{"id":7123,"date":"2011-11-03T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/?p=7123"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T22:01:11","slug":"highlights-of-high-point-the-louisiana-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/highlights-of-high-point-the-louisiana-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of High Point &#8211; The Louisiana Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Highlighting High Point&#8217;s Louisiana Connection. It&#8217;s not surprising that Louisiana had a presence at High Point; we do seem to get around!\u00a0 Tara Shaw, a Louisiana connection, was exhibiting and had a terrific location.\u00a0 Although she was very busy, we managed a chat and were able to get a picture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7125\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7125 size-full\" title=\"high point furniture market 021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/high-point-furniture-market-0211.jpg\" alt=\"Tara Shaw Louisiana Connection at Hight Point on casartblog\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/high-point-furniture-market-0211.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/high-point-furniture-market-0211-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley, Tara Shaw, and Lorre Lei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aware that European treasures were becoming increasingly more difficult to find, Tara began work in 2004 to build a reproduction line, which she calls Tara Shaw Maison. She is\u00a0 committed to reproducing European furniture replicating the authentic finishes and hand carvings.\u00a0 This is what sets the Maison line apart from all the others available.<\/p>\n<p>She had some beautiful things that I had to avert my eyes from to resist temptation.\u00a0 (Like sitting on your hands at an auction!)\u00a0 Surely I could find space for one of these although I&#8217;m at the stage of\u00a0 downsizing and consolidating.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7126\" title=\"MR1016M-TS Vemetian Mirror\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MR1016M-TS-Vemetian-Mirror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MR1016M-TS-Vemetian-Mirror.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MR1016M-TS-Vemetian-Mirror-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7127\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7127\" title=\"ST2006M-TS Louis XV mirrored table\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ST2006M-TS-Louis-XV-mirrored-table.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ST2006M-TS-Louis-XV-mirrored-table.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/ST2006M-TS-Louis-XV-mirrored-table-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louis XV Mirrored Side Table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing this photo was taken right before All Saints&#8217; Day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7128\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7128\" title=\"AC1068M-TS sepia photog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AC1068M-TS-sepia-photog.jpg\" alt=\"Sepia photo-Kneeling at the Tomb-New Orleans_casartblog\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AC1068M-TS-sepia-photog.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AC1068M-TS-sepia-photog-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sepia photo-Kneeling at the Tomb-New Orleans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our Louisiana connection, Bryan Batt was signing his new book, <a title=\"Big-Easy-Style-Bryan-Batt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigeasystyle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Big,Easy Style <\/em><\/a>at <a title=\"j.-Douglas\" href=\"https:\/\/jdouglasliving.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J. 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