I am forever saying to myself that I need to concentrate on the details more….Granted I do take some details, but often there are times when I realise I missed something that I had intended to take an image of.
Yesterday a friend and I went to Standen, a National Trust property Near East Grinstead. Standen was a family home, one of the finest examples of Arts and Crafts workmanship. The owners decorated the interior with Morris & Co wallpapers, fabrics and furniture. I find it a captivating place.
I didn’t know what this challenge would be today, but as it happened, I was concentrating on some of the details at the house.
So here goes for a taster:
A beautiful old bureau
Drawings on the bureau:
Wallpaper detail:
Fabric created by one of women in the family:
Detail of embroidery on a bedcover in one of the bedrooms
Linked to Lens-artist’s Photo Challenge at Patti’s here
Heavenly details, Sue. Beautifully captured. I love those shots of the pillow and wallpaper.
Thank you, Patti- I thought you might like it!
Gorgeous details, Sue. I especially love the cushion and the fabric pattern.
They are lovely, aren’t they,Sylvia?
A very good setting in which to focus on detail.
I thought so, Su!
Nice details, Sue. I like the bureau the best. I can imagine sitting and writing there.
Best wishes, Pete.
Yes, me too
Really beautiful, Sue! Do you like the Morris style? It’s very ornate but I’ve always found it quite compelling. 🙂 🙂
I do, rather, Jo…compelling indeed
Such detail Sue 🙂 Fabulous
My favorite is the pillow in the first shot. Lots of lovely details here.
janet
The pillow is a cushion, Janet….but agreed, lots of great detail
Details are very beautifully presented here, Sue. 🙂
Thank you, Amy!
These are wonderful Sue, I enjoyed them much more and felt I’d experienced more than if you’d shot entire rooms. Super for the challenge
Thanks, Tina! This place was all about the detail, so glad you enjoyed these
Beautiful details!!! 🙂
Beautiful. Fantastic images … but you always deliver a high class. I was going to use materials too but changed my mind … and went out of the box a bit. Felt a bit on the wild side yesterday. The chair is my pick.
Happy wild side, I hope, Vivi!
Always ….. !! Don’t have time for angry anymore. *smile
Good girl!
In the midst of 16-17th century bling, I relish this post. I love the placement of the pillow – two kinds of detail in the embroidery and the wallpaper. A pity the art of embroidery has been lost – I have a pile of my aunts’ unfinished work and my attempts to complete were clumsy to say the least. You might enjoy this
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/YwKCi4svWR4fKQ?hl=en
There is some delicacy in Warsaw!
I’d love to see more detail through your eyes – it’s sure to be recognisably Sue.
Was this recognisably Sue, then? Not my usual…. apropos embroidery, I have several lovely tablecloths beautifully embroidered by Great aunts, you will have seen them as backdrops to Still Life’s!
I’ve been over to the link – thanks!
Beautiful details, there is something very appealing about the Arts and Crafts movement. Though you really have to have the right house to get away with those very detailed wallpapers.
Yes, I commented the same to my friend!
Perfect opr the challenge, Sue! Love, love them. The wallpaper and the bureau!
Thanks, A C – I loved that bureau!
Me too
Wow…is all I can say!
Thank you!
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