Shopper Stories: Taylor Rains
A Familiar Painting
“Some 50 years ago, my grandparents – immigrants two times over – had finally made their way enough in this new country of theirs to purchase the furnishings that they’d always wanted for their home. Beautifully-ornate, Spanish mission carved wood pieces that would serve as ramps for my hot wheels years later. Among the new pieces was a painting of a flamenco dancer by Juan Giralt Lerin. Something about it always captivated me.
Fast forward to today. Both of my grandparents are no longer here, but I like to think they’re together somewhere. That beautiful Spanish furniture was too large and ill-fitting for my home in Charleston, but the painting has traveled with me. From my first home to this one."
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Waterford Crystal Millennium Collection Champagne Bucket Featuring Five Wishes
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Husqvarna YTH 22V46 Riding Mower
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14K 1.70 CT Sapphire and Diamond Navette Ring
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Stained Glass Window Panel With Floral Motif
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Douglas “Bumo” Johnpeer Landscape Oil Painting, 2024
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Offset Lithograph After Claude Monet "Le Bassin des Nympheas"
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Impasto Style Landscape Offset Lithograph, 21st Century
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Pair of Faux Leather, Brass-Tacked and Ebonized Wood Club Chairs
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Coach Mini Crosby Crossbody Carryall In Silver/Blue Black Badlands Flora
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Oil Painting of a Forest Stream, Circa 1900
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Fulper Pottery Earthenware Amphora Vessel With Drip Glaze, Early 20th C.
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Hollywood Regency Style Brass and Blue Velveteen Upholstered Stools
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Derek Jeter Signed Rawlings Official Major League Baseball with Display
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W. LeNoury Maritime Oil Painting of Ship at Sea
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Charriol Colvmbvs Diamond Wristwatch
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Southwestern Desert Landscape Oil Painting, 1987
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6'11 x 11'1 Hand-Knotted Persian Kashan Area Rug
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Mark Whitmarsh Abstract Acrylic Painting "Divine Garden," 2019
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Atmospheric Skyscape Oil Painting
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Hickory Mfg. Co. French Provincial Style Oak Two-Drawer Bombé Low Chest
“Several weeks ago, I was perusing an art auction and something caught my eye. A similar brush stroke. Something familiar. I took a closer look. It was this painting here of an unknown Spanish couple by – according to the listing – an unknown Spanish artist. The signature read Giralt Lerin. I cried.
Now, the painting is here in my new home, one that I’m finally able to furnish how I’ve always wanted; with a painting of a flamenco dancer that has always captivated me, and a painting of a Spanish couple that found me."