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The Twists' living room and the paintings of Vilhelm Hammershoi
Sason:
--- Quote from: Holy Terror on October 19, 2010, 11:12:43 pm ---I've often wondered what that was hanging on the wall to the left of the door. The clothes brush hanger makes sense. It looks like the kind of antique you'd find at country antique markets or stores out West.
You make a good point about how old the furnishings of the Twist house are, Paul. They contrast nicely with the furnishings of Jack's house in Texas. The window in that Texas living room illuminates quite a different picture of family life.
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Oh no, you blew his disguise!!! :o :o
Sason:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on October 20, 2010, 05:02:37 am ---
Paul is right, it's an old-fashioned thingie with a small mirror and clothes brushes. You can see it quite clearly when Ennis leaves the Twist house:
In this one, you can see the object and the hat behind Ennis pretty good:
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I'm wondering about this holder for clothes brushes. To me it looks misplaced. Not a thing you'd expect to see in a house so stark and sparsely decorated as the Twist house. I perceive it more as an item you'd find in a house in town, rather than on a farm. I mean, who needs to brush their clothes before leaving the house to go and work on a farm?
Maybe it's a wedding gift? It could very well be the type of gift that people in the country with little money gave as a gift to give the new home a certain "air".
Sason:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on October 20, 2010, 07:47:20 am ---
What IS this? Left side, above the bucket with cleaning utensils. Looks almost like a household sized stoup. You can see them in catholic homes in Bavaria, for example. Do Catholics in the US also have those little stoups?
We know that Mrs. Twist is Pentecostal, which brings me back to my question: what the heck is this?
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Chrissi, are you sure it's cleaning utensils? I'm not sure what it is, but it doesn't look like cleaning utensils to me. And would they be kept in the living room when there's a guest?
I'd say it was fire wood. Only thing is, I don't know if there's a stove in the room.
Monika:
--- Quote from: Sason on October 20, 2010, 03:10:10 pm ---I'm wondering about this holder for clothes brushes. To me it looks misplaced. Not a thing you'd expect to see in a house so stark and sparsely decorated as the Twist house. I perceive it more as an item you'd find in a house in town, rather than on a farm. I mean, who needs to brush their clothes before leaving the house to go and work on a farm?
Maybe it's a wedding gift? It could very well be the type of gift that people in the country with little money gave as a gift to give the new home a certain "air".
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I agree, it does look a bit out of place.
I have never even noticed it was there. Cool! You guys have eyes like hawks!
Monika:
--- Quote from: Sason on October 20, 2010, 03:13:52 pm ---Chrissi, are you sure it's cleaning utensils? I'm not sure what it is, but it doesn't look like cleaning utensils to me. And would they be kept in the living room when there's a guest?
I'd say it was fire wood. Only thing is, I don't know if there's a stove in the room.
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that´s exactly what I thought it looked like too!
But is there a stove...There should be one in the kitchen anyway.
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