ANTIQUES & ANIMALS

The part of dealing in antiques that I love the most is the hunt, trying to get something that you really want, yesterday was a failure..........I was in love with the most wonderful tapestry of a horse, late 17th century drop dead colours............but not to be!

Two elephants instead........

My great friend and colleague France Lasserre is exhibiting at an antiques fair in the Paris suburb of Chatou,  known as the "Foire nationale aux Antiquités, à la Brocante, et aux Jambons" Her signature stand of blue linens and decorative antiques is always a success. The fair finishes this Sunday.

Meanwhile back with the children's drawings the beginnings of a first book are fluttering to life. Names and characters are developing...........mice, clowns, dogs and monsters,  they started on Children's Name Pictures, but they are escaping into their own adventures

More soon............you can see more characters by clicking on the clown

LARGE PICTURES MONSTERS AND OTHER THINGS.............

One of the largest pictures I have ever bought is finally about to get to the shop, a wonderful landscape in an amazing gilt frame,

Including the frame you need a pretty large room 6'7" high by a massive 11'9" wide or as we in Europe say 202 x 343 cm!

Paintings seem to be what I am buying at the moment soon to come are a couple of wonderful 19th century canvases one of a vegetarians nightmare,  the other of a magpie eating a camembert cheese

 

All of these paintings will be added to JULIA BOSTON  soon

In the meantime I have added a series of monsters to the 

children's name picture characters, brightly coloured and fun for kids they have joined the mice, clowns and dogs....

More of this at childrensnamepictures.com

The new monster department.............