This room makes me want to say 'thank you, may I please have another'. On the surface, it has all the things I love: Chinoiserie, sconces, chandeliers, french furniture (though I'm also a fan of English and American furniture as well). a beautifully proportioned room, but the feature it possesses that I think is the most admirable is it's use of symmetry. Louis XV pier mirrors over Regence iron consoles flank the mantelpiece in matched harmony. The Louis XV bureau plat is surrounded by Cresson bergeres that radiate out from the corners (a rather novel idea that serves to open up the defined conversational areas of the room), clusters of seating balance each other visually. Symmetry gives a calming effect, and even when it is asymmetry at play, it is the balance in form and mass that give the effect of tranquility.
- Ian
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| Blue Room by Benjamin F. Garber and William C. Kennedy. |
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