HOW TO
DECORATE WITH GLASS CLOCHES
Story by Diana Keeler / Photography by Anna Williams and Kate Mathis
There's a trick to learning how to decorate with a glass cloche — or a bell jar, as these elegant, streamlined pieces are often called: Think of the cloche as a three-dimensional picture frame. Within the glass cloche, almost anything can earn pride of place — but of course our favorite bell jars show off delicate, organic matter. Natural reindeer moss makes for an earthy, rustic display, while under a glass dome, these wood flowers become even more sculptural. A glass bell jar, meanwhile, provides the ideal, humidity-controlled enviornment for a cloche terrarium — group several together for an even more dramatic display.
"A cloche is the perfect container
for a collection of small objects like shells, vintage spools of thread, a tangle of
rope, anything which looks better en masse and will otherwise gather dust in a bowl."
"Vintage Christmas baubles, fibre optic string lights, paper flowers become a more subsctantial statement when contained in a cloche."
On Display: "The console table in Liza Sherman's
home is a vehicle for a still life of objects trawled from far-flung journeys."
In the frame: "Jocie Sinauer combines a
collection of small mirrors hung salon style with additional empty silver-gilded
frames propped against the wall. Similar in tone are the natural things - coral,
pebble, driftwood and a turtleshell - laid on the table."
Under Glass: "Traveller and collector Alina Preciado
keeps an industrial table set with an everlasting exhibition of precious pieces, each enclosed
with a glass cloche... each singled out as things to apprectiate, conjouring memories of
journeys taken or suggesting ideas for future ones."
For more information read Hilary Robertson's book The Stuff of Life.
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