The world of [bright, loud] colors is opposed to the world of values, and the ‘chic’ invariably implies the elimination of appearances in favor of being: black, white, grey — whatever registers zero on the color scale — is correspondingly paradigmatic of dignity, repression, and moral standing.
Jean Baudrillard
Quoted in McMansion, USA by Kate Wagner
WHARTON ESHERICK, Living room interior of the home owned by Lawrence and Alice Seiver, Villanova, Pennsylvania c.1950/1960s. Wood paneling, built-in furniture, lighting, and movable furniture all by Esherick, expect the sofa table by Isamu Noguchi for Herman Miller Company (1948). Black lacquered mobile sculpture by Alexander Calder (c.1950s). / The California Workshop
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