tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post8440214511401744582..comments2023-05-15T15:44:16.566+01:00Comments on dolce far niente: every so often when doing thisI, Like The Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-53187043584991373572010-02-24T03:04:37.788+00:002010-02-24T03:04:37.788+00:00Spent a lot of time along the Thames, eh?
Well th...Spent a lot of time along the Thames, eh?<br /><br />Well then....in this house, we seem to have a passion for the end of the 40's and start of the 50's. I blame himself, of course. I didn't say it was his fault...LOL I just said I blamed him.<br /><br />What fun fabric and design. I had a good time following Groag links before--don't make me ....LOL<br /><br />Gotta TRY to sleep at some point, yaknow!<br /><br />:-DMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-70587319425681393502010-02-24T02:14:06.837+00:002010-02-24T02:14:06.837+00:00I can't immediately remember why I should thin...I can't immediately remember why I should think this is a coincidence or what it could possibly be coincidental with but I was born in Croydon. And spent all of the 50s there.<br />Last time I saw it, most of it had vanished under a lot of concrete rubble.mighttp://letouttoplay.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-5806945054103965782010-02-23T17:19:41.407+00:002010-02-23T17:19:41.407+00:00that's gorgeous! (etsy's great for 50s stu...that's gorgeous! (etsy's great for 50s stuff, isn't it)<br /><br />I can't believe I hadn't come across her before - and now Lucienne Day. . . (at some stage in my life I'll learn how to study and research these things properly!!)<br /><br />(-:I, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-46576902112391048152010-02-23T17:17:32.805+00:002010-02-23T17:17:32.805+00:00This is the one on the table.
But I'm familiar...This is <a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.93022281.jpg" rel="nofollow">the one</a> on the table.<br />But I'm familiar with all her designs.<br />I can't believe I missed your fab post devoted to her.<br />ThanksKAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-18117651990381856552010-02-23T17:00:50.207+00:002010-02-23T17:00:50.207+00:00Dave your time will come, my friend
X<b>Dave</b> your time will come, my friend<br /><br />XI, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-6189078810988220502010-02-23T17:00:13.572+00:002010-02-23T17:00:13.572+00:00Christopher I was born in Cheltenham, where I live...<b>Christopher</b> I was born in Cheltenham, where I lived until the age of seven (so, I have many happy memories of an early childhood spent in the countryside avoiding adders, trying not to disturb hedgehogs and that kind of thing); lived in *ahem* Croydon from eight until eighteen (thereafter never to return); universitied in central London; then Blackheath, Mortlake, Shropshire (near Ironbridge), Putney, Mortlake, Sheen, Barnes and now ensconced in I,LTV Towers near (but not quite near enough) to the banks of the Thames in Putney again. . .<br /><br />I'm not quite sure why I'm so delighted by the 50s, but I am<br /><br /><b>KAZ</b> I only just discovered her <a href="http://chiaroscurochiaroscuro.blogspot.com/2010/01/never-judge-book-etc-etc.html" rel="nofollow">the other day</a>, but I'm very glad I did<br /><br />is your Jacqueline one of <a href="http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=jacqueline+groag&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&start=0" rel="nofollow">these</a>?I, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-13776057845023104112010-02-23T16:59:02.567+00:002010-02-23T16:59:02.567+00:00I reember all that.
I'm from the 50's. I...I reember all that.<br /><br />I'm from the 50's. I'm just waiting to be rediscovered.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-80461021712670725822010-02-23T16:46:13.838+00:002010-02-23T16:46:13.838+00:00There's so much about the 50s just waiting to ...There's so much about the 50s just waiting to be rediscovered, some of it - it has to be said - from beneath the rubble of contemporary civic architecture.<br /><br />Where were you brought up, I? I'm afraid I've forgotten.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-70060273805098198002010-02-23T16:22:07.166+00:002010-02-23T16:22:07.166+00:00I absolutely adore these designs.
My 50's coff...I absolutely adore these designs.<br />My 50's coffee table has a Jacqueline Groag cityscape design.<br />I love it - and it was such a bargain.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.com