She also makes what look to be stunning pieces of furniture for the home. The room divider above, for instance, explodes with flowers,
and this chair with footrest
Full disclosure: I ordered a bag a couple of years back and was not thrilled with the quality of the leather--it was rather crackily and didn't measure up to the asking price. But these pieces, which are available only through Hunter's bricks-and-mortar shop look to be more substantial.
Indeed, they conjure up a Bloomsbury world both physically and symbolically. Have any British readers seen these larger pieces in the flesh, so to speak?
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Very pretty.
No but I could go and take a peek to let you know xx
Miss Cavendish, I admit that I don't fully understand the reference to Bloomsbury. Is this the Bloomsbury Group of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant? When I think of Bell, my mind goes to her beach scenes with white tents and simplified blocks of color. I see a loose, but similar aesthetic on the screen, though the feel is different.
Can you direct me to some canvases that may help me understand what Bloomsbury stands for?
Hi Lydia,
I was making a connection between the blooms on the screen (as well as the other furniture) and the hand-painted furniture at Charleston, Bell and Grant's country home, which I identified via a Bloomsbury reference. There may not be a screen there, but there could be!
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