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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Alice in Wonderland

5/9/2015

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Bonjour Mesdames et messieurs, thank you for joining me today. Mike and I have just got back from our end-of-summer holiday in the South of France, stocking up on some Vitamin D before winter hits us in the face like a wet kipper. 
Le Negresco, Nice, Caprilicious Jewellery
We stayed at the weirdest and most wonderful place - Le Negresco in Nice. The Negresco is one of the last singly owned luxury hotels in the world - it is owned by a nonagenarian, Madame Augier, now confined to her room through ill health.

Niki de St Phalle fat lady and Bacarrat chandelier at Le Negresco - coexistence
 She has treated it like her home and the decor reflects this - she has filled it with eclectic objects which at times have no connection with one another - extremely modern sculptures such as a 'Nana' by Niki Saint Phalle coexisting peacefully under a Baccarat chandelier made originally for Tsar Nicholas, in a cupola designed by Gustave Eiffel.

Niki Saint Phalle statue outside Le Negresco
Here's another Saint Phalle statue, this time of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis at the entrance to Le Negresco. 

Stravinsky fountain by Tinguely and Saint Phalle outside the Georges Pompidou Centre, ParisThe Stravinsky Fountain
Saint Phalle used to be married to Tinguely and I have seen her sculpture in the Stravinsky fountain outside the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

'Visage' by Niki Saint PhalleVisage
And this is an image of a necklace called 'Visage' designed by Niki Saint Phalle.

Artwork at Le Negresco
 I was right at home there, as I like mixing things up without a thought or care for their origins or provenance - at the Negresco, everything is a work of art and one can find a sculpture made from metal parts from a car, living cheek by jowl with a painting by Salvador Dali.

Ballroom at the Negresco, Nice, Baccarat Chandelier
The look was a bit difficult to get used to to start with - it felt a bit like someone had hired an interior designer to do up their house, and then, when the last painter/decorator/designer had left, scattered their own belongings about the place to make it feel like home.

Ball room cupola, Le Negresco
Cupola of the Ball room, Le Negresco from above
The cupola of the ball room from inside and out, designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Le Rotonde at Le Negresco
Breakfast was in a room rigged out like a carousel, complete with horses and booths - a very surreal experience.

Ceiling at le Rotonde
The ceiling was painted like a marquee and fitted with a beautiful chandelier

Le Negresco, Nice
Le Rotonde at Le Negresco
Some of these horses actually moved!

Le Rotonde, le Negresco, Nice
Waiting for his boiled eggs - was he praying to the God of boiled eggs that they got it right??- an Englishman has to have his eggs done 'just so'! Unfortunately, the G of BE's did not heed his prayers on this occasion.

Just outside the hotel was the Promenade Des Anglais, where we spent time people watching, eating gelatos and drinking in the sea air. The beach looked mighty uncomfortable and we didn't bother with it - the pebbles were just a bit more than we wished to contend with.
We travelled out, taking trains and coaches into Villefranche Sur Mer, St Paul De Vence, Gourdon, Tourette which were within easy reach of Nice and of course we had to visit Monte Carlo, Cannes, Juan les Pins, Antibes and Cap Ferrat, just to see how the other half live, for a tiny millisecond.
As you can see, my camera was working overtime - and this is as far as I managed to get with the post production editing. Once this is all done, I can quite easily post a link here to the rest of the pictures on Facebook, for those of you who feel like a browse. In the meantime, have a fabulous weekend, and I will find you next Friday, at the usual time, same place
xx 
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Divya link
5/9/2015 03:49:33 pm

Sounds like a wonderful quirky place, I am sure that you found lots of inspiration there

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neena shilvock link
5/9/2015 05:48:17 pm

Yes Divya, it was a fabulous holiday and inspiration was everywhere - now to put it into practice :)

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