HAPPY EASTER

"Let the resurrection joy lift us from 

loneliness and weakness and despair 

to strength and beauty and happiness." 

- Floyd W. Tomkins

 

 
"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
– Lady Bird Johnson

 

 
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Architectural Frozen Music

"I CALL ARCHITECTURE FROZEN MUSIC." 

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

New York City is beautiful.

Despite the fact I have been living here for nearly 3 decades, I still find it is exciting and there are always something that excite my eyes.

These are just a few classical architectural details to share with you.

“LET THERE BE MANY WINDOWS to your soul, 

that all the glory of the world may beautify it.” 

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox  

“LET EACH DAY BE YOUR MASTERPIECE."

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Navy & White China

Spring is here!
Navy and white table china is a great classic color palette!

white flowers or multi-colors palette flowers or a pot of

tangerines as center piece would make 

the table coming alive!

"Just as Buddhas are covered with gold, 

so people want fine china on table." 

Limoges Porcelain - Perlée Bleu. 

To achieve the vibrant Mediterranean blue, craftsmen hand-paint a unique blend of cobalt blue around the pearls.

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DIFFA's DINING BY DESIGN

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

Art of Table Setting

DIFFA's DINING BY DESIGN 2013 @ NYC 

There were many tables, a handful were quite interesting and exciting indeed. However, below 3 were what I picked that absolutely captured my eyes.

Architectural Digest Table by Margaret Russell

Bold graphic strip table cloth and china - all in black and white including the hanging light fixture above the table; with a bouquet of vibrant colors of flowers. It was striking!

Funny and Whimsical!

Lots of red and black

with those long boots hanging above

it is definitely a statement and creates many conversations!

Leave it up to your imagination!

Purple always create that mysterious and elegant ambiance.

All the purple are Hershey's dark chocolate kisses!

The 'exploded' ones are the ones that people unwrapped and ate.

Very interactive dining!

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Exquisite Jadeite

During Asian Week in NYC, I came across some of these exquisite jadeite. 

The beauty is breathtaking.

  

"You can't depend on your eyes 

when your imagination is out of focus." 

- Mark Twain

A beautiful jadeite tripod censer and cover. H 9 5/8"
Seen @ NYC.

 

 A greenish-white jade box. 7 7/8" long.
青白玉雕龍戲蓮紋長方蓋盒
Seen @ NYC.

“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.” 

- Oscar Wilde

Late Qing dynasty Jadeite cup with cover. 

Seen @ NYC.
晚清 翠玉團花紋蓋盃一對.

 
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Beautiful Turquoise Accessories

"I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. 

If it looks right, it is right." 

- Dorothy Draper, interior designer

A pair of cloisonné enamel vases. 

Meiji Period (ca 1900). 12 ¼" H. Seen @ NYC.

 "BEAUTY OF STYLE AND HARMONY & GRACE & GOOD RHYTHM 

depends on simplicity." 

- Plato (BC 427-BC 347) 

A pair of Mintons porcelain turquoise ground vases. 

The design attributed to Christopher Dresser (1834-1904). 

H 10¾". Seen @ NYC.

"NEVER LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY of seeing anything beautiful,

for beauty is God's handwriting." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

19th/20th Century Chinese Cloisonne enamel ginger jars. 

Seen @ NYC

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Japaneses Screen

selecting something cheaper than what you really like —

it compromises you, because you are never really happy with the result." 

— Rose Cumming, Interior Designer.

Japanese Screen Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677)
6-panel screen with Chinese landscape in snow;
ink and light tea color on paper.
Signed Kaiho Yusetsusai ga and sealed Kaiho and Kido 

61½ x 148". Seen @ NYC.

I came across image below (though I don't know the designer nor the photographer. If anyone know please inform me so proper credit can be given) using similar color palette screen on the wall with western furniture, I thought it was brilliant.

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Mix It Up!

"WE ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT DIVERSITY makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color."

- Maya Angelou

French Chinoiserie Tapestry ca 1722-1724 ( NYC)
Lounge Chair from Sweden 1950s 

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Winter Wonderland

Another snowstorm in NYC.

Shall we dance?

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, 

we dance for madness, we dance for fears, 

we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, 

we are the dancers, we create the dreams.” 

~Albert Einstein 

“ART is when you hear a knocking from your soul 

— and you answer.” 

~Terri Guillemets

“The earth has music for those who listen.” 
~William Shakespeare

  

 

 
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Vibrant Turquoise

"The most powerful weapon on earth

is the human soul on fire.” 

– Ferdinand Foch

19th/20th Century Chinese Cloisonne enamel ginger jars. 

Seen @ NYC.

Japanese-Korean Cloisonne

"NEVER LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY of seeing anything beautiful, 

for beauty is God's handwriting." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Details on a sevres-style porcelain vase

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Game Table

“YOU can never be overdressed or overeducated.” 

- Oscar Wilde

A Syrian mother-of-pearl and parquetry-inlaid fold-top games table. 20th century. Seen @ NYC. Color palette in Canali menwear corresponding to the game table.

Game table can add charm to a living area, it can also serve as side table or tea for two in the afternoon in front of a window!

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Tulip Wood French Desk

A beautiful French Ormolu-mounted Tulipwood, 

Mahagony and Parquetry Bureau Plat, 

late quarter 19th century. 

Seen @ NYC.

A great desk in the drawing room or entrance

making a good statement and it is functional.

"Get It Down. Take Chances. 

It may be bad, but it’s the only way 

you can do anything really good." 

- William Faulkner

 
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