Camille Silvy: Spring, c. 1860, Private Collection, Paris
Silvy was an early member of The Artists Rifles.
The octagonal saloon at Honington Hall
Honington Hall Warwickshire, England
Photographer: Alex Starkey
One of my projects.
Mayshiel Shooting Lodge, in East Lothian, was completed in 2001 to a design by Craig Hamilton, with architectural references from Auchendinny by Sir William Bruce and Bankton House at Prestonpans.
The Scottish Provident Building, 1-6 Lombard Street, in London, was designed by the architect William Curtis Green in 1912.
I carried out an analysis of the paint on the gates.
Cassiobury House, Hertfordshire. The story of a house demolished in 1927. However, many of its interiors were sold and I am now trying to establish how much might have made its way to Upstate New York.
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. An account of my recent visit to give a paper at the 65th Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum.
18 St James’s Square, London. Two photographs showing ‘before’ on the L/H side and ‘after’ on the R/H side. I carried out the analysis of the 25 paint schemes on the building and established the original colour. I then mixed this and my company Papers and Paints supplied the paint for the job.
18th century Chinese wallpaper in a house in upstate New York. I’m hoping to get this restored and then copied by a talented artist and new wallpaper made. Please get in touch if you know anyone capable of copying this - prb@colourman.com
Colourful dwellings “…do not necessarily make for human happiness. But at least they invite you to be happy.”
A German designer’s contribution to social housing in the 1920s Onkel Toms Hütte (Uncle Tom’s Cabin).
The ‘Pure Greys’ - a deceptively simple sequence of twelve steps between white and black.
Papers and Paints are frequently asked to make up colours in between each of these shades - it is possible to make up 18 such mini-steps - making a total of 210 possibilities.
This sort of exercise can be undertaken with most of our colours.
