TDRF Adelaide – Passion for Portraits, Paintings & Porcelain
The David Roche Foundation House Museum and Gallery collection in Adelaide, showcases its owner’s passionate pursuit of fine portraits, paintings and porcelains
Empire Style
Kings Queens & Courtiers – A New Exhibition at TDRF Adelaide
A new exhibition at The David Roche Foundation House Museum & Gallery, Adelaide, features objects once belonging to Kings Queens & Courtiers in Europe & England
The David Roche Foundation Adelaide – Gallery 1: Neoclassic
The neoclassical style featured in Gallery 1 The David Roche House Museum & Gallery reflects the spirit of antiquity in England & Europe during the 18th century
The David Roche Foundation Museum Complex Adelaide, Now Open
The David Roche Foundation House Museum & Gallery glittered gloriously with refracted light for its official opening in North Adelaide by former PM Paul Keating
The Fabric of India – V&A London, Showcases Indian Textiles
The Fabric of India an exhibition now showing at the V&A Museum explores the multifaceted world of Textiles integral to the Indian identity from 16-19 centuries
Chairs: Stylish Seating – Revolution to The Age of Clutter
Following the revolution austerity of style was the rage; as the nineteenth century progressed, the age of clutter became integral to the English Victorian Age
French Clocks – Science Keeping Time with Enlightenment Pt 3
The French Revolution, an age of transformation meant a shift in attitude and change in societal behaviour that is reflected in the design of elegant timepieces
Napoleon’s Desk – St Helena to Sydney, a Story worth a Smile
That someone in the Antipodes would end up sitting at, and using the same desk as he did would have given deposed French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte great cause to smile.
Creating a Cameo – Painting in Stone, a Sculpture to Wear
Painting in ‘stone’ on buildings in antiquity transposed into jewelry (jewellery) as a Cameo, a raised portrait that was a miraculous union of art and nature
Martyn Cook Antiques – Neoclassic Elegance & Exotic Decor
An antique mahogany console and gilded ‘convex’ mirror currently in Martyn Cook Antiques stylish showroom at Rushcutters Bay combines elegance with the exotic
David Roche Legacy – Antiques & Art Collection, Adelaide SA
When antiques and art collector Adelaide based David Roche AM died in 2013 he left his fine and decorative arts collection in trust to benefit all Australians
Martyrdom and Fashion – The Merveilleuses
Following the revolution and during the reign of Napoleon 1 in France the ornate costumes of the Kings and Queens of France quickly gave way to garments of revolutionary simplicity. Based on the craze for neoclassical architecture they were emulating the classical purity of ancient Greek statues. Ladies wore dresses…
Juliette Recamier and Empire Style
What we know now as the Empire Style began developing in the latter part of the 18th century and climaxed at Napoleon and Josephine’s Chateau Malmaison. It was an extension of neoclassical concerns and at Paris the influence of one woman. Mme Juliette Recamier (1777 – 1849), was paramount. They…
Empire Style
The French revolution in 1796 rocked upper class foundations in both Europe and England. A directory ruled France and the dashing Corsican General Napoleon Bonaparte became Commander in Chief. His victories on the battlefield were to shape chair styles no less than the themes of Grand Opera. Chairs lost their…