The back page of today’s Washington Post Magazine features an ad for Roche-Bobois, a swanky furniture in Georgetown. They are running a sale…I mean…having “10 days of attractive prices”.  Recession hits all of us, apparently!

The photo used in the ad is really amazing.  Notice the ornate frieze on the soaring walls.  What an interesting setting for this very contemporary grouping!  Where is this wonderful place? I assume the furniture was assembled for the photo shoot, but check out the windows.  I can’t tell if that is lace, or some sort of ribbon.

Roche-Bobois is French.  Perhaps the photo was taken in a castle or a museum?  I did some googling, but so far I haven’t found anything. Not even a credit for the photographer.

I buy a lot of decorating books.  I am addicted to vintage books.  (Don’t judge.  IT’S RESEARCH.)  Being observant of the settings in the photographs is a source of stress for me.  I want to know WHERE everything is.  Most books give very little information about the designers and products and list nothing about the locations.  Reading so many books, I have noticed that many photos are reused, especially in Meridian publications.  (They produce all the Better Homes and Gardens books.) I guess the work is just “up for sale”.

Maybe one of my photographer friends will enlighten me (us).  Or my journalist pals….