Wednesday, March 16, 2011

De Larderel

Palazzo de Larderel, LivornoCrabs and scallop shells on the main door of “Palazzo de Larderel”, now the Civil Courthouse of Livorno.Palazzo de Larderel, LivornoStill on the front door, the family crest of the de Larderel family.Palazzo de Larderel, LivornoA more modest handle on a secondary door of the same building.

See also: Palazzo de Larderel

14 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

I have always liked this kind of work. Beautiful VP.

Anonymous said...

Makes time obtain a different pace.

Please have a good Wednesday.

daily athens

Michelle said...

Very intricate work.

Jack said...

These are my favorite kind of pictures, VP. Whenever I travel, I take pictures of doorknockers, door panels, mail slots, and other small-scale architectural decorations. Nice!

Randy said...

Very detailed but so beautiful!

Small City Scenes said...

Very fancy---at least not leaning like my poor old barn. LOL Mb

cieldequimper said...

Wood: makes a welcome change from stone. Beautiful. I wonder if the scallops mean what I think they mean.

Dina said...

The good old days . . .

joo said...

Beautiful details! I love the last one the most:)

Anonymous said...

Ciao! Beautiful photos! I would have enjoyed being able to watch the artisans/craftsmen creating these! Wood is such a warm medium, so full of life, more so than metal or stone.

Very interesting learning about de Larderel and the clean steam.

Saluti!

Halcyon said...

They must have been an important family!

Virginia said...

Door details are my favorite subjects in Paris, among many other things! Yours are just wonderful . Thanks for sharing all of them as I'm sure it was too hard to choose just one!
V

Unknown said...

Fantastic! The top one is my favourite, truly original.

EG CameraGirl said...

I very much like the details! I also like that it looks so origianl.