Sunday, March 30, 2008

More Paris 1900

Another echo across the centuries from the Paris Exhibition of 1900 to today is the Manoir a l'Envers (Upside-Down Manor House), illustrated and described by Philippe Jullian, in which "the furniture was suspended from the ceiling" and "in the drawing-room people could walk round a chandelier whose lamps illuminated their feet."--which, of course, is the same concept at the recently opened Viktor and Rolf boutique in Milan:


Manoir a l'Envers:

Viktor & Rolf

Viktor & Rolf