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The art critic and Picasso biographer John Richardson said the Paley's were the only ones to get everything in their various homes exactly right - high praise indeed. All the same, one must ask what was the point when the people they wanted to impress were uniformly ghastly as Truman Capote eventually discovered, though he must have figured that out long before they showed him the proverbial and literal door.
Beautiful woman and amazing clothes (I saw the exhibit of them in DC about 15 years ago). Style icon. And she was 31, as I recall, when she walked into the White House.
That footage of the President, his bro Bobby, the AG, and the President's brother in law, Seargent Shriver, exiting Air Force 2 at Hyannis with all their children running toward them to greet them is America. A life of service, and of family. A Rockwell come to life.
Gimme a break(ers). That home was not built in just two years. Estates with this kind of square footage and ornamentation don't just come together quickly. Not to mention, the quarrying of the stone, bringing it to the site and crafting it to specific shapes. This is easily a 10-15 year build and probably took longer. Someone is giving you either bad information or is intentionally misleading you Ms Narrator.
Faith, the pair of Louis XV chairs on either side of the 6 foot mirror have shield backs - not “horseshoe backs.” Shield backs harken to the fighting shields which often displayed a soldier’s family crest - so one could interpret them as a nod to “good breeding.” As to the table below the mirror: It is obviously not a bouillotte table (as bouillotte tables are always round and the piece shown is rectilinear), but rather a commode ~ usually referred to as a bombé chest today. It obviously doesn’t have casters, but rather ormolu mounts - those gilded decorations shown. For a better understanding of French furniture, please reference Paris Furniture by the Master Ébénestes authored by Charles Packer and published by R. H. Johns Ltd., 1956.
Hi Jennifer, I can assure you that the information I have provided is 100% accurate. It originates directly from the detailed descriptions given by historians who evaluated each object at Sotheby’s for their auction.
I don't feel she had good taste in interior design. It's actually awful design. I won't make a list but she could not design well. But she could dress superbly.
The White House butler said in his biography that Jackie and JFK retired every afternoon to their bedroom. No one was allowed up there - not even the Secret Service. Jackie was always refreshed after these naps. So there was a practical reason for changing those sheets. Because her husband had the most strenuous job in the world, she insisted that he get a break during the middle of the day. Re: Jackie's bedroom. Sister Parish had a fussy and not very appealing style. Mr Boudin had a sleek, beautiful style.
I greatly preferred Stephen Boudun’s desugns. I especially liked the dressing area. Please show more of her personal designs. Also her Sister Lee had outstanding design abilities. She has to long been relegated to also ran while in reality she was especially bright and talented. Thanks
@@user-tk1ht6wn3j I know what you’re thinking, but I really believe it just came down to discretion. In the days before Motrin, women would need to take to their beds in the afternoons one week per month - and protection wasn’t all that reliable. Also, if she and the president “utilized the bed” at any point during the day, it would have been embarrassing to ring for the maid to specifically request new bed linens. To avoid that indelicate situation, it was far easier to maintain the standing order for the beds to be changed twice daily.
@@jenniferlynn3537 Oh, honey, you have no idea. Her husband was a raging sex pig and he'd actually use her bedroom to "entertain." She and the maids all knew it. Their marriage was nothing to envy and his antics in the White House and elsewhere are rather well documented.
That’s actually what I kept thinking about. I can maybe understand doing it once a day but I am pretty sure she wasn’t someone who laid around in bed throughout the day so I can’t understand why she want it done twice a day. Sometimes it’s the little details…🤔
@@elexis3728The bed linen was changed 2x a day because Jackie and JFK ummm, “marital intimacy” took place during the afternoon and the sheets were recharged after that.
The meticulous double change of linen didn't make her live longer, Im afraid. She shoulld have focused on her husband's behaviour, instead ! ..Too much decoration and not enough love., a pity !!.....
