In this painting, Psyche looks both into the mirror and, via the latter, at the viewer.īackground and description Detail of parrot, cigarette butt, ash, and extinguished match The young woman, like Psyche to Cupid in the ancient tale, peers stealthily around the edge of the mirror to the viewer. Here, however, the psyché is placed on an easel, where a canvas is supposed to sit. The French word psyché (meaning, as in English, both 'the mind' and the ancient goddess beloved of Cupid) also designates a full-length mirror, invented in the late eighteenth century, that can be moved up and down or tilted on its chassis. The Psyché is noted for its realism, witticism, and allegory, three dimensions generally perceived sequentially herein. Painted in circa 1871, the painting once belonged to Robert de Montesquiou, and is currently housed at the Princeton University Art Museum located in Princeton, New Jersey. The Psyché (My Studio) is an oil on panel painting by the Belgian artist Alfred Stevens. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey We will have to wait and see.Painting by Alfred Stevens The Psyché (My Studio) My goal? all of them in the room and post about it tomorrow. I’m in the middle of putting them together and into the dining room. Three targets, eight chairs, two crying kids, one hundred eighteen miles, and almost seven hundred dollars later….I survived. That meant that I went on a chair-rampage. When I finally was ready to pull the trigger, I saw that they no longer sell them online. Two…tufted back (even if it wasn’t as boxy as the World Market Harper, I could deal with it). One…straight legs that were similar in color to our table. Out of all the options, the Brookline was my favorite for several reasons. So that left me with the Target Brookline. I also didn’t like that the back of the chair (the part I would see most of the time) had a very traditional curved edge to the top. The World Market had really pretty tufting and straighter legs but they were black and I was afraid that would be hard to mix with the table. The Overstock option was beautiful with it’s curved back but I would much prefer a straight leg and the color of upholstery I wanted wasn’t available. That narrowed me down to three…the Target Brookline, the Overstock Bellcrest and the World Market Harper. I like that it would add some much needed interest and it looks rich without looking stuffy. So after a lot of thought and effort, I decided….yes, I would need at least 8 chairs + 2 head chairs (don’t get me started) and they would need to be cheap. I know that the slipcover on our couch is AMAZEHEADS (I’m trying that saying out…ya know…cause ‘amazeballs’ is not something I want Will repeating at his churchy preschool…that’s all I need…) but the couch gets used every single day and I can bleach it…so I worried that a slipcovered chair that is all white would need bleached after every meal (and end up being ill fitting after all that cleaning) and could blend into the molding & chair railing that is already white in the dining room. I considered lots of slipcovered options. Especially when it means I’m dropping at least $800 in chairs. I know what I am and know what I like…and neutral is my jam baby. The chair also needed to have a neutral color. We were looking for something that had a little interest (whether it be a pattern, a texture, a detail like tufting or nailhead)…so the plain parson’s chair was out. So as we waited to sock away enough for eight (to ten) new chairs, we narrowed down the bazillion choices to our top million…then to the top thousand…then to the top 100…then we needed a break…and a coke….and then got down to top ten. Our kitchen table was $18 at a yard sale (that I made over), the bench was $15 at Goodwill and the chairs were hand me downs from my mother (that I made over too)….long story short…eight new chairs = some serious moolah. I mean seriously…every single store had like two options that I could totally work with. We actually knew that up front we would need chairs but the real surprise came when I found so many options. But we needed new chairs because those modern stackable ones weren’t looking fly with this brown guy. The problem area as it is right now….(no, not my saddle bags…although those are an issue with my bathing suit): I have one derriere and too many chair choices. I love that movie.Īctually the quote goes “You can’t ride two horses with one Sugarbean” but the idea is the same. That’s one of my favorite quotes from Sweet Home Alabama.

Paint butt and sit on canvas