In my workroom I have inspirational pictures blue tacked to the wall and for ages now I have had this picture by Ingres of the Duchesse de Broglie on my wall. It's from a magazine article about a book called "The society Portrait: Painting, prestige and the pursuit of elegance". I've never seen this portrait in real life but it looks a lot more purple in the magazine clipping than any other images I could find on the net. Darn, I may have to go back to Montauban to check the colour.
The colours have inspired me and I've been thinking of making cushions in this weird combination for a while. This is the other inspirational image with similar colours that sits next to it.
Today, I got my act together and found the right combination of fabrics to make up into some Exotic Ingres cushions.
5 comments:
An utterly beautiful combination. I think we might have to redecorate one of our rooms.
Father Dave.
I never would have put those colors together in my head ... and it's a magical combination.
Love it!
xxxx
Thanks gang. Isn't it just. Sometimes you've just gotta go out on that thin branch of experimentation. xxxx
Well done Joey,they are so beautiful.Yay!for Ingres. The most beautiful cushions EVER...
Thanks Thomsey although I did just realize they are the same colours as our school uniform!
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