Old Portraits

I’ve mentioned before that I’m a big fan of old portraits.  I especially love seeing them in unexpected locations.

Here, an old portrait is used in a more contemporary office to great effect.  I love the way it looks next to that very contemporary door:

great-office

Here is a portrait in a more casual location.  So casual, in fact, that a parrot is perching nearby:

parrot-on-chair

I really like this black & white library, with a dark oval portrait placed unexpectedly against the white bookshelves:

white-libraryIt looks like they have smaller portraits lined up on the bottom shelf of the bookshelf as well.

Finally, check out this closet:

dressing-room-8Totally unexpected, and very cool.  Of course it helps if you have natural light in your closet.  And that great Gregorius Pineo light fixture doesn’t hurt either…


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