Eurotrib Photography Blog #155

by LEP Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 04:49:31 AM EST

Greetings and welcome to the Eurotrib photography blog number 155. This week we went to Lyon to depose Raphael for his first year at Ecole Normale Superieure-Lyon.

Our first ever stay in Lyon, surprising for the fact that I have been in Paris for 20 years and even more so considering that my wife is French. We were surprised by its beauty and warmth.

We met Melanchthon (as every ET'er who goes to Lyon does)and for one day I walked more than I have for the previous year. I'm hurting and I'm searching for the energy to post this blog.

Here's a nighttime photo of the beautiful "Hotel de Ville" in Lyon:

I'll post a few more photos of Lyon and today we'll have our "Photos ans Usual" and "Ask the Experts."

Happy posting!

Eurotrib Photography Blog #155 | 39 comments (39 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Photos as Usual (none / 0)

photos as usual

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 04:53:26 AM EST

Fountain in the Place d'Hotel de Ville (at night) (4.00 / 4)

built by the same person who built the Statue of Liberty in New York (per Melanchthon).

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 05:02:49 AM EST
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Fountain in the Place des Terreaux (4.00 / 3)

The fountain was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 05:41:19 AM EST
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Mme. LEP and Melanchthon.l (4.00 / 5)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 05:07:12 AM EST
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Cathedral St. Jean (4.00 / 3)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 05:13:24 AM EST
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Astronomical clock in Cathedral St. Jean. (4.00 / 5)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 05:21:09 AM EST
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Re: Astronomical clock in Cathedral St. Jean. (none / 1)

quelles follies de grandeur rococo infinies!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 12:37:31 PM EST
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On a clear day, you can see Mount Blanc. (4.00 / 4)

About one third from the left side of the photo.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 09:45:15 AM EST
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We had a great Lyonaisse dinner (4.00 / 4)

at thee Cafe des Federations. I stuffed myself while Melanchthon and Mme. LEP were much more reasonable.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 09:50:05 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 6)

Eoghan....he's not actually allowed up there. He's Andy's cat when he's being bad....

by ElaineinNM on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 07:14:24 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 2)

Hmmm interesting - a Bilnäs stackable glass cupboard unit with added non-factory issue leading. The vertically opening door slides back into the roof of the cupboard. Very Scandinavian (apart from the leading and the cat) ;-)

The Deco china inside would greatly interest a dealer friend of mine in Essex.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 03:52:41 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 4)

Gee, I had no idea! What do you think for a date?

It, the cabinet, not the cat, came out of my Dad's house and I had assumed it was an old New England piece. I always thought it had come out of my grandparents house from the early part of the 1900's. My folks always called it a barrister bookcase. The bottom three units have plain glass and all the units have these interesting brass straps and corner decorations. I don't know if they were all originally leaded, or if the top was a replacement piece.

by ElaineinNM on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 11:54:47 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 2)

The original designs are in fact US Mid-Western dating to before the 1880s. The range included rolltop desks, cupboards and wooden swivel chairs - the sorts of things you would see in Sheriff's offices in post-Civil War Westerns. They were originally made of oak and were quite heavy.

Sometime before 1900, a Finnish furniture company, based at a place west of Helsinki called Bilnäs (Beakness), bought the rights to the design to make the range in Finland. It was copied exactly. In the 30's a lot of the Finnish range was available in birch. And new designs were added for contract furnishing. Post-WWII a lot of it was taken out of offices and burnt in the yard, fired by a general desire to get away from 'Dour'. Marimekko was a successful post-war company because it brought colour to the home.

Anyway I used to have a house full of Bilnäs, but when you're on the move more it gets to be a drag needing 4 guys every time to move your roll top. I've still get some cupboards and chairs, but I finally sold the old roll top before this last move.

And in the synchronicity dept: the maestro of distressing, who builds all the Bonk machines and artefacts, is currently making exact reproductions of your barrister's bookcase. They sell very well.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 01:51:04 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (none / 1)

The label says Globe-Wernicke Company out of Cincinnati Ohio.

See them all over the place in the Midwest. The stacks were interchangeable with clear, leaded, leaded-beveled sections. You'll find them in all sorts of different configurations.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 02:09:15 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (none / 1)

A Bilnäs fancier with far greater knowledge than me once told me about the original US company, but the details are long gone.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 02:16:40 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 2)

Hard to put a date on it, but I would guess Edwardian (first decade of the 20th C) by the wood colour and finish. I'll have to unpack some more books and see if I can find my Bilnäs bible.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 02:01:39 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 4)

The china is a discounted Studio Nova line called Attitudes.

We bought ours when Mikasa was 'last chance' remaindering them out.

Its a good quality 'everyday-fancy' set of tableware.

The bookcase is US normal 1910 era design. We like the Craftsman, as it is called here, furniture and between inheriting some and buying the rest - before it became popular and prices skyrocketed - we have quite a bit of it. Looks great in our 1910 era ~~mud hut~~ adobe home.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 01:57:11 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (none / 1)

I should have said Deco-themed;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 02:02:59 PM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 6)

Theme park visit:

LEP will recognize this 1/3 scale Eiffel Tower replica.

Someone's idea of fun!

Erupting feet first and upsidedown.

Hoisted to the top of a tower in a harness...

and...

let go.

More my speed these days. The carousel

or the stuffed animals.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Sep 3rd, 2010 at 10:32:24 PM EST
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I have to hand it to you, Gringo. It take a lot of courage for a senior to go to a theme park ;)

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

by LEP on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 03:48:32 AM EST
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I agree. A few years ago I went to Williamsburg and rode every "bad" coaster down there with a neice. This year, I just walked around all day and watched, leaving the grandson to "play" with his parents.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 09:09:23 AM EST
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Re: Photos as Usual (4.00 / 2)

the ceramic kitsch is puuurrfect. lol

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 12:38:13 PM EST
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see the face of the Green Man? (4.00 / 6)