More lovely birds whilst in the Versailles gift shop At the tail end of my trip, a visit to the magnificent and often overlooked Musee de Sevres- just a short trip on ligne #9 to the end and then a quick walk over the bridge - et voila - a fantastic historic collection of china from everywhere and all time periods. At Sevres this plate commemorating American bird species -the crow? Birds as decorative elements stalked me. Here on a tapestry chair at...? Ah at musee Nissim de Camondo and it was a folding screen not a chair! These lovebirds were busy cooing at Versailles on another screen...
I went to Rick's place again and spotted this old alphabet bird postcard lying around... Just a bit of old embroidered tapestry at the Bastille brocante. Note a bird is present amidst the flowers and bunnies...
Tons of birds symmetrically arranged on the fabrics at theMusee de la Toile de Jouy. I guess birds add a touch of life to these static repetitive designs..qui sait? Here at Chateau Chantilly, a Roman mosaic of lowly pigeons!
Much more life like than just purely decorative, these unidentifiable everyday birds in the elegant chambers of La Grande Singerie at Chantilly..
Passing by on rue de St. Peres - a great street for window gazing into very fine antique shops - these amusing birds perched on top of a gazebo in a print byAntoine Watteau
Oddly you do not see many birds and pastry together. Except here at Gerard Mulot's grand piece montee... These birds look like they escaped from a hat to me... BON JEUDI!
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