Comments on: Biltmore Estate

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:08:00 +0000

Not done up with gold paint, no. But in C19th and early C20th buildings. I’d have expected it to be in servants’ quarters within a mansion, though, if it was anywhere at all.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:45:00 +0000

But as the bedroom wallpaper in a 19th century mansion, all done up with gold paint? I have seen it as an artform in the modern context, but this juxtaposition just threw me. Loved it.

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:08:00 +0000

Oddly enough I have come across burlap on the walls – and burlap painted over, so you get the texture but a different colour.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:13:00 +0000

No, not really. At least, there was little there that I wasn’t already familiar with from elsewhere. The architect just pinched from here and there, different times and different styles – tastefully, but there really wasn’t anything original. Well, I hadn’t seen gunny sacking on the walls before…lol!! How South Asians must laugh about that – I loved the overall effect though.

I have poked around extensively in UK, Scotland, and much of Europe and North Africa, not to mention a few bits and pieces of Asia, so for me it was more a matter of recognition and reacquaintance.

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:31:00 +0000

Yes, the exterior puts me more in mind of a French chateau – or palace, as your grandson said. Pity they didn’t have an elevator or facilities for people who have difficulties (if only temporarily) with stairs.

Did it spark any inspiration for new story settings? 🙂