Kamer van landhuis De Wildbaan, Driebergen 1903 - 1907

This photograph of the Kamer van landhuis De Wildbaan was taken by Henry Pauw van Wieldrecht at an unknown date. It's a scene of a room, but it's really all about surfaces, how the light touches things. I am drawn to the carpet, you know? The carpet sets the mood. It’s got this overall pattern but when you look closer, the details become kind of vague and dreamlike. It's like a field of flowers, if flowers were made of something heavy and felted. Look at how the light from the window falls across the table and chairs. It's gentle, but it also makes everything feel a little bit faded, like it's been there for a long time. It makes me think of Vuillard, how he used these quiet, domestic spaces to explore memory and feeling. The room is full of objects, but it's also kind of empty. It’s a conversation, it makes you wonder what happened here?