A antique dealer friend of mine once told me that you can always make space for something you really love. The thing is though, I do love each and every piece we have sourced , the stories that came with them, the memories, the growth and change in style in what we like and prefer as years go by...how can I let go of a much loved piece for yet another.
A year after I first saw it, I came across the image I had of the cabinet again. Acting on impulse ~ I contacted the dealer to hear if by any chance it was still available - it was and we started making plans to have it packed up and crated to send to us.
It meant moving wall sconces by a few centimetres on the wall where it had to go, but in the end it fitted perfectly,- as if planned that way from start, and the credenza we moved to allow for this newcomer, fitted better in another space.
I had no idea what I would store in it....just that I adored it's lines, intricate carved and hand inlaid woodwork.
The first "find" to go inside was a set of old leather bound books, delicate pages with handwritten notes...
then some more books...old papers,18th century French deeds, a little bundle of moss branches collected by Dd on a walk
dried seeds, a handmade stone duck with a funny head, framed papillon, cut out cards, three stones from a Greek island, a bleached-from-the-sun tortoise shell
a old wooden bird from a broken cuckoo clock..precious little Jeanne De Arc bisque figurine that broke in hand luggage but got glued together again ..a French fabric measuring tape, old printing blocks
a chippy iron Fleur De lis
ordinary objects elevated to be seen,
anything under/behind/on glass seems more important.
old French pharmacy box with handmade clay marbles..a little lace flower...
In a hallway, we pass by it every day.
Some times the sun fall a certain way to highlight a object inside for a few brief moments...
"The curio cabinets originated in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Rooms and cabinets where collected objects were a multitude of rare or strange objects representing the three kingdoms: animal, vegetable, and mineral, in addition to human achievement."
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I am fascinated by stories, origin and history..so it is inevitable that I would collect...
Colette
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Images in this post by Henrique Wilding photography or where watermarked, by myself.
Images in this post by Henrique Wilding photography or where watermarked, by myself.
