of Dandelions

I grew up in Houston, Texas, and I used to love the "Dandelion Fountain" on Allen Parkway: Gus S. Wortham Memorial Fountain . Date...

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Brocade for Fall

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I apologize for my absence. I have been busy with work, writing projects, a brief vacation, and never-ending back-to-school forms. I am back, and brocades keep catching my eye. Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, and Tory Burch showed brocades for fall 2014, and the beautiful fabrics can be used to cover chairs, tables and windows, as well . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmufRu8xZrLX74T-ycpsisu3PFMKs-Jux2ZLQMuiZYIZuVPVwz7E1kHWIhiDEKQg3Akqw7NbCPKSprTJsmM1sicLofE3JxHmgaoPR1wyY-E_PmMwhVdykzEUM1dZ8NRW41FMEANMFRLCg/s1600/10zCOUTURE-master675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmufRu8xZrLX74T-ycpsisu3PFMKs-Jux2ZLQMuiZYIZuVPVwz7E1kHWIhiDEKQg3Akqw7NbCPKSprTJsmM1sicLofE3JxHmgaoPR1wyY-E_PmMwhVdykzEUM1dZ8NRW41FMEANMFRLCg/s1600/10zCOUTURE-master675.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At Dior, Marie Antoinette-worthy corsets and crinolined brocade gowns displayed a deft interplay between the past and the future." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Valerio Mezzanotti for <i>The New York Times</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/fashion/paris-couture-review-chanel-dior-armani-prive-and-more.html?ref=fashion&_r=1" target="_blank">The Past as Road to Tomorrow</a>" by Vanessa Friedman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (July 9, 2014).</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/AVvXsEjV7-OVXL8EprTweRmx8qQ_jpkCPkDPko-32MsdPfaEfXzNG5Zw4XmhjkG_7WDilzqt6STgcMsC9mDFiQgPQs0zDQCgmQguTtX7gb_fzmJKPY7B_Pukp16RvQNG8-jWEgCUvTEhWEGJ264/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.floral-fabrics-design-influence-05-dior-david-wiseman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7-OVXL8EprTweRmx8qQ_jpkCPkDPko-32MsdPfaEfXzNG5Zw4XmhjkG_7WDilzqt6STgcMsC9mDFiQgPQs0zDQCgmQguTtX7gb_fzmJKPY7B_Pukp16RvQNG8-jWEgCUvTEhWEGJ264/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.floral-fabrics-design-influence-05-dior-david-wiseman.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dior’s sumptuous parade of white floral brocade dresses presented against a backdrop of endless white orchids with pink centers."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Dominique Charriau/WireImage.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/07/fall-2014-couture-florals-article" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Daily AD: Floral Fabrics Parade Down Paris Runways</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 23, 2014).</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1J1zWpMSMvO5-44qy6y72MVOAqbUFnLjnns8LGsTL8Uqdn90CfewYEC9byBd6FzGH1zQyM2jphOe1FdcTjwSnxPeNHZYPpNLEw9VmiC3ZiZP76eDHkRhcyT9qT2QEw4yxdSWWi0gTKs/s1600/BN-DS605_0716Fa_M_20140716184241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1J1zWpMSMvO5-44qy6y72MVOAqbUFnLjnns8LGsTL8Uqdn90CfewYEC9byBd6FzGH1zQyM2jphOe1FdcTjwSnxPeNHZYPpNLEw9VmiC3ZiZP76eDHkRhcyT9qT2QEw4yxdSWWi0gTKs/s1600/BN-DS605_0716Fa_M_20140716184241.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A seamstress hems a brocade dress."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dolce and Gabbana's fall Alta Moda collection - shown in Capri.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/photos-fashion-al-fresco-1405558664?KEYWORDS=brocade#5" target="_blank">Fashion Al Fresco</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> (June 17, 2014).</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/AVvXsEgECelsJjiaLXvUEq6v106CZnhUIFS8y6TnF0X8irgB0SId0hYnuCzJOdT_DBIy6kpqEgFTuZroAQMiyjwryewHndQ7PJAvMPYFo3tNkk7M_Ha2ZEUDvXs3KFK27gFJRBtAbY3BN9XW0rc/s1600/BN-DS615_0716Fa_M_20140716184303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECelsJjiaLXvUEq6v106CZnhUIFS8y6TnF0X8irgB0SId0hYnuCzJOdT_DBIy6kpqEgFTuZroAQMiyjwryewHndQ7PJAvMPYFo3tNkk7M_Ha2ZEUDvXs3KFK27gFJRBtAbY3BN9XW0rc/s1600/BN-DS615_0716Fa_M_20140716184303.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A model wears a hand-painted and embroidered brocade top and skirt."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dolce and Gabbana's fall Alta Moda collection - shown in Capri.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/photos-fashion-al-fresco-1405558664?KEYWORDS=brocade#12" target="_blank">Fashion Al Fresco</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> (June 17, 2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijtbaEWdnnbJVQShDh36fWp3mGfZXdGs4yaod-us6UkyUoCAW24V7yPl1pqwqIvfBGER1cqhpz2y3iwIxKtAWdGe6DAnmiWdOgk5koRtRWqvWIkKtWIhH_iHBSbKX5LOANrme9ePzUTI/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl05_beaujard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijtbaEWdnnbJVQShDh36fWp3mGfZXdGs4yaod-us6UkyUoCAW24V7yPl1pqwqIvfBGER1cqhpz2y3iwIxKtAWdGe6DAnmiWdOgk5koRtRWqvWIkKtWIhH_iHBSbKX5LOANrme9ePzUTI/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowVertical.hosl05_beaujard.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Marble columns topped with gilt-bronze cherub candelabra stand guard over a French desk and thronelike bergère, known as a confessional, from the 1880s. 'It was used in houses, but I suppose people felt they were in the confessional sitting there,' Beaujard says of the silk-brocade-covered piece. 'It’s nice because you feel very protected in it.' ”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paris duplex of antiques dealer and interior designer Jean-Paul Beaujard.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Marina Faust.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/archive/beaujard_article_092006" target="_blank">Jean-Paul Beaujard</a>" by Peter Haldeman.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (September 2006).</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/AVvXsEgGcejAKZIbiySIcJKPgAbUygtqBplIe0JJ8EeaTW5oJRr799naY88LWzV9vYLZ0k-LvoMJrj1SOED3pJaIsTwCig6WLABql55X4CKC3rV5GvWowfnbWSNeWkpAz3TTTV3m2uJgTw5VDZs/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.floral-fabrics-design-influence-01-giambattista-valli-marie-antoinette-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcejAKZIbiySIcJKPgAbUygtqBplIe0JJ8EeaTW5oJRr799naY88LWzV9vYLZ0k-LvoMJrj1SOED3pJaIsTwCig6WLABql55X4CKC3rV5GvWowfnbWSNeWkpAz3TTTV3m2uJgTw5VDZs/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.floral-fabrics-design-influence-01-giambattista-valli-marie-antoinette-room.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Marie Antoinette’s bedroom at Versailles."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Brian Jannsen/Alamy.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Alison Levasseur.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/07/fall-2014-couture-florals-article" target="_blank">Daily AD: Floral Fabrics Parade Down Paris Runways</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 23, 2014).</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/AVvXsEjKwSUsmYt5mTVhFI3uQKLWYsBjP8g75GqWwHGinoYBpf-Wa_8McxD65jTKxy5ZMeENCUShV9wuYNKD-mwsGANFu8He2QHGKEBLL4PxwQXYqG4BoDP7fI98-rrOkPaAcrRixFruPLFaAuE/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.floral-fabrics-design-influence-03-dior-couture-versailles-drapes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwSUsmYt5mTVhFI3uQKLWYsBjP8g75GqWwHGinoYBpf-Wa_8McxD65jTKxy5ZMeENCUShV9wuYNKD-mwsGANFu8He2QHGKEBLL4PxwQXYqG4BoDP7fI98-rrOkPaAcrRixFruPLFaAuE/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.floral-fabrics-design-influence-03-dior-couture-versailles-drapes.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Gloriously woven brocade drapes at Versailles decorated with ferns and roses and marked by gilt leaves."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo/Text: Alison Levasseur.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/07/fall-2014-couture-florals-article" target="_blank">Daily AD: Floral Fabrics Parade Down Paris Runways</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (July 23, 2014).</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSxhBMFxC8JXunYK_DIRnEjzPg-xRAWGyGpenSf4rrczq9wHtosfRHx7EvKoXmtsVQB93G2hhwo0y41N88f6AIja82HuFhBcCrNJCgl84HBpnw8UxcUop6udKkx8ncTx3T95UASMhxDQ/s1600/andrew-gn-ed1011-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSxhBMFxC8JXunYK_DIRnEjzPg-xRAWGyGpenSf4rrczq9wHtosfRHx7EvKoXmtsVQB93G2hhwo0y41N88f6AIja82HuFhBcCrNJCgl84HBpnw8UxcUop6udKkx8ncTx3T95UASMhxDQ/s1600/andrew-gn-ed1011-01-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the drawing room of fashion designer Andrew Gn’s Paris apartment, silk-covered Louis XV gilt armchairs surround a Régence table, and a pair of Louis XV armchairs upholstered in a silk brocade flanks a marble mantel from a château in Brittany; the Chinese porcelains are from the Transitional and Khang Hy periods, and the chandelier is 18th-century Swedish."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/andrew-gns-paris-apartment#slide-1" target="_blank">Andrew Gn's Paris Apartment</a>" by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (October 2011). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHr8h1x1Uh64T8YIqSkrTaTxQnVLcZ2pkrfMUML3aLecR3Xz-o4PB9ojVGxdUs6cvY4ubA3o56VAN3X-8fVUOsw-glIVIZkIbvodepnemdR6VHBQClXYWKBjXLt9QlvV0iqi8ruyIFMl8/s1600/andrew-gn-ed1011-05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHr8h1x1Uh64T8YIqSkrTaTxQnVLcZ2pkrfMUML3aLecR3Xz-o4PB9ojVGxdUs6cvY4ubA3o56VAN3X-8fVUOsw-glIVIZkIbvodepnemdR6VHBQClXYWKBjXLt9QlvV0iqi8ruyIFMl8/s1600/andrew-gn-ed1011-05-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mirror and console in the drawing room are Louis XV, and the porcelains are a mix of “Famille Rose” and 17th-century delft; the draperies are of a Lelièvre silk brocade.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/andrew-gns-paris-apartment#slide-5" target="_blank">Andrew Gn's Paris Apartment</a>" by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (October 2011). </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/AVvXsEgOsSquQ5aAeBliFMhhdvpxkR5CcggzBqdJMlDGD5AGRzLlVfiUwu9-W154GjYW3IknC3SKgTKgh38dKK5esh1gSz6oedQ95WUn7AoB0ran2s594Rqu6Qs2sirCK0gYOJ-ZyUd9cbun-Sg/s1600/exotic-dressing-room-derdar-glgn-istanbul-201008_1000-watermarked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsSquQ5aAeBliFMhhdvpxkR5CcggzBqdJMlDGD5AGRzLlVfiUwu9-W154GjYW3IknC3SKgTKgh38dKK5esh1gSz6oedQ95WUn7AoB0ran2s594Rqu6Qs2sirCK0gYOJ-ZyUd9cbun-Sg/s1600/exotic-dressing-room-derdar-glgn-istanbul-201008_1000-watermarked.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 19th-century mother-of-pearl-inlaid wardrobe occupies a corner in the guest room of an Istanbul residence; the display table is covered with a 17th-century Ottoman silk brocade, and the rug is an antique star Oushak."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Istanbul home of Serdar Gülgün.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Serdar Gülgün.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reto Guntli.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://designfile.architecturaldigest.com/photo/exotic-dressing-room-derdar-glgn-istanbul-201008#" target="_blank">Grand Revision</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2010).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found the following brocade swatch by chance while browsing the Scalamandre website. It caught my attention because it was woven for the dining room upholstery and drapery treatments in the White House of The Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbc4Rvhecfc4iZW7QhzdworitIXoUeUcjWuhXmySbdPxXB4RsV2Q7b1154Lhyphenhyphen1V18QmjUgLNsR92b9y2mBn6cSb6BYk_m3Gz0DtrwHVdMIX25ObNnWfIk3FT88JJW8uSj-tixXKosLH4/s1600/97459-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbc4Rvhecfc4iZW7QhzdworitIXoUeUcjWuhXmySbdPxXB4RsV2Q7b1154Lhyphenhyphen1V18QmjUgLNsR92b9y2mBn6cSb6BYk_m3Gz0DtrwHVdMIX25ObNnWfIk3FT88JJW8uSj-tixXKosLH4/s1600/97459-001.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.scalamandre.com/third-floor-fabrics/brocades.html" target="_blank">Davis</a>" Brocatelle by Scalamandre. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">75% Silk, 25% Linen</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Color: Green & Gold (Documentary Color)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historic Representation Circa: Mid 19th Century</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woven For The Dining Room Upholstery And Drapery Treatments, White House of The Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <a href="http://www.scalamandre.com/" target="_blank">Scalamandre</a> website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you look carefully, you can see the dining room upholstery and drapery treatments in this YouTube video featuring the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXFnDFuZr78" target="_blank">White House of the Confederacy</a>, which was the Richmond, Virginia, home of Jefferson Davis and his family.</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/AVvXsEhxCMJ2lDvkAsXm5nFoMK63s8CPa2ZV3001VkLBQVG63UwQ7UeM-t7C90ybgQCU0jJgAf45XyArZ0M00T7T4R48FsE2iiJAct65vN70X6RUin8tdNjZAqd75w6Oj_Pu-8-hmGqurv7DWTA/s1600/BLOG_2014_FALL_DAY_OF_SHOW_TRENDS_slide2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCMJ2lDvkAsXm5nFoMK63s8CPa2ZV3001VkLBQVG63UwQ7UeM-t7C90ybgQCU0jJgAf45XyArZ0M00T7T4R48FsE2iiJAct65vN70X6RUin8tdNjZAqd75w6Oj_Pu-8-hmGqurv7DWTA/s1600/BLOG_2014_FALL_DAY_OF_SHOW_TRENDS_slide2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Get a loom - Go for brocade… and jacquard and all types of tapestry details seen on oversized sweaters, printed dresses and boxy bags."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designs by Tory Burch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo and text via <a href="http://www.toryburch.com/blog-post/blog-post.html?bpid=97711" target="_blank">The Tory Blog: Fall 2014 Trend Report</a> (February 12, 2014).</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/AVvXsEheu5kqSAXqo_rpR8CHv8bB0DT-LS5_qFu3l3OzEx7rO_oiaaaP4As2cTW35Z3xpmgP_TlPffmZ957YXDBbSihJGRpQaWxqLpYqh9QOkKJNqc8omFeKTPfC7Iza0F5jhLxTpkrUL4-zz5c/s1600/EDC060114Mack12-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheu5kqSAXqo_rpR8CHv8bB0DT-LS5_qFu3l3OzEx7rO_oiaaaP4As2cTW35Z3xpmgP_TlPffmZ957YXDBbSihJGRpQaWxqLpYqh9QOkKJNqc8omFeKTPfC7Iza0F5jhLxTpkrUL4-zz5c/s1600/EDC060114Mack12-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room's chairs, covered in a brocade by Pollack, and sofa are custom made, the vintage brass cocktail table and table lamps are by Willy Dara and the linen-and-metal rugs are by Holland and Sherry." Bronze chair by Claude Lalanne.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation by Leroy Street Studio.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Douglas Friedman.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/scaling-new-heights?click=pp#slide-3" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Scaling New Heights</a>" produced by Cynthia Frank.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (June 2014). </span></div><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/AVvXsEhX_Gq2b9xgqRf6fOcFEYytwQPN4JW01YFZukUEyjf1fDnMPNpsS5IO6VkxoUek1XHra_EyxvOL04ghXDQhkadmYIEkET9l0t1X2O3l3bg3ahHNigIqr7LaFd6I_sRjMSEa56XzAzhzYdQ/s1600/TCX-01-away-she-goes-tulle-dress-travel-accessories-0612-xln-mv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_Gq2b9xgqRf6fOcFEYytwQPN4JW01YFZukUEyjf1fDnMPNpsS5IO6VkxoUek1XHra_EyxvOL04ghXDQhkadmYIEkET9l0t1X2O3l3bg3ahHNigIqr7LaFd6I_sRjMSEa56XzAzhzYdQ/s1600/TCX-01-away-she-goes-tulle-dress-travel-accessories-0612-xln-mv.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Case Study: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The jewels could be wrapped in satin, the brocade evening coat could be hung with care, but the tulle crinoline posed an almost insurmountable challenge.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marchesa brocade evening coat and slip dress with crinoline." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tom Schierlitz.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Jade Hobson</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/how-to-pack-day-and-evening-events?click=main_sr#slide-1" target="_blank">And Away She Goes</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/" target="_blank">Town and Country</a> (June/July 2012).</span><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNIRg0H_YwyGV09G1TFMAew7y_buVfFXHtMBVmlYGoqATZUIe9r_smbJgBAXJLjTuo2zx8nx-TMCyLjmiRWFp5qCHHv3ngIeuu4AyNcSqfIQ_k8QGEgHtFdM8B01EQl2D1c9cp99QQpk/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.stephen-sills-manhattan-apartment-06-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNIRg0H_YwyGV09G1TFMAew7y_buVfFXHtMBVmlYGoqATZUIe9r_smbJgBAXJLjTuo2zx8nx-TMCyLjmiRWFp5qCHHv3ngIeuu4AyNcSqfIQ_k8QGEgHtFdM8B01EQl2D1c9cp99QQpk/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.stephen-sills-manhattan-apartment-06-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Antiqued mirror sheathes the fireplace wall in the main living room; the painting is by Émile Gaudissard. The brocade curtain fabric and the sofa upholstery are both by Rubelli. The tufted armchairs are clad in a velvet from Zimmer + Rohde, and the Louis XVI–style bergère is 19th-century French."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan triplex of Linda and Peter Bren.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Stephen Sills.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Francois Halard.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-01/stephen-sills-manhattan-apartment-slideshow_slideshow_item5_6" target="_blank">A New Classic</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2012).</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/AVvXsEhpnNpmZtCNOI2uApEM5sx0jX0hH1XWPTZiYy0Le9FJilqBFvRBiETGX-gTg6pVzeZ3JjLIjMJxjGJ0IJI05CfxUDi8P9wEguG8vmf0woz9-41BXWA3Werb182eBDklOJlUfiu857wup0Q/s1600/mdockery_v_14jan13_rex_b_426x639_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnNpmZtCNOI2uApEM5sx0jX0hH1XWPTZiYy0Le9FJilqBFvRBiETGX-gTg6pVzeZ3JjLIjMJxjGJ0IJI05CfxUDi8P9wEguG8vmf0woz9-41BXWA3Werb182eBDklOJlUfiu857wup0Q/s1600/mdockery_v_14jan13_rex_b_426x639_2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Her <i>Downton Abbey</i> co-star Maggie Smith won the [2013] Golden Globe (for Best Supporting Actress) but nominee Michelle Dockery gets our award for best-dressed thanks to her Alexandre Vauthier cream and brocade gown accessorized with gorgeous green jewelery."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography: Rex Features.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/fashion/golden-globes-2013/michelle-dockery" target="_blank">Golden Globes 2013</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/" target="_blank">House and Garden</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></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/AVvXsEhx8U6-YoIAxRnMg49n-9JtmQlnBWkn64Ss3vXGX5PziBrMKrG95HuePU2TmrlsldAdSSd9M_7XcwHmjdrdhdRi1K2mTt6t6FbOdKDvNLOAkZcVXmyK7yqdouKYYGtBZX9UljePxeo2QSM/s1600/Harlequin_Leonida_06_LR-easy-living-4nov13_pr_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8U6-YoIAxRnMg49n-9JtmQlnBWkn64Ss3vXGX5PziBrMKrG95HuePU2TmrlsldAdSSd9M_7XcwHmjdrdhdRi1K2mTt6t6FbOdKDvNLOAkZcVXmyK7yqdouKYYGtBZX9UljePxeo2QSM/s1600/Harlequin_Leonida_06_LR-easy-living-4nov13_pr_b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You may not have as high ceilings or as decorative period details but this striking tarnished gold effect wallpaper, brocade curtains and rich royal blue accents will add a touch of regal glamour to the humblest of properties."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/interiors/hallway/regal-rules" target="_blank">Hallway Ideas to Steal</a>"</span><br /><a href="http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">House and Garden</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</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/AVvXsEj0w2HE6Y-DQZQ74pq9zLXZ4q7EQQYnS3sieVyNDY4FwD7k5b3axvuI2Z7KXny6eobzeCwLDKLIyRtxG6RauHHym-NR3QAYLZVfeBaHhXY-_O7x8X1uSpmm9ApkjDID8sjc5qGPUTz4Bl0/s1600/keira-knightley-begin-again-760x1140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w2HE6Y-DQZQ74pq9zLXZ4q7EQQYnS3sieVyNDY4FwD7k5b3axvuI2Z7KXny6eobzeCwLDKLIyRtxG6RauHHym-NR3QAYLZVfeBaHhXY-_O7x8X1uSpmm9ApkjDID8sjc5qGPUTz4Bl0/s1600/keira-knightley-begin-again-760x1140.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Who: Keira Knightley</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where: The after party for the New York premiere of her new film <i>Begin Again</i>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When: Wednesday, June 25th</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What: A brocade Erdem dress from Fall 2014.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why: Knightley pulls off romantic wood nymph chic like no one else."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo by Marion Curtis from Starpix.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/people/best-dressed/2014/06/keira-knightley-begin-again/" target="_blank">Best Dressed: Keira Knightley Does It Again</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Vanessa Lawrence</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/" target="_blank">W Magazine</a> (June 26, 2014).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wJ3WFgOm0c_pnDTwJrxwhYfhBHnT52u9iaiXZBMLzeA26AMRI2YAoNo_Oqp-iX1W_kSI9vvxuKhOAc5Bw6htfHN5p4D7uzc77PFeaXgKmDob8Wan_eA0RAcTsi2_cXOYS7MLg4vfpDo/s1600/02-TCX-marisa-berenson-brocade-style-0113-mv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wJ3WFgOm0c_pnDTwJrxwhYfhBHnT52u9iaiXZBMLzeA26AMRI2YAoNo_Oqp-iX1W_kSI9vvxuKhOAc5Bw6htfHN5p4D7uzc77PFeaXgKmDob8Wan_eA0RAcTsi2_cXOYS7MLg4vfpDo/s1600/02-TCX-marisa-berenson-brocade-style-0113-mv.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marisa Berenson in brocade.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph courtesy of Austrian Archives/ Corbis via Town and Country.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Abbreviated Sentences</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/dress-shorts-trends?click=main_sr#slide-2" target="_blank">What Happens When the Season's Evening Shorts Walk Into a Formal Dining Room</a>" by Stellene Volandes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/" target="_blank">Town and Country</a> (January 2013).</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/AVvXsEglZA45XpI1GF6l_Pq0bmTK0Q9JUT3u2W7W0Di8dq9gHXxNNxm14B1N8vo-AvZmMYBbVflkTwPVGl7tdHwpHrfA5iukv8JtO9zXBi39-I9sDxhUCagjvt7X0qUe4pyaW7jJLO8wU6CWtfI/s1600/190158_l.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZA45XpI1GF6l_Pq0bmTK0Q9JUT3u2W7W0Di8dq9gHXxNNxm14B1N8vo-AvZmMYBbVflkTwPVGl7tdHwpHrfA5iukv8JtO9zXBi39-I9sDxhUCagjvt7X0qUe4pyaW7jJLO8wU6CWtfI/s1600/190158_l.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An extraordinary set from the famous Mr. Blackwell Custom, his higher end line, consisting of a short sleeved dress and matching sleeveless coat. Made of silk brocade in beautiful shades of turquoise, coral, peach and gold lurex (the color combination is stunning), the fabric pattern highlighted with hand sewn glass beading in strings and star patterns, sequins and prong set rhinestones in gold, silver and clear. The dress is fitted with a gently flaring skirt, a stand up collar and short sleeves all trimmed in 1 1/2" of the elaborate 3D mixture of the beading and rhinestones. The peach circles and crescent shapes on the coat are outlined and detailed with the sequins, beading and rhinestones plus the turquoise shapes are highlighted with large gold prong set rhinestones giving the outfit an extra special dazzle and richness. Both pieces are lined in a beautiful bright coral silk, the coat has side seam pockets. The dress closes with a back matching coral zipper, the coat has hook and loop closings. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellent condition."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/clothing/suits-outfits-ensembles/1960s-mr-blackwell-intricately-beaded-sik-brocade-dress-coat/id-v_190158/" target="_blank">1960s Mr. Blackwell Intricately Beaded Silk Brocade Dress and Coat</a> offered by Vintage Schieck via <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/" target="_blank">1stDibs</a>. </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/AVvXsEjAAMkBdx3BiXbvvvOD-AZj98TDbszPlNQDGbi9rvIWkp-qAC9817im06GqtxxiZVhwRcLutw5vovuv6JNNdX1-sesmbBOJk9bs1A8PqO8CIjZXDFxNcPGk_szK5Uw14FbzvgpnEVg23l8/s1600/021214-LOTD-Solange-Knowles-350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAMkBdx3BiXbvvvOD-AZj98TDbszPlNQDGbi9rvIWkp-qAC9817im06GqtxxiZVhwRcLutw5vovuv6JNNdX1-sesmbBOJk9bs1A8PqO8CIjZXDFxNcPGk_szK5Uw14FbzvgpnEVg23l8/s1600/021214-LOTD-Solange-Knowles-350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Solange Knowles sat front and center at the Wes Gordon fall/winter 2014 collection in a green-lapis filigree brocade Wes Gordon flared pants, styling it with an embellished white button-down, statement earrings, and an Edie Parker clutch."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Andrew Toth/Getty Images.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/look-of-the-day/0,,20786240_30101646,00.html" target="_blank">Look of the Day</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.instyle.com/" target="_blank">InStyle</a> (February 12, 2014).</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/AVvXsEiPKxeqTirPQuk4QvM288eYyZYM2YCee-Re87LVqZQDRQbY-ZHxgCvyo_9umNqXpj8hMSNshxFkKBP8FUQxGykiRwXMhVwo4ItuvDMywbcfmL0IR07dSCP_RBmIIplW2DyucTP29MjVqcg/s1600/61a45878e86ce1945ee702fce631ef93.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKxeqTirPQuk4QvM288eYyZYM2YCee-Re87LVqZQDRQbY-ZHxgCvyo_9umNqXpj8hMSNshxFkKBP8FUQxGykiRwXMhVwo4ItuvDMywbcfmL0IR07dSCP_RBmIIplW2DyucTP29MjVqcg/s1600/61a45878e86ce1945ee702fce631ef93.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bedroom, the bed of a Tuareg nomad is topped with a silk ikat coverlet from Uzbekistan and a Moroccan brocade pillow; the Tuareg door tassels are from Mauritania, and the mirrors are Syrian."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moroccan home of fashion designer Liza Bruce.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interiors/a-jewel-of-a-home-in-morocco-68111-15#slide-15" target="_blank">House Tour: A Fashion Designer Living Colorfully in Morocco</a>" by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (February/March 2011).</span></div>

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