Gracias....
The event doesn't take place until the end of September....we've already been working on the house for the past month, with another month to go.
The table in front of the sofa was made in Cincinnati ca. 1855. That's a dog on the stretcher under the marble. The bird on the table is not a peacock but a Great Blue Heron, cast in bronze by Mark Hopkins.
Of course coffee tables are pretty much a post WWII invention, so we're using a Victorian parlor table to fulfill that function. We refuse to cut it down, mainly because it would lose half it's value, not to mention IMO violating the craftsman's vision.
The Chinese ladies are not antique at all, and are in fact contemporary. They're made in China by Lin Wei Dung. Unlike most things from China these days the level of craftsmanship is extraordinary.
