I was at the Metropolitan Museum today - alone - it was so wonderful to be ambling around New York by myself. Lee was molded to a chair on the 16th floor of an apartment on East 48th - a friend of ours owns it and let us stay this week! The location couldn't be more perfect for me with the D&D (Design and Decoration building) an easy 9 blocks away!
I have wanted to go to the Islamic Exhibit at the Met since it re-opened a year or so ago and today was the day. And by myself, there was no one to hustle me through. I could linger on the tiles and the textiles and snap all the photos I wanted, swooning over the patient and rich beauty and imagining it will somehow, someday make its way into a kitchen or a hallway or a bathroom or a living room.
Here are the shots - I'm posting them on facebook too. I still have no idea how the heck to use that but I'm just going to put my pictures there for now. if you have any tips - pass em along.
P.S. I contacted someone to help me set up a new Blog and he's super busy! Like May busy. So I"m noodling on what to do in the meantime. Stay posted.
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| Tile. The dark tile is more navy blue than the blackish color you see here. So gorgous! |
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Velvet and gold textile with the poppy image used to drape the inside of tents.
Yep, we do that when we go to Duluth, too. |
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This is a Reception Room from the Ottoman Empire. I forget the date!
The ottoman banquette was just killing me!
WANT! |
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| NOW look at that velvet banquette. In front of the - on the lower level is a beautiful quiet fountain. |
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| Silk velvet and linen "tiger striped" textile. This gets so modern looking. |
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| A "window" of carved wood set into carved marble. |
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| Details of tile work, carved limestone and wood panel. |
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