everything old is new again

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image by tim walker

bonjour mes amis! just stopping by to say hi to and not overload on posting like i seem to have been doing lately! i’m dying to do some visiting instead of writing, so i stopped by to visit my girl janet at french blue and co., and discovered yet an other fabulous book by tim walker. funny thing is he reproduced an image i’ve been saving forever in a folder and this was a good reason to break it out. it’s from an old film, a silent i think. anyone know which one?

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this is a closeup of the actress. sorry the pics are so bad but i shot them out of a movie book years ago with a digital that’s now a dinosaur.

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tucked in the folder were all sorts of other scene sets. well some were sets and some were real homes.

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i know you’ve seen this one before, can anyone place it for me? i have no credits on these at all!

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anyway it was a good reason to finally clean out this folder and share these gems with you.

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i hope you’ll forgive the quality of these shots and just see the beauty and detail that went into these rooms!

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alcoves are my weakness!

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and so is trim

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and tufting

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and divas!

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well if you happen to know any of these films or locations i’d love to know, i even forget the book they came from. i’ve had them since the ’90s!

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so that’s it for now. but i couldn’t leave without sharing one little thing i learned today. it has nothing to do with this post but good to know nonetheless.

spoonflower

i’ve been looking for a long time to find a company to print small quantities on fabric and finally came across a good one! if you’ve been looking too, try spoonflower’s website and blog if you have ideas for bedding, pillows, lampshades or curtains, here’s your answer! now i need to take my own advice!

March 25, 2009. 1920's, 1930's, Bedrooms, Blogroll, Deco, Design, Photography, Projects.

12 Comments

  1. Carol replied:

    Hey That’s my dog!
    How did you get the picture of Bittie!
    Great shots! Especially the last ones ; )
    I too love alcoves!
    oxox

  2. theparisapartment replied:

    hey carol, i miss bittie, how’s our girl? miss you too, you’re my ny touchstone!

  3. FrenchBlue replied:

    I can’t believe you had these pictures in your stash! Love the post! You AMAZE me! Tim walker must have had the same old collection too… Unbelievable! I don’t think this is a new book it was a special edition Italia Vogue January 2008.
    I am searching for it and will let you know if I find it anywhere. If anyone knows let me know.

  4. Vanya replied:

    I love Tim Walker, I went to see his exhibition last year at the Design Musuem (London) incredible.

    If you a fancy a browse at more of his wonderful images, have a look at my post

    http://myendlessinspiration.blogspot.com/2008/10/tim-walker.html

  5. Sam replied:

    What a great post. So thoughtful.

  6. renee finberg replied:

    amazing photos.

    xx

  7. Joy & Janet replied:

    Wow C, these photos are fab!

  8. theparisapartment replied:

    aren’t they? the old sets were really something. i bet all these old props are in storage somewhere. i need to find out what book they were from, i think it was the decorative 20s. i’ll take a look.

  9. Ellen replied:

    I absolutely love these shots! Great that decadence was celebrated. I have a fantastic book called “Sin in soft focus, Pre-code Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira” which is full of these. If you can get hold of it I think you would like it. I’m going to do a blog on some of the photos in it soon too.

  10. Jill replied:

    Love the photos. The bedroom with the tree mural is my kind of hideaway!

  11. Laura Ingalls Gunn replied:

    Yes, the only thing new in design and fashion is that which has been undiscovered by the young. :) Great images.

  12. ojc1927 replied:

    re your question about wanting to know the films/locations of the images with the actresses, I know for sure that the bottom one (with the blonde) is “Our Dancing Daughters”, 1928. It starred Joan Crawford, but the blonde in the picture is actress Anita Page. She just passed in Sept. 2008. Here’s a link to pix of her. (if the link does not work, you can just google her.) I had the pleasure of meeting her about 10years ago at a showing of the above mentioned silent film.

    http://images.google.com/images?q=anita+page&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBR_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=eTTPSfygD5GktAOAkIWhAw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title

    The shot of the women in the bedroom above the Anita Page picture is, I believe, actress Leatrice Joy. No clue what movie it is.

    Re the rooms they are shot in, I hate to say it but they were only movie sets and for sure dismantled upon completion of the film. Such a shame that they did not create those rooms for ‘real life’ homes/apartments.

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