tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post3265568344831662697..comments2025-01-10T06:37:19.849-08:00Diane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]Blogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-76080768429478841412013-10-05T14:40:40.965-07:002013-10-05T14:40:40.965-07:00SWAN-<br /><br /><br />Good question. There are a pair and they are now in a private collection of a connoisseur. They are very well taken care of.<br /><br />very best DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-60501685924772536592013-10-05T13:55:41.759-07:002013-10-05T13:55:41.759-07:00Wonder where the &#39;Sacred Ibis&#39; is...noticed that Dodie had a couple as well...Legion of Honor?The Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159724663060240920[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-87452396776460859412013-10-01T15:03:23.913-07:002013-10-01T15:03:23.913-07:00DEAR CAROL-<br /><br /><br />Thank you, from San Francisco to Paris.<br /><br />You are &#39;Miss Style&#39; in Paris, so I&#39;m happy to hear your observation.<br /><br />I&#39;ve always appreciated (and saved) interviews with interior designers and architects and artists (well, everyone) who has put in a good few decades to their craft. They know everything. They&#39;ve seen everything. And Tony&#39;s point that it&#39;s best, for daily living, if curtains are not a drama. He also liked quite plain fabrics--and went to a centuries-old silk weaving company, Lisio, in Italy, for his curtain textiles. Always the same company, usually natural silk but in his LR it was a rich Venetian red. I&#39;ve had very enthusiastic feedback to this story. He had died nine years ago...and truly had faded into oblivion, nothing on the Internet (meaning, you don&#39;t exist...)...but now I have this tribute, always findable on my blog, and via Google.<br />cheers, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-20624041061698889412013-10-01T14:53:36.235-07:002013-10-01T14:53:36.235-07:00Fabulous post!<br />What a collection!<br />Love his comment,<br />&quot;Overdone draps are tiresome&quot;Parisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-37877126144796415562013-10-01T02:34:15.464-07:002013-10-01T02:34:15.464-07:00What a joy to read your personal background to this upcoming sale, which has some very covetable pieces in it.<br /><br />Mr Hail&#39;s comment, “I disdain the concept of instant decorating or theme design,” is e lesson that could be well-learned by some of the wannabe &quot;sleb&quot; designers of today.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-62663439874870354132013-09-30T16:43:56.031-07:002013-09-30T16:43:56.031-07:00Kenn-<br /><br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />I had the pleasure to look through all the albums with Tony--and to hear his comments on &#39;lunch with Princess xx&#39; and &#39;Dodie and Minnie&#39; and one lovely couple after another...and fascinating images of friends when travel was truly glamorous.<br />Very truly glamorous. Note the image of Tony in a suit...summer weight...at St Marks Square (with no tourists).<br />I&#39;m so pleased to take you down memory lane.<br />best DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-81806082753923589002013-09-30T16:32:45.044-07:002013-09-30T16:32:45.044-07:00Tony&amp;Chuck were old friends...and although their books were dear to them,nothing was more beautiful,interesting or chic than Tonys &quot;scrapbooks&quot; that he kept for most of his life. They were custom made of finest Russian Red leather(as he called it),a few were of Hermes leather with handmade paper from Italy....but the size was the kicker.They we 3 feet by 3 feet and 4 to 5 inches thick!<br /> I house guested with them when I was rather young and after Tony showed me a page or tow....I could hardly sleep or leave the house for pouring over each page.<br />The books were the complete culmination....of a well lived life...unlike any other. I miss them both.Kenn Farrar[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-75707476632309646312013-09-30T11:46:48.967-07:002013-09-30T11:46:48.967-07:00STEFAN-<br /><br />Thank you.<br />Yes, Tony&#39;s library was extraordinary...a lifetime of books. He also had many books of a biographical nature with most of them signed by the authors. Most wonderful.<br /><br />Compare the Christie&#39;s images...with the ones from my book, which were around 15 years ago (the very &#39;golden&#39; light-filled shots)...and you will see that the framework and display of his collections remained constant...some pieces came and went. You see his point also...&#39;keep the curtains simple&#39;...<br /><br />very best, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-89285439150529145012013-09-30T11:09:03.731-07:002013-09-30T11:09:03.731-07:00Such an amazing collection to go up for auction -I&#39;ve purchased the catalog for my library.The design library alone is staggering and would be such a great contribution to someone&#39;s collection.<br />I have to agree with his quote on lighting -it can make or break an interior!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771[email protected]