The Essence Of Frenchness

"Les tristesses de la civilisation présente sont dues, au moins en partie, à la suppressi.on des formes élémentaires de la jouissance esthétique dans la vie quotidienne." Alexis CARREL 1935

[livesunique]

Château du Lude,  Le Lude, Pays De La Loire, France

[soaveintermezzo]

[citruslp]

[markant01ne]

[mea-gloria-fides]

[oldfarmhousefallfeatures]

Craig and Karina Waters are embroiled in an epic DIY project. Now, we’re not talking about a measly extension, or even building a new house from scratch. No, for these two it’s all about renovating a huge 94-room French mansion. And what they’re finding inside is nothing short of mind-blowing.

Found via @YouTube

[crafalski]

[ducissatenebrarum]

A locket containing eight family portrait miniatures, circa 1600. Dutch School

[fashionsfromhistory]

Robe a l’Anglaise

Dress c.1748; Altered c.1780

Fashion Museum Bath via Twitter

[priveting]

[lionofchaeronea]

Interior View of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when in Fourteenth Street, Frank Waller, 1881

[decadent-hag]

We've GOTTA bring this cunty little silhouette back for men

[xlordxnoah]

[livesunique]

Villa Bologna, Attard, Malta

[listentothestories]

pinterest.com

[mea-gloria-fides]

[limitlesslfgt-deactivated202602]

BERTHEL THORVALDSEN. DAY, NIGHT. TOSIO MARTINENGO GALLERY. BRESCIA, ITALY.