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trompe l'oeil this!



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door from the dining room to the pantry at
Nancy Lancaster's Haseley Court


Yes, it's a pot de chambre with the lady's initials painted in. Surely, Nancy found this door to be funnier than some of the people she knew. The lady obviously had a sense of humor-in this case- the bathroom sort.


enlarge the picture to see details-the leg of the console, the door pull, the tall lamp on pedestal & or course , Nancy's pot...

(photograph from the beautiful book NANCY LANCASTER English Country House Style by Martin Wood.)

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