The Story of Our Ceramic Mushroom Collection
At a New York antique show recently a Parisian dealer had an original Hermes ceramic mushroom set! She told me that Hermes had let the lady who created their original trompe l oeil window display take home the models after the window came down. Apparently there were hundreds of ceramic mushrooms in that original window. Later in life the lady sold them off one ceramic mushroom at a time as she needed money. This is a real "mushrooms to riches story!"
The antique dealer had her ceramic mushroom set arranged on a big lazy susan. It was a lovely way to display the ceramic mushrooms. You may want to do the same for your decorative home decor.
The New York Times magazine recently had an article featuring the current creative head of Hermes. Hermes is always updating but luckily they keep a lot of their classic designs around. On a recent trip to Paris at New Year's time, I saw an amazing Hermes window that transported me to Morocco. I wonder who got all the tiles....stay tuned! |
