Table
d'haute: Golson creates table setting from oceanic treasures
Wednesday,
December 5, 2007
The sea and France inspired New Orleans-born Kit Golson to create
"Tresors de la Mer," a dining room fit for lobster yet created almost
entirely from things she found at flea markets or made herself.
"Imagine you are far out to sea in your trusty old boat, and you
drop your anchor only to have it catch on ... something ... what is it?"
Golson writes in her design statement for last month's Design Industries
Foundation Fighting AIDS fundraiser. "When you pull it up out of the
water, to your astonishment you find an old rusty basket filled with treasures
of the deep sea ... long lost silver, mercury glass, statuary, pearls and
crystal, along with the sea's own jewels: coral, Australian pearl shells,
conches from the south seas, driftwood, jellyfish and sea anemones. ... This
astonishing find is your chandelier tonight!"
In the middle of a table set with French Limoges china in the Marin
pattern sits a cast-iron mermaid that slithered into Golson's arms at Half to
Have It, a consignment and antiques shop in Half Moon Bay. At 65 pounds, the
mermaid weighs about as much as the chandelier Golson fashioned. (She makes
chandeliers for clients in other themes of their choosing, and still has this
one available for sale.)
Chair legs wrapped in rope and drapes in an oceanic shade complete the
theme.
Contact: Kit
Golson Design, (650) 302-6883, www.kitgolson.com.
Holiday entertaining: Home&Garden will showcase a
unique setting every Wednesday through Dec. 26. Next up: classics with a twist.
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