Tea at Trianon: For Those Who Love Toile de Jouy...

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

For Those Who Love Toile de Jouy...

...Here are some lovely examples from the Maison de Lin. Share

5 comments:

Maison de lin said...: hello,
I feel so honored with this blog post about my blog.

Thousand thanks
Jérôme; May 25, 2011 at 3:14:00 AM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: The honor is all mine, M. Jérôme.; May 25, 2011 at 8:53:00 AM EDT
Maison de lin said...: Hello again,
I have a few words posted on my blog to thank you.

Greetings
Jérôme; May 25, 2011 at 11:56:00 AM EDT
The North Coast said...: I love this bedroom. I especially love the sage color used. I've seen many lovely rooms done in pink, black, or the classic blue toile, but not this. It's more subtle and restful.

Thanks for posting.; May 25, 2011 at 8:23:00 PM EDT
May said...: Delightful...so restful and comforting.; May 25, 2011 at 11:53:00 PM EDT