Comments on: A Fireplace In Fournier St https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/12/a-fireplace-in-fournier-st-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Laura Williamson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/12/a-fireplace-in-fournier-st-x/#comment-1332406 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:23:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180212#comment-1332406 Their Biblical perspectives are weird and wonderful and I imagine they have raised the spirits of generations. A real treasure.

]]> By: Peter https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/12/a-fireplace-in-fournier-st-x/#comment-1332404 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:16:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180212#comment-1332404 The tiles all seem to be English delft tiles rather than Dutch ones. They are 18th century rather than earlier. English tiles were made in London, Liverpool and Bristol and these all appear to be from London. English tiles like these were sometimes copied from Dutch tiles and the scenes often copy contemporary engravings.

A wonderful group to follow the Folgate Street tiles. Thank you.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/12/a-fireplace-in-fournier-st-x/#comment-1332382 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:22:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180212#comment-1332382 Stating the obvious, a study in contrast after yesterday’s lavish fireworks display of color and
playful imagination. And yet this fireside scene shows such dedication, historic sobriety (well, mostly), and austerity. Both with rich back stories……and both of them welcome us to pull up a chair and take the warmth of a fire. Perfect timing — Quiet contemplation and optimism is exactly what we need this morning, pre-dawn in the Hudson River Valley.
Fingers crossed. Onward and upward.

]]> By: Caroline Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/12/a-fireplace-in-fournier-st-x/#comment-1332379 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:03:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180212#comment-1332379 How nice to see a young, beardless, St Jerome!

]]> By: Saba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/03/12/a-fireplace-in-fournier-st-x/#comment-1332361 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:51:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180212#comment-1332361 Two beautiful articles on tiles! The Dutch tiles traveled the world. Here in the Hudson River Valley of New York, a leading Huguenot family in New Paltz displayed their wealth by decorating their fireplace with the tiles in the early eighteenth century.

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