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| Box Construction - C. Andrako 2010 - 15 x 91/4 x 5 |
An advertisement for chocolates, circa 1900, was the inspiration for this work which is one of two chocolate boxes I've made.
The ribbons are untied and the lid with attached frame removed.
Chocolate selections create an ever-changing vitrine display.
When my chocolate supply is finished I fill it with these "chocolates". Recognize them? I thought they were chocolates when I was a child. I loved seeing them in the hardware store.
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| The Marquise de Sevigne'. The Hotel Carnavelet in Paris - a museum not to be missed - was her home. |
Footnote:
Madame de Sevigne', the charming and brilliant 17th century aristocrat, whose letters to her daughter over a thirty year period reveal an entire era, was by no means a chocolatier. She had no say in this enterprise, no more so than Madame de Pompadour did with the bottles of cherries soaked in brandy that bear her name.
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| Edmond Rostand in the official uniform of the Academie Francaise. |
It was the poet and dramatist, Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac, who declared a box of chocolates he received from a chocolatier's daughter to be "A La Marquise de Sevigne" and the moniker took. One of his plays was being performed at the Pavillion Sevigne at the Casino de Vichy at the time.
Photos (c) C. Andrako 2011 All Rights Reserved
Sevigne', letters, Rostand via Wiki
8 comments:
Your art work is positively delicious! And I reveled at learning about the new historical bits you posted. At my antique book shop there's a book on her memoirs and I think I will head on over and get it! Thanks for the great post:) Have a wonderful Sunday,
xoxo
What a great way of displaying your chocolate stash. I don't recognize those "chocolates" from the hardware store. What are they?
Thank you Len and Lucy.
Len,
They are made of rubber and are used under furniture legs to protect floors or, I suppose, to level a piece of furniture. I can't believe people actually use these but they're still making them.
Catherine
Oh Catherine! Where have I been to have missed the launch of this incredible adventure! YOur art is simply beautiful. A clear extension of the talent and beauty that is you! This is the best I have read in months and your art is inspiring. Your style, your knowledge, and your passion are on display here. Bravo!!! I cherish the artwork you made me for my blog, in fact, it is my screensaver so that I may enjoy it daily!
Best of the Best to you my Dearest Friend!!
xoxo
Judith~
You have the neatest "stuff".....who else just happens to have a fabulous demi-tasse chocolate cup lying around along with graphic antique ads...and so many ornate frames! I like to call the things I gather around me "rescued antiques"...you have a wonderful collection that you have rescued to tell a new story.
The chocolates look divine, absolutely edible! And the Musee Carnavalet is my favorite! Love this new one. Thanks for sharing.
Ms. K -
Those are edible chocolates in the first photos. The last are not.
C.
For a choco-holic like me, it would be disastrous for my waist to have real ones on display, but I certainly love the idea of the box conveying how precious and decadent chocolates are - beautiful.
Anyes
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