tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post2634398992143226710..comments2024-03-14T04:01:02.005-04:00Comments on THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE: HOW A SHORT POST BECOMES A LENGTHY POSTThe Down East Dilettantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-87058105995477818292018-07-03T07:46:28.198-04:002018-07-03T07:46:28.198-04:00Everyday, funny pictures are used by people for se...Everyday, funny pictures are used by people for several varying purposes. Pictures can be very entertaining especially in occasions intended to bring fun to those attending them.<a href="http://www.johnnybpestcontrol.com/find-your-pest/mice-rats/" rel="nofollow">rats</a><br />tayyab alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732877137369442700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-44509666359451718402012-05-15T16:00:55.048-04:002012-05-15T16:00:55.048-04:00I'm in agreement with everybody else: go on as...I'm in agreement with everybody else: go on as long as you want, and include as many sidetrips as you want. We're smart enough to follow the main thread through the twists & turns. <br /><br />Besides, if people get bored before the end of a post, they can leave after they've had enough, but if you pare down your posts to suit those folks' short attention spans, then the rest of us are left out in the cold wanting more. You don't want to get this crowd riled up.<br /><br />One time, wandering aimlessly through the HABS archives, I spotted that photos of the [then]Lyman House's drawing room and recognized its curved doorways instantly, thanks to David Payne's painting, which was republished in several editions of <i>H&G'</i>s large-format decorating books, which, in turn, were the start of my own interest in historic interiors. <br /><br />I can't wait for your book.Magnaverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231057342527140091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-42611391481643511942012-05-06T12:06:08.513-04:002012-05-06T12:06:08.513-04:00Actually I was looking for a refrigerator with per...Actually I was looking for a refrigerator with period neo-classical treatments...<br /><br />mdrnpntofvuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-26092242389515356242012-05-05T16:50:11.920-04:002012-05-05T16:50:11.920-04:00mdnpntofvu & Ancient---
I assume that you bot...mdnpntofvu & Ancient---<br /><br />I assume that you both examined the Sears house plans---which are very similar to the Wickham house,as was the original composition of the facade.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-54248334976714255092012-05-05T11:16:08.286-04:002012-05-05T11:16:08.286-04:00Thank you Ancient, the Wickham Mansion was not lis...Thank you Ancient, the Wickham Mansion was not listed, recent research just revealed the true designer. Robert Mills was thought to be the architect for years. It turns out Parris designed the governers mansion as well. I brought up the Wickham Mansion because the place had very few owners, it had been Victorianized twice and that in itself was spectacular. In the 1980,s extensive research was done on the orginal paint colors and research had revealed there were quite a few wall treatments and murals as well. The restoration did find the treatments and murals and they are fabulous in the neo-classical design and the colors are quite vivid as well. But unforturately, I could find very few photos of the interiors. So what I was suggesting was maybe the Boston property had murals and wallpaintings as well? It was hugely popular at the time. And the Wickham House had gone through a Colonial Revival stage as well and all were removed during the 1980 renovation. Meaning, it's very difficult to trace back, especially when the house has had many owners with very different tastes.<br /><br />Enough already :)<br /><br />mdrnpntofvuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-72753775250416817722012-05-03T15:55:05.869-04:002012-05-03T15:55:05.869-04:00http://www.parrisproject.org/
(Alexander Parris D...http://www.parrisproject.org/<br /><br />(Alexander Parris Digital Project.)The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-73268039975960361552012-05-03T13:56:52.175-04:002012-05-03T13:56:52.175-04:00Very interesting as ever!!
I'm a native Richm...Very interesting as ever!!<br /><br />I'm a native Richmonder currently living in Atlanta. In Richmond scholarship recently revealed the Wickham Mansion, part of the Valentine Museum complex, was designed by Alexander Parris. Beautiful place inside and out.<br /><br />Check it out, you may enjoy it.<br /><br />mdrnpntofvuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-8744017201137296152012-05-03T11:19:11.729-04:002012-05-03T11:19:11.729-04:00Toby & Ancient, an upcoming post has photograp...Toby & Ancient, an upcoming post has photographs that come up against that very issue. Stay tuned<br /><br />BTW, just for the heck of it, added a couple more pictures to the end of the present post.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-38804347870079843882012-05-03T10:50:26.219-04:002012-05-03T10:50:26.219-04:00Only recently one of the newspapers referred to th...Only recently one of the newspapers referred to the late Albert Hadley as preferring black and white films so that he might "imagine" the colouring on his own. Which goes under the heading of the neatest trick of the week~ with all respect to Mr Hadley! In fact there is no more challenging task than to gaze at a black and white photograph and conjure up the colour schemes described. I think some of us would be be surprised,and not always in a good way, at the coarseness of our ancestors' sense of colour and tone, if recent academic restorations are any indication. But I agree with the Ancient that our understanding of historic interiors would be broadened were we to know just how those rooms were coloured.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-18131924385627139932012-05-02T23:57:17.540-04:002012-05-02T23:57:17.540-04:00One more cranky thought.
Many of us look at Old L...One more cranky thought.<br /><br />Many of us look at Old Long Island every morning, and we often see B&W pictures of various rooms. Here, we are presented with something more -- paintings that are blatantly romanticized. Not Rex Whistler, perhaps, but charming nonetheless.<br /><br />B&W pictures present a fundamentally false impression. It's as if "the stagers" of the modern world had intervened and deracinated the interiors of the past.<br /><br />How wonderful it would be to see comparable color pictures of all those lost interiors. There's an old world out there -- a colorful world -- that's nowadays gone and forgotten. And that's a pity.<br /><br />P.S. TW -- Miss your posts.The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-28115480598572868662012-05-02T13:25:03.060-04:002012-05-02T13:25:03.060-04:00Just now catching my breath, after that extraordin...Just now catching my breath, after that extraordinary<br />post! Loved every twist and turn along the way. By the<br />time I scrolled down to the Retour d'Egypte chimneypiece~who'd have expected THAT?~I was a goner. <br />Thanks for this one, Dilettante.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-78696920509319029872012-05-02T11:52:39.688-04:002012-05-02T11:52:39.688-04:00I must have walked by that house a thousand times,...I must have walked by that house a thousand times, as I lived very close by on two separate occasions. I never once stopped to wonder what the inside looked like.<br /><br />I suppose the paintings were done to remember, weren't they?<br /><br />P.S. There is no such thing as a Dilettante post with too many pictures.The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-88897336826043287852012-05-02T11:47:42.600-04:002012-05-02T11:47:42.600-04:00Short, long or in-between, I love every word and a...Short, long or in-between, I love every word and always seem to feel in awe of your resourcefulness in tracking these histories. Feel free to take any tangent you like. I'll always be along for the ride. I'll keep that fabulous Egypt-inspired fireplace mantel in my head for the rest of the day! M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-88034933349999614542012-05-02T07:17:05.917-04:002012-05-02T07:17:05.917-04:00If the journey is an enjoyable one, the length is ...If the journey is an enjoyable one, the length is inconsequential; it can be fun to anticipate what comes next, beyond that next bend in the road. And so goes a D.E.D. post. I am always up for the full tour.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-61546694413539612702012-05-02T06:55:02.709-04:002012-05-02T06:55:02.709-04:00I have admired the exterior of this house for many...I have admired the exterior of this house for many years on my all-too-infrequent trips to Boston, and now I know what its interiors (once) held. Thank you for this delightful post, from another blogger who rambles on despite his best (shared) intentions otherwise. I enjoy every word that you write, DED, and every tangent you pursue. RDReggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.com