Thursday, May 20, 2010

Displaying Collections


Brackets are an incredibly effective way of displaying a collection of Chinoiserie porcelain. In the bedroom above, Mary Watkins Wood used brackets to bring order to a large collection of blue and white ginger jars. The three key points are that the collection needs to go together-all blanc de Chine, all celadon, or all blue and white, for example. Second, the brackets need to be all the same color-say all white or all gold if not all the same style. Third, play around with a pleasing layout-symmetrical seems to work best.

Jonathan Berger


Kevin Sharkey


Robert Goodwin


Phoebe Howard


20 comments:

  1. They are great in the landscape too. For EXACTLY the same purpose.

    Garden & Be Well, XO Tara

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  2. That Kevin Sharkey wall always makes my heart skip a beat...love corbels and use them a lot in my own home. Great photos!

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  3. I like how each of these interiors interprets the look in a modern/fresh way...one false move and they could all look dated, but they don't!

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  4. i absolutely love this idea. brackets look fantastic! great find.

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  5. Those brackets give the jars (or whatever you put on them) so much more importance! Great post as usual!

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  6. A fabulous way to mke a collection of importance stand out!!

    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  7. that hot pink gets me every time; but isn't that gray wall divine...?

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  8. great examples... love Phoebe's.

    xo,
    cristin

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  9. Tara-I am planning some posts on Chinoiserie in the garden.

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  10. Vickie-That's my idea of an office.

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  11. Ashlina-I would love to do this somewhere.

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  12. Cristin-The white on white is surprisingly effective.

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  13. Karena-Each piece really stands out this way.

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  14. A Perfect Gray-It's interesting how effective all the background colors are.

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  15. i love the look.

    i tend to love anything 3 dimensional on walls.

    great post.

    xx

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