Friday Featured Art: Posters of Paris

Last week when we were at the Wisconsin State Fair, we saw advertisements for an exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum, called "Posters of Paris."  So we hurried over to see it before they closed for the day.  It is billed as Toulouse-Latrec and his contemporaries, but I was excited to see some lithographs by Alphonse Mucha.  The show runs through September 9.

China Patterns

On Saturday we were at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and we noticed some really fabulous china. It made me think of the china that we saw at the Palace of Holyroodhouse last summer. And it made me think of the presidential china that we saw at the Harry Truman Library. My china is just white with a silver band, but I'm really liking the idea of some beautifully colored/patterned pieces. (The top set is from the royal collection, the middle is John Quincy Adams, and the bottom is Franklin Pierce.)