Luxury and Excess

Details from a visit to the National Gallery last week - was great to be back.

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Detail from Equestrian portrait of Charles I, 1637-8, Anthony van Dyke

Detail from Lord Stuart and his brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, c.1638, Anthony van Dyke

Detail from Still Life with Drinking-Horn, c.1653, Willem Kalf

Detail from Still Life with Lemons in a Wicker Basket, 1643-9, Juan de Zurbarán

Prada 1998

Photo: Albert Watson

Wool Grass

Hermes, New Bond Street

Tapestries and bundles of wool made to look like grassy landscapes. This detail looking like something from under the sea. Much better description and photographs here

The other side of the glass

Dreams of Miu Miu

New Bond Street, September 2016