Steve Plant's House

The mix of taxidermy and history in Steve Plant's house in eastern France is among the most aesthetically fabulous compendia I've come across in some time.  The bust, the globes, the stuffed Crowned Crane; it is like stepping back into the days when dilettantes rambled the world in search of visual delights.  Plant's originality and humour recently caught the eye of wildly eccentric Lord Whimsy who maintains a website of pastoral dandyism (his phrase) appropriately titled The Affected Provincial's Almanack.  See more pictures and Whimsy's swooning analysis of Plant's house in Whimsy's journal.  A sampling of what you'll get from the Lord:

"Just look at the wonderful blue plaster against the brown shiny flounder floating over seashells of the most deliciously warm ivory, which create a swirling pattern when grouped together in a procession on the mantle. There's a sensibility at work, but nothing as heavy and methodical as a theory is ever imposed upon us visitors. This isn't calculated, but intuitive--and each tableau is a lovely little world of it's own. The house is full of such moments."

A bit raputuous but spot on.

Comments

[rebecca]

Cool house Steve! Like the animals! Take care *