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Renaissance Knight Buffet, Mural & Window
Last year I wrote about Bob H. in Prairie Grove, Illinois, who bought a set of ten antique Renaissance chairs from us. We had a wonderful photo tour of his amazing French Renaissance chateau style home, inspired by European castles. Bob enjoys medieval and Renaissance armor and he also bought a marble-top French Renaissance buffet, carved with a knight on horseback. Bob was so inspired by the knight on horseback carving that he had artists create a mural based on the carving, and then a stained glass window too. Let's start at the beginning! This is the antique Renaissance buffet Bob chose. Bob has been a pharmacist for 30 years, so he decorated the walnut wood buffet with a vintage Lladro Spanish porcelain figure of a pharmacist and antique mortars and pestles. This close-up of the upper part of the buffet shows the Renaissance knight on the center door, riding his horse before the old castle. This is the image that inspired Bob to have a mural painted by an artist, for an alcove in an upstairs hallway. The mural came out looking like this...
It's so fantastic and such a great likeness to the carving! But Bob still wasn't done. The Renaissance knight was called upon again to serve his lord and master, Sir Bob. This time, the knight would ride across a stained glass window. To keep you in suspense just a little longer, here's the commissioned artist at work on the window.
What an incredible job she did. You can see the result in the photo below, as we unveil Bob's Renaissance knight stained glass window to the world. (You can almost hear the heraldic blare of Renaissance court trumpets, can't you?) The stained glass window is beautiful and the colors so bright and pure. What a jewel! It's big too, at six feet tall and 2 feet wide. The window is installed in the foyer above Bob's front door entry. The suit of armor in the foyer is a nice early 20th century reproduction, but the rapier sword with the suit is an original from the 17th century. There are so many gorgeous details in this space, let's take a look from some other angles. This is the view from the top of the stairs, with that chunky iron chandelier making the perfect accent to the window. On the left wall of the foyer, a large tapestry or wall hanging adds another authentic touch to the medieval Renaissance style. I mentioned ten leather-upholstered antique Renaissance chairs dating to 1900 that Bob also bought from us. Here they are in his splendid kitchen paired with a custom table that Bob had made by Amish craftsmen to match the chairs. Bob is one of our visionary clients who has a great knack for creative décor and we so appreciate him keeping us posted of the knight's latest journey. What's next, Sir Bob? A stone-carved knight fountain, perhaps? We can't wait to hear!