Showing posts with label Eccentrics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eccentrics. Show all posts
Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Secret Life of Sir Edward James...

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Edward William Frank James  (1907–1984)
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Thoughts from a simple Traveller - "Shabby Chic" and Eccentricity

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(Photo by Tavarua) A few years back in Clubland -  I overheard a conversation about "Shabby Chic"   R ather interesting co...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

My father was a true Eccentric... (Part II)

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(Photo - family archives) Well, you asked and it is true.  My parents were different - they came from two "worlds" of eccentr...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Art of Life - From the family archives...

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(Photo - family archives) My mother stated : I can close my eyes and still have a perfect score... She has her own world, style a...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

An Eccentric - Eccentric - Eccentric - Rebel - 7th Marquess of Bath

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Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath was born in 1932 - an eccentric and rather colorful Lord. He was educated at Eton. Art was clos...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

If you could have a collection of Ivory ...Would a small one please you?

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Nancy Cunard - Photo By Man Ray..... Nancy Cunard could do it......wearing multiply ivory bracelets.....Well,well,well A nice evening at the...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

An Eccentric Woman and Patroness of the Arts - Marchesa Luisa Casati

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Marchesa Luisa Casati 1881 - 1946 "A continent in the claws of a Cheetah" Smooth, Elegant and Dangerous Exotic -Dramatic - Extrav...
Friday, March 27, 2009

My Father was a true Eccentric...(Part I)

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 (All photos of eccentrics except the one of my father in this post by Tim Walker) His... himself - (My Father), here in his late...
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Sir Edward James (1907 - 1984), his gardens, "The Bamboo Palace", and " El Castillo" in Xilitla, Mexico

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Time for a great eccentric to enter in to this blog - Scottish born Sir Edward James who arrived in Xilitla in 1945 a town set in the Sierr...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

The Sitwells - One of the most aristocratic and eccentric British families

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Renishaw Hall - The Home of the Sitwell Family The Sitwells with their three children. Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Barone...