Links are a lazy way of making a point, finding degrees of affinity or underlying meaning in coincidences are a substitute for profound originality.
This shamelessly shallow post presents a colour-coded association between the excessive frivolity of the ancien regime and the socialist conscience of modern feminism, between Marie Antoinette’s favourite dress shop and the intellectual salon of Simone de Beauvoir, both in Paris, two centuries apart.
In the 1770s and 1780s, Rose Bertin’s shop on the rue Saint-Honoré was decorated in yellow and purple, including the painted imitation marble at the front entrance.
From the late 1950s to 1980s, Simone de Beauvoir furnished her Paris studio with yellow sofas and chairs on a purple carpet.
This leap-frogging post might be silly, but it is not ironic. By serendipity, after lunch on a hot June day, it has landed on a revelation of women’s history through colour association.
Contemporary purple…
View original post 1,340 more words
First Night History 
Something historical that I knew little about, always a joy to discover something.
I especially liked the painting of the figs, a fruit I always consider to be naturally voluptuous.
Best wishes, Pete.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, that painting is delicious!
LikeLike