Hello sweet friends!
First of all I hope you are all celebrating the USA's Fourth of July weekend and having lots of fun!
Yesterday I was looking for a scarf for my neck in my scarf drawer, as the day was a little chilly and rainy around my woods; so my inspiration for this small tea setting is a beautiful vintage, gold lace evening shawl that belonged to my dear Mil and I had it very safely in a pretty scarf box, among the other silk scarfs. I didn't recognized it, or remembered what it was, so I presided to unfold it, feeling geedy with excitement and it was this beautiful shawl, which is not my type to wear it myself, though. Immediately I envisioned me making a 'little switcheroo' on my formal dining table and using it as a 'runner'! I hope you like it's 'new life, or I'd say, it's re-purposed life,' as much as I do.
Don't you love it when you find special things in your own home, which you had had no idea you had? I do.. and this brings me to mind a few months ago, when I found the half way done crocheted round tablecloth from ten years ago, lol..
Please feel free to tell me whatever you think of it...if you like it as a runner, or as it was originally...a 'shawl'! I will not be offended! Thank you.
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| Here is the beautiful vintage lace gold shawl with fringes that was my dear Mil's and now turned into a lace runner in my formal dining table. I love how the etchings in a different wood in the table corner matches the roses in the lace too; which are gold as well. |
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| The runner has lovely golden roses in an embossed fashion. I also decided to place my flowers in my vintage Italian yellow crystal flower vase, because of the gold lace. |
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| I did my tea setting with my mother's French Limoges aqua cake plates and the Bavaria-German, antique tea set, which also has small flowers in aqua and with pretty gold rimmed in the tea cups and saucers. |
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| I think I will leave this heavy bronze fruit bowl, from many years ago... after I clear the tea table; to continue with the gold in the runner and perhaps flanked by my Mil's antique bronze candle holders, also. |
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| A close up of the Antique Bavarian-German tea set against the lace runner. I used as a tray the oval platter from the Limoges's dinner set, which my mother gifted me several years ago. |
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| As you can see it's also quite long, perfect for this long table too. |
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| Some tea anyone? |
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| The runner and the fringes are very shiny gold like silk in real life, which the photo doesn't do justice. I'd love it come Fall too! |
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| From here you can see a little of the foyer and living room. |
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| The Limoges aqua cake plate with gold. |
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| Here you can see a bit clearer the aqua flowers inside and out of the tea cup and saucer..like the plate. |
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