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Celerie Kemble doubles down on the magic of Old Florida in a soaring British Colonial–style stunner along a watery thoroughfare in Naples. PAGE 88 ↓
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An 18th-century ferryman’s cottage in Connecticut celebrates the quiet elegance of another era. PAGE 106 1. Mounted Orange Sea Whip coral, $75; creelandgow.com. 2. Somerset Openwork braid, to the trade; samuelandsons.com. 3. Lan Na Court Chevron tape, to the trade; jimthompsonfabrics.com. 4. Silvered coral, $200; creelandgow.com. 5. Bermuda Knot Sheer fabric, to the trade; kravet.com. 6. Partially Silvered Conus Leopard shell ($100) and Partially Silvered Conus Woodgrain shell ($110); creelandgow.com.
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INSETS (CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP RIGHT) DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN; TRIA GIOVAN; WILLIAM ABRANOWICZ.
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THE V LIST Summer revivals! Brilliant tropicals, ocean-inspired jewels, Walter Lamb furniture & more
IN GOOD TASTE
29 Finer Things Radiant yellow-gold jewelry 38 Material Matters The power of wicker: Sublime new collections meet centuries-old allure. 50 Landmark Color Lily of the valley
52 Style Revival Gothic Revival’s fanciful legacy 60 By the Yard Escape to Indonesia: modern spins on ancient batiks
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12 14 114 116 O N TH E COV E R Lofty pink stucco arches frame dreamy water views in Naples, Florida. Cover Photograph by Douglas Friedman
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Editor’s Letter
“Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.”
charge must have rippled through the recent auctions of decorator Mario Buatta’s personal collection ❶ . Their wild successes— beginning with Sotheby’s, which garnered more than 2.5 times the high-dollar estimates for almost 1,000 lots sold in January, followed by the Hudson, NY– based gallery Stair’s sales in March and April—indicate that an ardent appreciation for antique furniture, radiant color, and beautiful objects is alive and well and reaches far beyond the design community. “Of all the bidders, 46 percent were new buyers for Sotheby’s, and half of the other 54 percent had never bid in a furniture sale before,” says Dennis Harrington, head of Sotheby’s English and European furniture department. The fervor is not just fueled by nostalgia. “Patina, pattern, and pretty never went away. The auctions prove it,” says designer Charlotte Moss. “We heard from so many buyers who said, ‘I’ve always wanted to live like this, and now I feel validated,’ ” adds Harrington. DESIGNER BILLY BALDWIN’S
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1 Sold for $162,500, this Chinese export bureau cabinet fetched the top price for a piece of furniture on offer from Sotheby’s.
David Webb’s 18-karat gold Leaf Ring ($16,000; davidwebb.com) riffs on ancient acanthus motifs.
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Staten Island’s Alice Austen House sparked Buatta’s love for the neo-Gothic style.
A Naples, Florida, shell-pink guest room designed by Celerie Kemble
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FROM LEFT: Suzie Zuzek for Lilly Pulitzer; Rizzoli, 2020. • Summer to Summer: Houses by the Sea by Jennifer Ash Rudick and Tria Giovan; Vendome Press, 2020. • Amalfi Coast; Assouline, 2020. • The Graphic Garden by Keith Williams; Pointed Leaf Press, 2020.
PORTRAIT, CARMEL BRANTLEY; BUREAU COURTESY OF SOTHEBY’S; ELEPHANT COURTESY OF CHAIRISH.COM; ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE, GETTY IMAGES; BEDROOM, DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN.
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But Baldwin’s advice can be surprisingly hard to live by, even for its most zealous defenders (see Buatta bidders’ just-mentioned validation). As the editor of Veranda, I am sensitive to trends, preferring instead to provide context, often historical, for the latest developments in design. Furthermore, in selecting projects to feature, we look for truly personal design rather than any certain style. Still, we’re susceptible to falling for the fashionable and forgetting, even if temporarily, what we truly love. This issue is full of things, rooms, and ideas I have always loved, even when I was too proud to profess my affection. I’m talking about gorgeous yellow-gold jewelry ❷ (considered by some the garish alloy of the more refined white), wicker everything ❸ that proves timeless is chic, Gothic Revival cottages ❹ and the fairytale-fabulous life they conjure in my mind, and pink rooms ❺ filled with (gasp) brown furniture ❻. What can I say? These things just make me happy. As we prepare to spend more time at home (at press time, the World Health Organization had just declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic alongside rising calls for sheltering in place), let us commit to filling our personal spaces with more of what makes us happy. If nothing else, what a joyful, and fitting, tribute to Buatta’s legacy.
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HO TEL CA LI F OR N I A ••• Pink and sage stripes on Santa Barbara Designs’s new decadent doublecanopy umbrella channel
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Los Angeles natives James Sheftel and Mark Sufrin of Santa Barbara Designs, which began building its American umbrella empire in 1981. “Everything, right down to the hardware, is made in this country,” says Sheftel. THE BACKSTORY • “We both
grew up close to the hotel, and it was always this very glamorous landmark—an icon built more than 100 years ago. The pink-andgreen palette brings an instant connection, one that we hope urges people to relax a little, to channel a sense of fun.” MA K E I T YO U RS • Double Decker Beverly Hills umbrella, to the trade; santabarbara designs.com. —Ellen McGauley
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TIDAL JEWELS A crush of cabochon rubies, fire opals, and mine-cut diamonds turns familiar shell and sea forms into sparkling reminders of our oceanic riches.
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ROPE S COU R SE Lamb’s light, airy cording lives on in today’s outdoor seating, bringing a breezy sense of balance to hardy frames.
An American Classic Walter Lamb’s iconic bronze patio furniture sent sleek midcentury style outside, igniting a post-war boom in alfresco living. Seventy-five years later, Brown Jordan relaunches the coveted collection in modern aluminum and 21 finishes. (P.S. Cocktail hour begins now.)
M I A M I P O O L PAV I L I O N GamFratesi Rilly Cocoon chair, $3,420; dedon.us.
HAMPTONS GAZEBO Nexus lounge chair, $1,124; janusetcie.com.
A 1947 Brown Jordan catalog image of the original collection, crafted from piping salvaged from sunken naval ships at Pearl Harbor
PA L M S P R I N G S PAT I O Walter Lamb Aluminum rocking chair and ottoman, prices upon request; brownjordan.com.
S A N TA FE S H A D E G A R D E N Caracal dining armchair, to the trade; hollyhunt.com.
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M A N H AT TA N S U N D E C K Vincent Van Duysen Otti lounge chair, to the trade; sutherlandfurniture.com.
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Masters of Their Muses Four designers debut deeply personal collections ranging from textiles to tilework, each a soulful glimpse at emblems and ideals of decades past. C A R PE T
Bunny Mellon’s Painted Floors The geometrics the iconic gardener favored underfoot return, now with peak versatility. Long enchanted by Mellon’s painted patterns, designer Caroline Gidiere adapted them to handwoven wool kelim carpets for King’s House Rugs. “Bunny borrowed classic patterns from great halls, castles, and estates of Europe and Scandinavia but employed them in a softer, often pastel palette,” she says.
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The Hudson Valley’s Bucolic Heritage
Bunny Mellon’s bedroom at Antigua’s Mill Reef Club
Think of it as extending the weekend— indefinitely. In a new partnership with Lee Jofa, Mara Miller and Jesse Carrier of Carrier and Co. salute the rolling hills and agrarian roots of Dutchess County, New York. Fabric and wallpaper patterns draw directly from the riches of the country refuge, from scrollwork honoring the old iron foundries to block prints nodding to handmade traditions of working farms.
Carrier and Co. Serevan, Inisfree, and Dove Meadow fabrics, all to the trade; leejofa.com.
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The American Bandana
Sasha Bikoff for New Ravenna East Coast Bandana, West Coast Bandana, and West Coast Bandana Border tiles, price upon request; newravenna.com.
“Tilework is a cultural emblem that represents a country’s aesthetic,” says New York designer Sasha Bikoff, a sentiment that fueled her recent stone-tile introduction with New Ravenna, in which she dubs the image of the bandana the quintessential American textile pattern. Amid a familiar riot of paisleys, imperfect grout lines mimic creases in the well-worn cloth, clinching the prints’ ultrarelaxed sensibility.
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Rachael Burrow AND Dayle Wood
BUNNY MELLON INTERIOR, MICHAEL DUNNE/MELLON FOUNDATION; JESSE CARRIER AND MARA MILLER, SANG AN; CAROLINE GIDIERE AND TILES, BRIAN WOODCOCK; SASHA BIKOFF COURTESY OF NEW RAVENNA.
Caroline Gidiere for The Atelier at King’s House Rugs Rachel rugs, $4,900 each; carolinegidiere.com.
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The V List ← HIGH RENAISSANCE Artist Agostino Veneziano’s engraving of a Roman capital cloaked in acanthus leaves is attributed to the early 16th century, when the floral started appearing on furniture.
MIGHTY ACANTHUS The 5th-century symbol of enduring life proves its mettle as modern makers embrace the powerhouse floral.
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OFF THE CLOCK With dazzling dials and intrepid tech, the latest marine watches are strapping reminders to call it a day.
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∆ White gold hands glow for adventures into the abyss.
∆ A special titanium case protects divers from magnetic fields.
∆ A lacquered blue dial mimics the ocean’s mercurial surface.
∆ The plastic strap is made from discarded bottles found at sea.
∆ This limited edition’s radiant dial simulates rays of sunlight.
Yacht-Master 42 by Rolex, $28,900; rolex.com.
Superocean Automatic
Marine Dame 9517
Patravi ScubaTec by Carl
Polaris Date by Jaeger-
48 by Breitling, $5,450; breitling.com.
by Breguet, $17,700; breguet.com.
F. Bucherer, $7,200; carl-f-bucherer.com.
LeCoultre, $8,250; jaeger-lecoultre.com.
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A PLACE IN THE SUN Call it the dawn of a new season or the yearning for a season of indoor confinement to end. Whatever the reason, wanderlust with a healthy side of vitamin D is in the air. Restoration Hardware’s new outdoor collection answers the call and then some, allowing us to channel the sunny vibes of the world’s sexiest new seaside destinations without leaving our terraces—SPF not included.
Elemental elegance reigns at the new Four Seasons at Costa Palmas in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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St. Barts’s Hôtel Barrière Le Carl Gustaf offers neo-Colonial style and king-ofthe-hill views of the island’s tony harbor.
Annabelle hat, $465; eugeniakim.com. Schumacher for Matouk Seashells beach towel, $95; matouk.com.
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Peoni hat, $325; artesano.net. Warm Stripe towel, $40; dusendusen.com.
The Portofino teak chaise ($1,593; rh.com), also designed by Spon-Smith, channels Greek and Roman design with its strong, simple geometric forms. ↘
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FOUR SEASONS COURTESY OF FOUR SEASONS RESORT LOS CABOS AT COSTA PALMAS; HOTEL BARRIÈRE CARL GUSTAF SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY COURTESY OF GILLES & BOISSIER; CAPRI PALACE COURTESY OF CAPRI PALACE JUMEIRAH; TOWELS, BRIAN WOODCOCK.
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Yellow-gold jewelry comes blazing back, heating up summer’s poolside stage with ultra-lustrous baubles and fresh bravado.
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Wrap it around your wrist, dangle it from your ears, drape it across your collarbones? Welcome to yellow gold’s enchantment: The alloy of pure gold made more durable by blending it with silver, copper, and zinc has been interpreted robustly in the 20th century, from the free-form casts of goldsmith Arthur King and the twisted pieces of the famed “torturer of wire” Pierre Sterlé to supple foxtail chains of Marchak. Now, it’s reclaiming its reign, pouring into the hands of this century’s designers to be tamed afresh, reminding us all to again reach for the sun. AN YOU CAPTURE SUNLIGHT ?
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PREVIOUS PAGE: Turquoise and diamond drop earrings in 18-karat gold by Ruth Grieco, $4,582; modaoperandi.com.
• Jumbo Rolo Double Albert chain ($5,520) and Fluted Swirl fob ($4,600) by Dudley VanDyke; dudleyvandyke.com. • Antique Gold Link bracelet in 18-karat gold from FD Gallery, price upon request; fd-gallery.com. • Cadenas timepiece in 18-karat yellow gold with diamonds by Van Cleef & Arpels, $39,900; vancleefarpels.com. • B.zero1 ring by Bvlgari, $2,400; bulgari.com. • Silk Georgette Cape caftan by Oscar de la Renta, $3,990; modaoperandi.com. • Idell straw hat by Gigi Burris Millinery, $415; gigiburris.com.
ABOVE: Cactus de Cartier earrings
in 18-karat yellow gold with diamonds by Cartier, $30,800; 1-800-Cartier. • Diamond and coral necklace in 18-karat yellow gold by Andreoli, $43,000; 212-582-2050. • Serpent Bohème Toi & Moi two-stone ring in yellow gold with mother-of-pearl by Boucheron, $4,640; boucheron.com. • Draper dress by Louisa Parris, $790; net-a-porter.com. • Alix Wooden bag by Waiwai Rio, $670; waiwairio.com. LEFT: Double Stone Carnelian earrings
in 18-karat yellow gold by Sorab & Roshi, $4,200; sorabandroshi.com. • 800BC ring in 18-karat gold by Futura Jewelry, $3,900; Bergdorf Goodman, 212-753-7300. • Etruscan Cuff bracelet in 18-karat yellow gold by Van Cleef & Arpels, $34,900; vancleefarpels.com. • Mantilla Scroll dress by Josie Natori, $1,795; natori.com. • Margherita chair by Franco Albini, $700; at1stsightbk.com and chairish.com.
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Ilion earrings in 18-karat gold with diamonds by Lalaounis, $8,080; 212-439-9400. • Ilion five-strand necklace in 18-karat gold with diamonds by Lalaounis, $98,100; 212-439-9400. • Tiffany T T1 wide ring in 18-karat gold by Tiffany & Co., $1,900; tiffany.com. • Mango Cuff in 22-karat gold by Gurhan, $25,000; Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills, 310-550-5900. • Blue Chiffon voluminous kaftan by Ralph & Russo, $8,960; ralphandrusso.com. • Napa print stole by Emilio Pucci, $155; emiliopucci.com.
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← MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST The businesswoman and philanthropist was a passionate amasser of fine jewelry. Among her possessions: Verdura’s Double Crescent bracelet, created in 1944, and pieces once belonging to MarieAntoinette and the wife of Napoleon I.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR → The star created a craving for epic gold among American women (particularly after dripping with it in her role as Cleopatra) and had a lifelong relationship with Bvlgari, from whom she bought many pieces over the years.
← LYNN WYAT T Captured poolside by Slim Aarons in 1991 while summering in Cape Ferrat, the wife of oil mogul Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr., and deeply stylish doyenne of Houston society brandishes gold pieces with all the swagger of her Texas lineage.
CAROLINA HERRERA → Posing for Horst in 1968 during a shoot for Vogue, the fashion designer telegraphs the signature pairing of bold gold jewelry and a caftan that would become a signature look.
← DORIS DUKE Inspired by Middle Eastern architecture and design while on her honeymoon, the billionaire tobacco heiress developed a lifelong love of Islamic motifs, often choosing similarly inspired pieces by Cartier and David Webb.
ABOVE: Revati Hammered Hoop earrings in 18-karat gold by Legend Amrapali, $3,350;
legendamrapali.com. • Tube Link necklace in 18-karat yellow gold by Belperron, $29,500; 212-702-9040. • Bold Renaissance wide ring in 18-karat gold by David Yurman, $3,900; davidyurman.com. • Venetian Glass Intaglio Cherub with Sails and Cherub with Seahorse bangle in 19-karat hammered gold ($21,225) and Small Amulet bangle in 18-karat hammered gold ($10,650) by Elizabeth Locke; neimanmarcus.com. • Ciwara print kaftan by Emilio Pucci, $2,615; emiliopucci.com. • Lamp shade hat by Sensi Studio, $150; sensistudio.com. ✦
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JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS → The former First Lady had the power to turn anything into a fashion imperative. Here, in a paparazzi moment in 1977, she wears Van Cleef & Arpels’s Etruscan Cuff bracelet.
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WALLIS SIMPSON → Courted by King Edward VIII with Belperron pieces, the American socialite wears one of the Paris maison’s emerald and gold cuffs in 1936.
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WICKER IMMORTAL It’s been around for centuries, prized for both the beauty of its craft and a familiarity that’s become almost foundational. And yet, of late, the woven art seems to have hit a fever pitch—even cult status—an affirmation, perhaps, that across styles and eras, every room can benefit from a good piece of wicker.
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turning humble natural fibers such as rattan, cane, and raffia to gold by weaving them into topographies unimaginable for more refined materials. But the greater magic is that wicker turns moments to gold as well. It tugs at the too-tight necktie of a formal room, offers a tactile reprieve from idealized surfaces, and playfully reminds us that the color tan can in fact be fabulous. And the alchemy is as strong as ever. From its first grand moment in the 19th century to a showy turn mid-20th, wicker is in the throes of a right-now renaissance as France’s Atelier Vime produces a breathtaking range of pieces and designers Amanda Lindroth and Justin Van Breda launch their own fresh lines. Meanwhile, the weave is anchoring notable design projects from Harbour Island to Southern California. The material does inspire fealty bordering on obsession. Oscar de la Renta long channeled his Dominican heritage when placing wicker pieces in society (and most recently in an exuberant update of his Tortuga Bay Hotel in Punta Cana). Hubert de Givenchy and Philippe Venet went famously wicker-mad in their French country
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retreat Le Jonchet. Italian art collector and style icon Marella Agnelli (influenced by Renzo Mongiardino) filled her rooms with it, as did American horticultural genius Bunny Mellon. But who can out-obsess Lee Radziwill? No one. The renowned socialite and interior designer left the world last year in—of all things—a casket woven exquisitely of wicker.
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“Wicker tugs at the too-tight necktie of a formal room, offers a tactile reprieve from idealized surfaces, and playfully reminds us that the color tan can in fact be fabulous.”
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W ICKER IN THE 1950 S
→ A palace for prized greenery, this vintage French planter stand has dyed woven borders akin to tilework. $2,400; shopcourtney barton.com.
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Celerie Kemble Terrace floor lamp, $965; arteriors home.com. • Antibes chandelier, $2,410; currey andcompany.com. • Mario Lopez Torres Cockatoo table lamp, $2,900 for a pair; circawho.com.
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are a central part of my decorating DNA,” proclaims Amanda Lindroth, the island whisperer whose design sensibility practically comes with a cold drink under a slowly rotating ceiling fan. No wonder, then, that Lindroth, who lives part-time in the Bahamas, would offer us a peacock chair (a double one at that) to sink into. The piece is one of 25 in her first furniture collection, which debuts this spring. “I had been collecting sketches,” she says, adding that vintage items have become scarcer and scarcer. The collection—produced exclusively by Lindroth and created by artisans, craftspeople, and specialty factories—preserves and deftly modernizes the aesthetic, from wicker tables for dining and drinks to a 1930s-inspired rattan side chair and a pagoda étagère. And like the pieces’ designer, each is as regal as it is relaxed. AT TA N A N D W I C K E R
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1. Round pagoda, $255. 2. Tall pagoda, $399. 3. Ca’Liza side chair, $799 for set of 2. 4. Double Peacock chair, $2,499. 5. Paradise canopy bed, $4,299 for a queen. 6. Lyford bar table, $699. 7. Harbour Island lantern, $249. 8. Brighton étagère, $1,999. amandalindroth.com.
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Game of Thrones You wouldn’t congregate in a 19th-century garden without one: a look at the wicker chair’s majestic journey from garden essential to power seat (curtsy optional)
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18 85 Maison Drucker debuts its bistro chair, which goes on to define Parisian café culture. maisonlouisdrucker.com
The strandkorb (meaning “beach basket”) is designed in Germany by Wilhelm Bartelmann for convalescents to take in the sea air and sunshine.
The American high-back armchair by Whitney Reed & Co. brings Victorian-era flourishes stateside. 1stdibs.com
1912 Rattan deck seating at Café Parisien onboard the Titanic.
E A R LY 2 0 T H C E N T U RY The peacock chair is produced at a Philippine prison doubling as a manufacturing facility; peak popularity follows in the 1960s and ’70s. 1stdibs.com
19 25 The Paris chair by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen wins a silver medal at the Paris-Art-Deco exhibition. sika-design.com
195 0 s Billy Baldwin introduces his rattan-wrapped Parsons chair. incollect.com
19 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe introduces the MR chair, as he and other modernists favor wicker as a sub for upholstery. knoll.com
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Mathieu Matégot’s wicker basket chair. 1stdibs.com
1973 Princess Irene Galitzine lounges with her poodle in Vittorio Bonacina’s Bourlon armchair, a favorite of her designer, Renzo Mongiardino. bonacina1889.com
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C I RC A 2 0 05 Soane Britain’s shapely Rattan Venus chair. soane.com
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British imperialism popularizes wicker in Europe, India, and the West Indies. Here, English travelers gather for tea in Jaipur.
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Nina Campbell Nina dogbed and Justin Van Breda Empire mirror and Octagon sideboard, all to the trade; justinvanbreda.com.
DREAM WEAVERS
Designed by a Who’s Who of A-list aesthetes, Justin Van Breda’s new Cape Weaver rattan and cane pieces are born at the hands of blind artisans in his native South Africa. T B E G A N W I T H A D O G B E D.
Exquisitely woven, the charming wicker piece had been one of several in Justin Van Breda’s family home in Cape Town—along with laundry and picnic baskets, veranda furniture, and a white rattan chair his mother kept in her bedroom. “It had a scratchy wool cushion on it,” the designer, now based in London, recalls. “I think it matched her curtains.” The pieces were all handmade at the Cape Town Society for the Blind, a cooperative
of blind artisans founded in 1929 (previously the Civilian Blind Society). Years later, the designer was struck while watching rattan being made in Morocco. “I rang up my mum and said, ‘Can you find out if the Society will make pieces of my own design?’ And we were off! My mother is a bit of a force of nature.” Quickly, the dream expanded. Van Breda secured commitments from colleagues in a montage-worthy series of conversations: Nina Campbell, Lauren
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INSIDE THE ARTIST’S STUDIO S TE A M I N G TH E WO O D Stronger and more durable than most other plants, rattan is a vine with sturdy, flexible stems that scrambles through and over other vegetation. The plant arrives at the workshop as long canes of varying diameters that have to be steamed to make them malleable.
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B U I LD I N G TH E S K E LE TO N Before the rattan cools, the craftsperson bends everything into a specific frame—in this case, Soane’s popular Rattan Ripple Console— and pins connections into place while the material gains back some of its rigidity.
B ATH I N G S M A LLE R S TR A N D S With the frame ready, thinner rattan strands are soaked in water baths to make them pliable before randing (weaving strands between rattan stakes) and wrapping, where craftspeople bind them around cane frames.
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C U R I N G TH E PI E C E As the rattan dries, each strand contracts, giving the piece a tight finish. It can take a skilled weaver up to three days to make a lampshade and more than a month to weave a large sofa. (This console takes around 7 to 10 days.)
PR E E N I N G A N D FI N I S H I N G Craftspeople singe off loose hairs, then paint, stain, or seal. And it’s a process for the ages: While machine-made wicker uses split canes that can grow brittle over time, a handcrafted piece is as strong as it is beautiful. ✦
Wicker on Wheels French country farmer’s cart, $623; mainlybaskets.com. • 1962 Fiat 600 Jolly, estimated at auction $60,000–$80,000; rmsothebys.com. • Vintage wicker bike, $1,150; chairish.com.
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LEFT AND ABOVE: An occasional table with painted quatrefoils and pointed arches sold at auction in 2019 when British designer Nicky Haslam liquidated the contents of his Hampshire Hunting Lodge, which was previously the home of the late designer John Fowler.
LEFT: Two neo-Gothic chairs Mario Buatta purchased from Colefax and Fowler sold at auction for $3,250 in January.
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Colefax and Fowler, the late-19th-century neo-Gothic chairs were purchased by Buatta for his country house in Thompson, Connecticut. Despite visions of bucolic bliss informed in part by visits to the Hampshire, England, hunting lodge of his friend and mentor John Fowler, Buatta never realized the restoration of his own weekend retreat. By the time he died in 2018, the 1845 home was all but abandoned. The chairs were found in the half-renovated master bathroom. Their story—born of a design revival; acquired by an English decorator celebrated for his country-house style; sold to an American designer who allowed them to decay a bit in a deteriorating Gothic
Revival house; scooped up by an enthusiast willing to pay a multiple of their estimated value—surely would have made Buatta, known as much for his wry wit as for Americanizing English country style, laugh. Gothic Revivalism as a decorative style, in which Gothic (or Gothick, used by scholars to describe the earlier period of the revival) ornamentation flourished
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ABOVE: Painshill Park’s Gothic Temple, one of several 18th-century follies on the grounds of the Surrey landscape park RIGHT: A Gothic bookcase (1762) from The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director, Thomas Chippendale’s catalogue of furniture designs
on everything from follies and furniture to manor-house facades, first took root in 18th-century English garden design as landscape architects like William Kent and Batty Langley set fanciful sham ruins (designed to look like remains of an old building, typically a medieval one) into their romantic landscape plans. Their rejection of formal, classical gardens—de rigueur in 17th-century Europe—signaled a burgeoning fascination with the British rural landscape and medieval lore, not to mention an aesthetic that appealed more to emotion than reason, among England’s literary, intellectual, and artistic sets.
It wasn’t long before the fervor for all things Gothic spread from the English garden to English and American houses as furniture makers, carpenters, and architects borrowed medieval motifs like ogee arches, quatrefoils, and crockets (see p. 58) to embellish nearly anything
ABOVE: Strawberry Hill House, built by English politician and author Horace Walpole in the mid-18th century, was wildly influential in reviving Gothic ornamentation. The gallery’s papier-mâché and gold leaf fan vaulting (top) was based on Westminster Abbey’s Henry VII chapel.
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Detail Oriented “Gothic Revival has a sense of humor, and there’s not much about architecture that typically does.”
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A curved masonry construction with a pointed apex that supports the weight above it and can exceed the height of a Roman (or rounded) arch
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← CROCKET A small carved ornament, typically a flower bud or curled leaf, found on the edge of a pinnacle or gable
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The Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut, and the Wedding Cake House in Kennebunk, Maine, feature carved wood detailing characteristic of Carpenter Gothic, a 19th-century American architectural style that replicated medieval masonry motifs on timber homes.
with whimsical exuberance. Never before had such lighthearted license been taken with these ecclesiastical architectural elements: Instead of stone, details like fan vaulting, tracery, and balustrades were rendered in more malleable materials like papier-mâché, plaster, and wood that could be shaped by nonmason craftsmen. This was ornament for ornament’s sake, meant to evoke nostalgic reverence for both nature and the supernatural. A renewed appreciation for the artistry of the human touch, with all its imperfections, has rekindled interest in Gothic Revival ornamentation among today’s designers. “Gothic pieces are often flights of fancy,” says British designer Kit Kemp, who notes their intricate detailing is 58
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“usually curious and different and can add such depth and authenticity to a room.” The lightness of Gothic Revival ornamentation, often pale in finish and freewheeling in interpretation, only boosts its appeal. “It has a sense of humor, and there’s not much about architecture that typically does,” says California-based designer Kate Stamps. “And it offers such potential for individual style in that the details, which appear grand on buildings, scale down to furniture and other objects with such charm and variety. When it comes to decorating with Gothic Revival pieces, more really is more. The density is so appealing.” No doubt Buatta, who valued a lighthearted approach to design and truly personal style above all else, would agree. ✦
TRACERY → Ornamental stone openwork with branching lines, typically found in cathedral windows
← QUATREFOIL A decorative design of four lobes or leaves resembling a flower or four-leaf clover; commonly used in architectural tracery at the top of an arch or in windows
CRENELLATION → A pattern along the top of a parapet or fortified wall, most often in the form of regular rectangular spaces through which arrows could be shot
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OGEE ARCH → An arch with two ogees (decorative lines formed by a double or S-curve) meeting at the apex. Here, the sides of the arch curve inward just before they meet.
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Three If by Sea Inspired by the 1950s-born La Route du Bonheur, a luxurious new voyage links a trio of New England’s most resplendent inns.
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And this is precisely how I feel, perched on the bright-white bow of a Hinckley, accepting a top off of Veuve Clicquot and feeling a sun-warmed, land-borne breeze mix with the salty cool of the Atlantic. The tidy harbor’s Victorian shop fronts grow larger. My captain draws down our engine to a purr as we cinch gently to dock. There, a small coterie lends hands for steady hopping from ship to shore. My luggage is nimbly hoisted and spirited away, and I’m welcomed like a queen of the seas. Because I too am arriving by boat, having gained passage on a rare maritime journey.
The summer idyll that is the Rhode Island coastline, glimpsed from the stern of one of Barton & Gray Mariners Club’s Hinckleys
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Ocean House A gentle directive to the shore at Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ocean House’s grand Shingle Style entrance; a guest room named for Castle Hill Inn’s original owner, naturalist Alexander Agassiz; antique caning in the breakfast room at Castle Hill Inn; an afternoon picnic at sea
The man behind the helm is Doug Gray, cofounder of Barton & Gray Mariners Club and a seaman long inspired by the land-based bit of genius known as La Route du Bonheur. “The route of happiness” was invented in 1954 as a road trip that linked eight French inns on back roads from Paris to Nice. This evolved into Relais & Châteaux, the now-worldwide network of more than 580 luxury hotels and restaurants, a handful of which dot the New England coast. Why not, wondered Gray, adapt the route into a journey undertaken via one 66
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of his club’s staffed Hinckleys, creating a daisy chain of peak luxury travel that captures the seaside romance of these destinations without the quotidian nuisance of automobiles? He wryly dubbed it Boat du Bonheur, picking three Relais & Châteaux properties as his ports of call. We begin in Watch Hill, the Rhode Island enclave that has served for a century and a half as a breezy summer escape for overheated Northeastern millionaires and socialites. And we aim for the grandest of grande dame hotels. Built in 1868, Ocean House perches bluff-top and is a
broad-shouldered, canary yellow marvel. We nestle in front of its massive, original beach-stone fireplace, gape at the vast collection of Ludwig Bemelmans drawings dotting the hallways, and take to our lofty sea-facing rooms like ship captains returning from distant lands. But not before we revel in a five-course seasonal tasting menu that includes caviar, foie gras, and local scallops. It is an appropriately rich beginning. The next morning, we vote to cruise into Narragansett Bay, a broad assertion of the Atlantic wedging into Rhode
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BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: A bivalve break at Matunuck Oyster Bar in South Kingstown, Rhode Island; a Hinckley tucked away in Castle Hill Inn’s hidden harbor; preclambake cocktails; Agassiz’s Victorian mansion from the water
PHOTOGRAPHS BY (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) TRACEY MINKIN (2); DOUGLAS GRAY; COURTESY OF CASTLE HILL INN, TRACEY MINKIN (2).
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Island’s coast, for oysters both raw and Rockefeller at one of Gray’s favorite bivalve hideaways—Matunuck Oyster Bar —then shove off to meander past lighthouses and fortresses, skirt beneath bridges, and chase a sailing regatta, before carrying on to Rhode Island’s famed city of Newport. The sun shines. The sea, sky, and our Hinckley’s hull compete for the most perfect shade of blue. Perfection, it turns out, comes in waves. Set at the mouth of Narragansett Bay, the main mansion at Newport’s Castle Hill Inn is a Shingle Style confection of turrets
Even more delightful than viewing Castle Hill from the water is to swing into her narrow, granite-lined natural harbor. It’s like a secret entry: a thrill that wraps a bootlegger’s bolt-hole with Gilded Age mystique.
and bays, gables and domes, built for marine biologist and naturalist Alexander Agassiz in 1874. And even more delightful than viewing Castle Hill from the water is to swing into her narrow, granite-lined natural harbor. It’s like a secret entry: a thrill that wraps a bootlegger’s bolt-hole with Gilded Age mystique. The staff scoots us via golf carts from the dock to the briny, steaming reveal of our own private clambake. Here, we learn over cocktails, the playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder often hid away while writing, and the incandescent VERANDA
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Grace Kelly retreated while filming High Society in 1956. It’s like we are joining that enviable legacy, saluting the lowering sun as it illuminates the sails of boats tacking toward home ports. Retreating at nightfall doesn’t feel like a sacrifice. With the misty chill of open ocean creeping in and the swing of lighthouse beams glinting in the darkness, our mansion bedrooms are welcome redoubts. Amid details like eyebrow windows, writing desks, hidden closets, and bathrooms with fireplaces and claw-foot tubs, it’s tempting to ponder a Wilder or Kelly life here, hidden away in the naturalist’s mansion for good. And yet, our route du bonheur promises a morning reach across 64 nautical miles to yet another 68
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CLOCK WISE FROM TOP LEFT: A wildly romantic greeting at the Wauwinet; antique hydrangeas; legendary canine Topper; painted wicker
fabled destination when all compasses turn to the island of Nantucket. It’s lovely to arrive at this far-flung, famed island by ferry, but it’s a true thrill to skim past those crowds and tie up at a pier just for us at our final seafarer’s respite: the Wauwinet. One of the first hotels built on this outpost (originally more familiar with whalers than vacationers), the circa-1875 inn carries in its metaphorical pocket a rich sense of memories layered in its bright rooms and high beds that overlook Nantucket Bay. We join our fellow guests for the happiest of hours, lounging in bone-white wicker chaises and working up our appetites for a menu created just for us at Topper’s, the inn’s superb restaurant named for the
owners’ beloved former dog (his portrait hangs in one of the dining rooms). Over locally hauled seafood and long pours of wine, we lay plans to slip back into town in the morning for a walkabout and revel in how free we feel, the captains of our own destinies. We toast Nantucket and her sister shores on the mainland, our marvelous vessel, and the genius of the French more than 60 years ago. To many more arrivals, we promise, by boat. ✦ THE DETAILS: Barton & Gray Mariners Club is offering two three-night New England excursions for this September. $65,000 for two travelers; $10,000 per additional couple (airfare excluded). For more information, call 617-728-3555.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) TRACEY MINKIN (3); DOUGLAS GRAY.
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asylum. “More and more, clients are asking for quiet spaces inside their homes,” says designer Sarah Magness, who turned a second-floor study into a technology-free meditation room (right). Similarly, in a detached garden casita, Keith Baltimore and Marva Kalish banished the idea of a guest suite with all the bells and whistles in favor of sensory tranquility akin to a private spa. “This room struck me as the perfect place to just ‘be,’ ” says Baltimore, who drew upon the fine art principle of sfumato, which calls for the blending of tones without perceptible transitions to create immersive visual harmony.
MINDFULNESS RETREAT ↑ A gallery of Japanese antiques channels the Far East. Pillow fabric, Fabricut. Bookshelf color, Symphony Blue by Benjamin Moore. Handpainted wallpaper, Gracie Studio
PHOTOGRAPHS BY (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP) BRIAN WOODCOCK; SARAH WINCHESTER; NICKOLAS SARGENT (2). BOTTOM RIGHT: FLORAL STYLING BY BRIDGET VIZOSO.
abandon the outdoors? How very Florida. The Lars Bolanderdesigned home features a broad foyer that remains open to a loggia on the far end, inspiring designer Alizee Brion to create a total embrace of the tropical landscape. Hand-painted palms and a terrazzo path pick up where Jobe Lopez’s evergreen entry garden leaves off for a welcome that feels like a mystical walk through a palm forest.
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The (Modern) Classical Kitchen WOV E N WA L LS, S HA D ES W I T H
pretty nailhead trim, creamy backsplash tiles: Connecticutbased designer Sarah Blank flipped the script on the crisp white cookspaces of the past decade, grounding this one instead in a sense of history and flora and fauna. “It’s important that a kitchen feel integrated
WINE ROOM ↓ Brass pendant, Currey & Co. Leather wall panels, Fabricut. Tibetan wool and Chinese silk runner, New Moon Rugs
with the environment and the architecture, which are both so strong here,” says the designer, who didn’t overlook the role of modern craftsmanship, floating a dashing brass leaf chandelier over an old European tailor’s table. As for the cabinetry’s buoyant blue? “It’s just a great color for Florida.”
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bottle service: a wine room that’s as much a part of the cocktailhour scene as a cozy living room tête-à-tête. By repurposing a pantry as an open wine cellar (and mini tasting room), Blank brought the space into the social flow without forfeiting practicality. Painting the shelving an ash brown mimics the intimate sensibility of subterranean storage, while a lustrous brass pendant beckons guests inside to indulge their inner oenophile. “It adds elements of fun and fantasy to the kitchen,” says the designer.
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Bon Vivant, En Suite perfect spot to whisk guests away to to entertain—and Los Angeles for cocktails before dinner or after designer Joe Lucas was more a day in the sun.” than happy to oblige. The forms within are “I’ve always loved 1940s cur vilinear, among French design,” says “It’s the perfect them, a new Fromental spot to whisk the decorator, who paid wallpap er designe d homage to the free-flow- guests away to to mimic hand-drawn ing lines and earthy pasartistry; a serpentine for cocktails.” tel palette of midcentury bookcase by Peg Wood— D E S I G N ER J O E LU C A S artist and architect Le working; and a shapely Corbusier as he reimagsofa of Lucas’s own ined the room as a sophisticated design. “I wanted it to be cozy and conversation parlor. “It flows comforting and soothing, away right off the entry and opens to the from the more grand scale of the backyard and pool area, so it’s the rest of the home,” he notes. IT ’S LIKE THIS ROOM WA S BORN
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRIAN WOODCOCK. TOP: FLORAL STYLING BY BRIDGET VIZOSO.
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When the Walls Say It All From 13th-century tilework to artisanal odes to the ocean, designers envelop rooms in stories from near and far.
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in particular, azulejos,” says designer Alessandra Branca of the elaborately patterned wallpaper crowning doorways and windows and tracing a vibrant wainscot around the master bedroom. Born of her new collection with de Gournay, it channels the blue and white tiles emblematic of Portuguese buildings and carries the palette to transporting effect. “The beauty Coffee table, Sutherland
of this particular bedroom is that it is very livable. It is flooded with light, the space is generous, and so the colors are restful, light, and uplifting,” says the designer, who furnished the room with a mix of new pieces and antiques from local shops. “I wanted the room to be super relaxed but also have a fundamental elegance to it.” Below, more ways the designers turned walls into scene-stealing design elements. Stool, Eleish Van Breems Home. Ceiling wallpaper, Carlisle & Co. Sconces, Currey & Co.
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Kevin Isbell layered abstract art (Gunnar Theel) atop an overscale tropical vista by Gracie Studio.
Joe Lucas created a three-dimensional gallery wall of ceramic shells by artist Lucie de Moyencourt.
Robin Gannon framed grisaille mural wallpaper by French Market Collection for a pretty panel series.
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↑ MASTER BEDROOM Bed, valance fabric, and embroidered linens, Casa Branca. Banquette and fauteuils trim, Fabricut. Fauteuils upholstery, Creations Métaphores
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His & Her Dressing Lounges ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MASTER
bath, architect Tom Kirchhoff and designer Betsy Wentz expanded the idea of traditional closets into more personal, airy lounges “where you can linger with a glass of wine as you get dressed,” says Wentz, who saw seating (in the form of ottomans and a slim settee) as integral to transitioning the utilitarian rooms into cozy refuges. Layers of pattern, softness, and color ensure the spaces exude a sense of warmth and connection to place, most notably in a leafy wall print that embodies the colorful spirit of south Florida.
Denizens of Palm Beach celebrate the outdoors to magical effect. Here, the designers offer insight into reimagining alfresco spaces for maximum livability.
Jonathan Savage drew upon his visits to the Caribbean island to lighten a previously dark cabana, draping the rear wall in a breezy white sheer, inviting sunlight through slatted Indonesian teak, and fitting the ceiling with thatched panels. ❶ C H A N N E L S T. B A R T S :
On the master balcony, Alessandra Branca fashioned a soft privacy screen from a striped indoor/outdoor fabric from her new collection. “It’s an oasis within an oasis overlooking a beautiful garden,” she says. ❷ SCREEN OUT DISTRACTIONS:
↑ MASTER CLOSETS The designers worked with experts from The Container Store Custom Closets to design the cabinetry. Hardware, Kohler
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Joe Lucas mixed an array of organically inspired elements on the terrace, from textural ❸ LURE IN THE LANDSCAPE:
rope and bamboo to banana-leaf patterns and woodland faux-bois, giving the natural world an esteemed seat at the table. Drawing inspiration from the bougainvillea’s free-form roots, designer Colette van den Thillart took a deconstructed, relaxed approach to the dining pavilion. Moroccan ottomans and a handloomed carpet keep it loose for picnic-style dinners and “just allow it to be a magical, multipurpose space.” ❹ EMBRACE THE WILD:
Local landscape designer Mario Nievera replicated a Persian motif he spotted on a fountain at the Taj Mahal to redefine the garden and guide seating, plantings, and paths. ❺ PAVE IT WITH PATTERN:
PHOTOGRAPHS BY (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP CENTER) NICKOLAS SARGENT (2); BRIAN WOODCOCK (2); TYLER SARGENT; BRIAN WOODCOCK (2). TOP: FLORAL STYLING BY BRIDGET VIZOSO.
The Ultimate Outdoor Idylls
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Neutral, Redefined room is white,” says designer Suzanne Kasler, pointing to much of the upholstered furniture, the sisal rug, and the water lilies chandelier. And yet, when it came to bringing in touches of lively Palm Beach color to the soaring central living area, a little went a long way. Painting a single bookcase wall flamingo pink was a way “to help anchor the room a bit,” notes the designer, who dropped hints of the shade, along with yellow, in a custom-trimmed de Gournay wallpaper and seating. “It’s funny how much color comes across with those few accents, but I think it embraces Palm Beach’s very sophisticated sensibility.” ✦ For complete sourcing details, visit veranda.com/kips-bay-2020-sources.
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Dressed to the Nines An ultrarefined wardrobe for the win! Here, one Kips Bay Decorator Show House designer unpacks his secrets for A-list organization.
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when those details (extendable valet rods, integrated lighting, customized everything) make organizing a closet a Marie Kondo–esque dream. At this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach, the L.A.-based interior designer worked with The Container Store to design a sophisticated custom storage space for a writing studio that doubles as a guest bedroom, and the result is as posh and polished as a party queen’s spring wardrobe. Designer Kevin Isbell
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WELL-LI T SHELVING Soffit and undershelf LED lighting, which can be added to nearly any shelf, create ambience while illuminating prized pieces. “This is both practical and chic,” says Isbell.
VERSAT ILE STORAG E In the center closet compartment, a chrome valet rod, which can be installed at custom heights, extends for easy display of hanging items. Isbell also mixed in open shelving and drawers, including a vanity drawer for storing smaller personal items, like a wallet or jewelry, or for charging a cell phone.
ELE GANT FINISHES The designer chose a dark brown finish (Flint) that resembles walnut, one of eight options ranging from Pure White and Satin Oak to Ebony. Brushed brass bar-handle hardware adds a hint of modernism “in a room that isn’t really modern,” says Isbell, who lacquered the outer sides of the closet in a jeweled plum paint to harmonize with the draperies.
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Personal design experts met with Isbell at the new Container Store Custom Closets in Los Angeles (there’s also one in Dallas), “but you can work with our design experts at any location of The Container Store or connect via chat, email, and phone,” says Erin Hogue, Vice President of Custom Closets. “We can help professional designers and everyday shoppers alike visualize the breadth of the design opportunities.”
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The floor-to-ceiling design of the Laren custom closet (one of four customizable options from The Container Store) allowed Isbell to install the wardrobe as a floating wall, which “created a natural spot to anchor the bed and nice separation between the public and private areas,” he says. Isbell selected glass-front cabinets for each doublehang compartment to make the 8½-foot-tall closet feel spacious.
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TROPICAL RADIANCE Fiery poppies, ranunculus, and parrot and fringe tulips light up an arrangement of fan and sago palms. Vase, price upon request; bradsmithblownglass.etsy .com. Antique oak delphine table, $3,000; design supplyshop.com.
M AY + J U N E “We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it, we are going back from whence we came.” — J O H N F. K E N N E DY
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The terraceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lofty arches, pink stucco, and cool concrete tiles borrow from British Colonial traditions, now woven into the local vernacular. An intimate den offers refuge from the sun while retaining hints of the tropics, like a natural wallcovering crafted of dried water hyacinth (Phillip Jeffries). Art series, Henri Matisse OPPOSITE:
PALACE Along a deepwater pass in Naples, Florida, across from a warren of tangly mangroves, Celerie Kemble doubles down on the magic of Old Florida.
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N AT U R A L C A N I N G Kemble relaxes the vibe of the formal dining room with mahoganyframed woven panels, rooting the space in raw, native beauty.
CELERIE KEMBLE IS A DEEP-DYED FLORIDIAN. The celebrated Manhattan decorator grew up in a whimsically appointed former church in Palm Beach that’s been in her family for generations (her mother is designer Mimi McMakin). Over the years, she’s worked on and otherwise gotten to know a great many Florida houses. Still, when a Connecticut husband and wife brought her on board to decorate their stunning new home situated on the waterfront in Naples, Florida, she realized she hadn’t quite seen it all. “It really is fascinating to have what is basically a traditional house where the main rooms feel like grand entrances to the outdoors,” Kemble says. “There are enormous glass pocket doors. The walls 90
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retract. You can sit on the sofa and watch schools of dolphins swim by. You’re close enough to see their fins!” The house’s architect, Jon Halper, wielded this sort of arresting magic throughout. Both the exterior and interior feel classic, yet they’re really all about views of Gordon Pass, the main deepwater route from the Naples marina to the Gulf of Mexico, and the nature preserve beyond it. With its enormous porch pavilion and smooth stucco colonnades with arches trimmed in white, it’s a riff on British Colonial style as seen in places like Barbados but jazzed up with a certain dream logic. Every part of the house engages the water, the light, and the
D I S A P P E A R I N G WA L L S The sunroom becomes a refined waterfront lounge thanks to retractable glass and a shallow pool with floating stepping pads en route to the terrace.
Slipper chair and pillow fabric, Penny Morrison and de Le Cuona. English 1930s side tables, Lee Stanton Antiques OPPOSITE: A Marseilles Opera House backdrop (Obsolete, Inc.) becomes large-scale artwork in the dining room. Jamaican mahogany chairs, The Raj Company
EVERY PART OF THE HOUSE ENGAGES THE WATER, THE LIGHT, AND THE OUTDOORS SIMULTANEOUSLY, TWISTING THEM TOGETHER IN CLEVER, HIGHLY ORIGINAL WAYS.
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A T RO P I C A L TA P E S T RY Beneath a canopy of coconut palms, an emerald privacy screen of areca, traveler’s, fishtail, and cat palms flourishes.
A knife-edge pool sits flush with a coral stone deck. Chaise longues, Celerie Kemble for Lane Venture. Umbrella, Santa Barbara Designs. Chairs, Serena & Lily. Cushion fabric, Perennials
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outdoors simultaneously, twisting them together in clever, highly original ways. Minimalist knife-edge pools and fountains by landscape architect Koby Kirwin are so carefully integrated with the architecture and hew so close to the house that they might as well be in the house; you can pretty much wade out of the family room. Because of a television on the open-air porch, it’s possible to get a tan while watching Netflix. The formal dining room has a bar at the end of it with a window that opens to the outside as in your basic Caribbean shack. A seated guest—surrounded by a pair of remarkable caned and ebonized mahogany wall panels and two Marseilles stage backdrops—can have a glass of wine with someone in a dripping bathing suit standing outside in a puddle. When the wife decided she wanted a pink exterior—a brilliant move, as the color plays down the architecture’s imposing qualities and dials up its charm—Kemble chose the shade. “It’s the color of a conch shell,” she says, adding that diehard Floridians who stand their ground in spite of hurricanes are known as “conchs.” Inside and out, she chose every tile, every VERANDA
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SEASHELL PINK The home’s sanguine, sun-washed shade was designed to mimic the soft tint on the interior of a conch shell.
In the master bedroom, opaque, striped fabric panels (Kerry Joyce) cloak a forged iron bed (Jerry Pair). The bed’s upholstery fabric is by Soane Britain. Bedding, Gattle’s
ABOVE: Interlocking white oak tile (Jamie Beckwith) brings the variations of natural wood to the crisp white kitchen. RIGHT: Local treasures idle in the bar, among them, a carved wooden alligator, sea fan, and varnished turtle shell. OPPOSITE: The guest room is painted Sweet Dreams by Benjamin Moore. Upholstery fabric, Rogers & Goffigon. Bedding, Pioneer Linens
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VERDIGRIS COPPER The aged, elemental finish gives a custom palm guest bed an authentic weathered patina.
finish, and all of the more exuberant details, from the playful fan-burst railing on the exterior to the puzzle-like wood floor of the kitchen. “Where things get neutral, we used a lot of detail and a lot of texture,” she says. Her palette of white, pink, flax, navy, and the pale blue-green of sea glass is anchored with dark woods. The mix of furnishings and materials is high-spirited and glamorous. In the open-air sunroom, a refined 20th-century-inspired sofa is upholstered in a subtle indoor/outdoor stripe and carries quiet sophistication;
tribal-print indigo fabrics and vintage teak ensure the room’s link to the outdoors is organic and authentic. Kemble let the homeowners’ vintage art collection supply most of the color. “I’m a lover of wallpaper, but here the walls were kept matte white and plastery. It’s all about the way the room opens to the outside.” Speaking of rooms opening up, the bewitchingly romantic master bedroom, with its glass door that disappears entirely, is another instance where she kept things serene, sophisticated, and simple. There’s a black iron four-poster as fine as a line
drawing, creamy white linens, and a plaster chandelier suspended by a brass chain. A “conch” herself, as well as a pro at the top of her game, Kemble suffused the house with chic personality and engaging intimacy while staying out of the way of the main event: the Naples waterfront. “The house is free-flowing and friendly. It’s made for entertaining, swimming, drinking, and cooking—all the things you want to do,” she says. “But the real stage set is the water, sky, and changing light. You’re always the audience watching a spectacular drama unfolding.” ✦ VERANDA
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RUSH A plaster honeycomb painting (Sophie Coryndon) shimmers in the entry hall. Chandelier, Eve Kaplan OPPOSITE: A Syrie Maugham armchair in a guest bedroom is covered in Osborne & Littleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s metallic Sherwood.
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Alex Papachristidis gives summerhouse style a gilded makeover in his sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hamptons home, where a parade of fine art and finishes dazzles in the brilliant ocean light. INTERIOR DESIGN BY ALE X PAPACHRISTIDIS ARCHITECTURE BY K ATHRINE M C COY L ANDSCAPE DESIGN BY EDMUND HOLL ANDER PHOTOGR APHY BY WILLIA M ABR ANOWICZ PRODUCED BY ANITA SARSIDI WRIT TEN BY STEPHEN WALLIS
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when you enter Ophelia and Bill Rudin’s oceanfront home on the East End of Long Island is the precious metal. Everywhere. Not just the walls and furnishings but “every sheet, every napkin, every dish, everything,” says Alex Papachristidis, the esteemed decorator and Ophelia’s brother, who has been designing residences for the Rudins for more than 30 years. “When we started, I asked Ophelia, ‘What colors would you like?’ She said gold, silver, and white. And that’s the whole house.” The result is a kind of unrelenting—and ultrarefined—radiance, an eternal sunshine conjured by two very compatible minds. As both siblings will tell you, they are extremely close. Nine years older, Ophelia calls Alex her baby brother, whom she helped raise. “Alex was born with an innate aesthetic sense, and from the time he was a little guy, he’s been our Beau Brummell,” she says, referencing the Regencyera English tastemaker. “He has helped each member of our family develop their own sense of style.” In Ophelia’s case, that’s a mix of comfort and unabashed glamour. “What Alex gets about me is that I love things that are aesthetically glamorous,” she says. “Perhaps because I’m a romantic.” The home’s neutral palette and glimmering surfaces complement the light and views of this extraordinary setting, with dunes and ocean on one side and Mecox Bay on the other. Located
Cedar shingles crown the stucco residence, which affords views of both the Atlantic and Mecox Bay.
PORTRAIT COURTESY OF DONNA NEWMAN.
TOP: In the living room, glossy white-lacquer walls are trimmed with brass strapping. INSET: Designer Alex Papachristidis with his sister, homeowner Ophelia Rudin OPPOSITE: Custom cantilevered sofas are upholstered in white velvet (Cowtan & Tout). Ceiling lights and sconces, Hervé Van der Straeten. Drapery fabric, Fabricut
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“I love things that are aesthetically glamorous... perhaps because I’m a romantic.” — H O M E O W N ER O P H EL I A R U D I N
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A white-plaster woodland guest bed was inspired by Pauline de Rothschild’s Château Mouton. ABOVE:
RIGHT: In the terraced courtyard, stucco and Jerusalem limestone embrace lavender and rosemary beds. Autumn olive and juniper trees frame the property. BELOW: Walls are upholstered in Carolyn Ray’s Painter’s Plaid (Holland & Sherry). Sofa fabric, Fabricut
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near the village of Bridgehampton, the parcel was acquired by the Rudins in the late 1970s. At the time, it was occupied by a modest dwelling that had been owned by Richard Bach, the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and had survived the infamous 1938 hurricane. But the family house the Rudins built to replace it was less fortunate when a devastating 1998 nor’easter hit, causing irreparable damage. For a decade and a half, the property sat empty. Then several years ago, Ophelia and Bill decided to build anew by the ocean, to create the home where they would eventually retire. In early discussions with Alex and architect Kathrine (Kitty) McCoy, Ophelia made clear that she did not want a typical shingled Hamptons home. As inspiration, she offered up photos of a stuccoand-limestone home in the Caribbean. Three years later, the house was complete, featuring a white stucco facade with Jerusalem limestone trim and floors throughout in a variety of patterns and all radiant heated. The roof is cedar shingles, “to bring it down a notch,” Papachristidis says, “and make sure it doesn’t feel out of place in the Hamptons.” Raised on stilts, most of the 6,000-square-foot residence occupies a single floor, 22 feet above sea level, and is built to withstand major storms. The walls of some lower-level spaces are designed to break away and allow surging seas to pass beneath the home, preserving the main living areas and bedrooms. The grounds, overseen by landscape designer Edmund Hollander, are planted with minimal color, focusing on indigenous plants, hardy herbs, and olive trees.
In the dining room, a custom gilded rock form table (Eve Kaplan through Gerald Bland) is flanked by chairs inspired by Jean-Michel Frank. Swedish bronze and crystal chandelier, Therien & Co.
“I asked Ophelia, ‘What colors would you like?’ She said gold, silver, and white. And that’s the whole house.” — D E S I G N E R A L E X PA PAC H R I S T I D I S
ABOVE: Beyond the dining terrace, a cast bronze and gilt garden sculpture rises up over clipped bayberry hedges. Table and chairs, Antique & Artisan Gallery LEFT: Antique glass salad plates (Salviati) are layered over porcelain dinner service (Kelly Wearstler). Placemats and napkins, Juliska
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When it came to the interiors, once they settled on the gold and silver conceit, Alex enlisted artists to create one-of-a-kind commissions to suit the scheme, including such distinctive touches as a spectacular hand-molded and gilt ceramic chandelier by Eve Kaplan, a pair of Hervé Van der Straeten light fixtures composed of clusters of bronze discs that hang like jewelry, and a living room ceiling that admits diffused natural light during the day and at night, illuminated from above, becomes a glowing light box. Everything in the house strikes an exquisite balance between relaxed and refined. “We’re a casual family, but we like to live very formally, so there’s a lot of attention to detail,” says Alex. Ophelia adds, “We swim in the morning, play biriba in the afternoons, and enjoy the grandkids when they can come for dinner. Then it’s Groundhog Day, and we start the whole thing all over again.” ✦
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❶ Ivory lacquer and white gold underwater scenes by Nancy Lorenz in the dining room. ❷ The powder room’s rock and shell-like encrustations (Eve Kaplan) are an imaginative riff on the Grotto Hall in Potsdam’s New Palace. ❸ Verre églomisé panels by glass artist Miriam Ellner summon the spirit of Mark Rothko paintings. ❹ A 19th-century Japanese screen inspired the hand-painted waves on a custom Gracie Studio wallpaper in the main corridor. ❺ Soane Britain’s polished brasstrimmed yacht table and a brass leaf Tommaso Barbi chandelier (circa 1970). ❻ A 19th-century Japanese lacquered trunk with an English marble bust of the same period. ❼ An antique ormolu wall light in the style of Louis XV. ❽ A gold concave mirror by British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor
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Along the Connecticut River, an 18th-century ferryman’s cottage invokes the spirit of its original inhabitant with the deftest of course corrections and the quiet elegance of another era. INTERIOR DESIGN BY C ATHY KINC AID
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L ANDSCAPE DESIGN BY DREW KENNY
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Cozy seating nooks appear at every turn, including this conversational arrangement in the dining room, which is part of the original house. Wall color, French Gray by Farrow & Ball. Sofa and drapery fabric, Sister Parish
O W N I N G A H O U S E O N T H E WAT E R is a familiar fantasy. But the man who built River Knoll wasn’t seeking breathtaking views or recreational diversions. He was a ferry captain, and the site he chose in 1748, on a rise overlooking the Connecticut River, was his lifeblood. Fast forward 272 years, and River Knoll still occupies its idyllic perch, despite dramatic changes to the world around it. The surrounding village has gone from thriving hub to quiet oasis, and the original cottage now anchors a welcoming summer house that pays tribute to history while residing gracefully in the present. “When people visit,” says the owner, “they can’t tell where the old part ends and the new begins.” Given its diminutive proportions and historical quirks (low, beamed ceilings; shallow paneling; wide-plank floors; a front door oriented to the river), the original, 1,500-square-foot Cape-style cottage could easily have become a vestigial wing—a mothballed museum piece—in the shadow of later, larger additions. In particular, an outsize 1980s wing built by previous owners “overwhelmed the old house,”
An early-19th-century Provençal painted screen (Wolf Hall Antique Collective) and a rustic antique table age the newly constructed entry, along with wide-plank chestnut flooring and painted wall paneling. Bench upholstery fabric, Penny Morrison
Ferris, the owners’ Westie, putters in the fenced vegetable garden, where a peastone path bordered by boxwood, veggies, and herbs leads to a shingled potting shed. Climbing the fence is Sweet Autumn clematis.
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The earthy palette in the master bedroom (part of the 1980s addition) was led by a taupe bed canopy fabric (Claremont) reminiscent of Colonial stenciling. Bed, Louis J. Soloman. Bed linens, Julia B. Rug, Madeline Weinrib
“If we’re not reading, we’re boating, and vice versa,” says the owner, who was drawn to Old Lyme for its proximity to other watery havens like the Hamptons and even Nantucket. “It’s a great jumping-off point.” The chairs on their Vicem motor yacht are upholstered in a Moroccaninspired print by Brunschwig & Fils. Carpet, Stark
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says local architect Brooke Girty, who specializes in historic properties. Yet rather than tearing it down, Girty designed another addition that mimics the proportions of the 1748 original. By sandwiching the oversize portion between two smaller ones, the house’s volumes feel balanced rather than lopsided. Girty also replaced columns on the 1980s addition with latticework to help visually dissolve its mass and merge house with garden. She echoed the home’s old beams on new ceilings and extended its paneled walls and wide-plank floors. The mudroom was clad in reclaimed barn wood. And wherever she introduced a contemporary gesture, such as the new double-height entry hall, she created compatibility. The giant window, for example, is composed of multiple historically proportioned panes of glass and summons the meadow indoors.
The butler’s pantry is covered in a recolored historic Parisian pattern (Adelphi Paper Hangings) “that would have been developed around the time the house was built,” says designer Cathy Kincaid. Bracketed shelving, John Rosselli Antiques
“Everyone likes to sit in a window,” says the designer, who softened the family room banquette with French blue cushions (George Spencer Designs). Rug, Elizabeth Eakins. Drapery fabric, Lee Jofa. Shades, Conrad
Today, the earliest structure remains a vital part of the daily life and flow of the house. The dining room and library are situated within, as well as an upstairs bedroom. In the more spacious late-20th-century living room and master bedroom, Girty and Dallasbased decorator Cathy Kincaid worked together to create snug enclosures like daybeds, window seats, and banquettes that feel harmonious with the home’s original scale. “We nodded to that cozy New England look,” says Kincaid, who also used color to cast a unifying mood. A nuanced palette of browns and grays, forest greens, and persimmony oranges suits the woodland setting. Large prints offset dainty ones, while the smaller-scale patterns introduce soothing rhythms to petite spaces such as the library and guest bedroom, where fabrics clad the walls. Draperies and canopies play important supporting roles. “They can 111
The newly built doubleheight entry hall is brightened by multipaned, floor-to-ceiling windows “that help the addition feel integrated with the garden,” says architect Brooke Girty. Walls and stairway color, Clunch by Farrow & Ball. Rug, Dash & Albert
“Everywhere else, I feel like I should stay busy. But here, I don’t feel guilty curling up with a book.”
make a room feel softer and more layered and help distract from awkward architectural angles,” says Kincaid. Integrating house and landscape was a fundamental goal for everyone involved, especially the homeowners. Having lived in California for 20 years, they relished the indoor/outdoor lifestyle, and outdoor entertaining spaces—a “bird house” for poolside gatherings and several porches and terraces, for example— allow River Knoll to accommodate this predilection. Landscape designer Drew Kenny’s vision for the property consists of a carefully orchestrated series of landscapes that evolve from refined to increasingly wild the farther you get from the house, ending with a stone path traversing a meadow to the riverbank. As for the river, it remains a vital part of life at River Knoll. No longer an obstacle needing assistance to be crossed, it provides the current owners a gateway to the Atlantic seaboard. Avid boaters, they frequently travel by water to visit friends—“We’re 20 minutes from the Hamptons and just a few hours to Newport or Nantucket”—or simply enjoy a day on the Sound. Despite all the changes, River Knoll still exudes a spirit of simpler times. “Everywhere else, I feel like I should stay busy,” says the owner. “But here, for whatever reason, I don’t feel guilty curling up with a book.” Her favorite spot to get engrossed in a story? A window seat overlooking the river. “It epitomizes the best of the house: the views, the charm, the scale, the comfort. It’s divine and totally unplugged.” ✦
The guest room walls are covered in a 19th-century Italian pattern reimagined by Robert Kime. Headboard upholstery and drapery fabric, Michael S. Smith. Luggage rack, Colefax and Fowler
A cedar pool pavilion was inspired by the owners’ antique birdhouse and is used for afternoon tea and evening cocktails. Banquette fabric, Lisa Fine Textiles. Striped pillow fabric, Nicole Fabre Designs
A parterre garden is planted with crab apple trees, dwarf boxwood, and New Guinea impatiens. “It’s inspired by older European and New England gardens and not too formal,” notes landscape designer Drew Kenny.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 8 Paint color: Deep Royal by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com.
CURTAIN CALL Page 12 Wallcovering: Thibaut; annafrench.co.uk.
INSTANT HEIRLOOM Page 17 Kai woven hat: Janessa Leone; janessa leone.com. Seabreeze pillows, Leila Bone Round Inlay tray, Cayman seagrass-wrapped pitcher, and Mallorca beach towels: Serena & Lily; serenaandlily.com. Woven tote: Amanda Lindroth; amandalindroth.com.
FINER THINGS Page 29 Paint color: Winter Ice. Page 30 (top) Paint color: Summer Melon. Page 30 (bottom) Paint color: Winter Ice. Page 32 (back wall) Paint color: Nautilus Shell. Page 32 (left wall) Paint color: Summer Melon. Page 34 Paint color: Nautilus Shell. All by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com.
MATERIAL MATTERS Page 38 Woven wicker cachepot: Aerin; aerin .com. Baytree wall bracket and Round Pagoda: Amanda Lindroth; amandalindroth.com. Rattan Curved lampshade: Amara Expressions; amaraexpressions.com. Rattan baskets and Eye placemat: Atelier Vime; ateliervime.com. Bedwyn lampshade: Fermoie; fermoie.com. Tapered vase: Frances Palmer; francespalmer.com. Plant stand: Amanda Lindroth; justinvanbreda.com. Allison side chair: Made Goods; madegoods.com. Vintage wicker birdcage: Mecox Gardens; mecox.com. Vintage wicker console: Meg Braff Designs; megbraffdesigns.com. Linen Stripe wallcovering: Schumacher; fschumacher.com. Rattan Galia table lamp: Soane Britain; soane.com.
GRAND ENTRANCE Page 87 Wallcovering: Newcastle Fabrics; newcastlefabrics.com. Shell: Creel and Gow; creelandgow.com.
CONCH PALACE Interior design: Celerie Kemble; kemble interiors.com. Architectural design: Halper Architects, LLC, and MHK Architecture & Planning; halper.com and mhkap.com. Landscape design: Koby Kirwin; kobykirwin.com.
Page 88 Ceiling and trim paint: Water Drops by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com. Flooring: Aguayo Tiles; aguayo.com.do. Shell tray: Serena & Lily; serenaandlily.com. Lounge furniture: Celerie for Lane Venture; laneventure.com. Cushion fabric: Ralph Lauren Home; ralphlaurenhome.com. Pillow fabric and fringe: Perennials; perennialsfabrics .com. Pillow trim: Samuel & Sons; samueland sons.com. Page 89 Sofa: J. Edlin Interiors, Inc.; jedlininteriors.com. Sofa fabric: Dessin Fournir; dessinfournir.com. Wallcovering: Phillip Jeffries; phillipjeffries.com. Lamp: Harbinger; harbingerla .com. Rattan cabinet: Bielecky Brothers; bielecky brothers.com. Rug: Dash & Albert; annieselke.com. Coffee table: Century Furniture; centuryfurniture .com. Armchair: J. Edlin Interiors, Inc. Page 90
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Dining table: Rigos Custom Furniture, Inc.; rigos furniture.com. Chairs: The Raj Company; the rajcompany.com. Chair fabric: Krane; kranehome .com. Ceiling paneling: Kemble Interiors. Large murals: Obsolete, Inc.; obsoleteinc.com. Brass and cane panels: The Raj Company. Chandeliers: Casa Midy; casamidy.com. Placemats: Gayle Warwick; marymahoney.com. Napkins: Matouk; matouk .com. Page 91 Sofa: J. Edlin Interiors, Inc. Sofa fabric: Holland & Sherry; hollandandsherry.com. Striped pillow fabric: de Le Cuona; delecuona.com. Pillow and slipper-chair fabric: Penny Morrison Collection; pennymorrison.com. Rug: Merida; meridastudio.com. Lamps: 1stdibs; 1stdibs.com. Side tables: Lee Stanton Antiques; leestanton.com. Pages 92–93 Lounge furniture: Celerie for Lane Venture. Cushion fabric: Lane Venture. Umbrella: Santa Barbara Designs; santabarbaradesigns.com. Page 93 (top right) Lighting: Pottery Barn; potterybarn.com. Dining chairs: Serena & Lily. Lilac cushion fabric: Perennials. Welt cushion fabric: Ralph Lauren Home. Dining table: Elegant Earth; elegantearth .com. Bamboo flatware: Juliska; juliska.com. Wicker hurricane and pitcher: Amanda Lindroth; amanda lindroth.com. Page 94 (top left) Bed: Jerry Pair; jerry pair.com. Bed drapery fabric: Kerry Joyce; kerry joyce.com. Bed upholstery fabric: Soane Britain; soane.co.uk. Bedding: Gattle’s; gattles.com. Pendant lighting: Carole Gratale; carolegratale.com. Teacup, saucer, and plate: Scully & Scully; scullyandscully .com. Woven basket: Atelier Vime; ateliervime.com. Page 94 (bottom left) Wall paint: White Dove by Benjamin Moore. Cabinetry: Leicht New York; leichtny .com. Fixtures: Waterworks; waterworks.com. Flooring: Jamie Beckwith Collection; jamiebeckwith collection.com. Page 94 (bottom right) Wallcovering: Phillip Jeffries. Trim: Beau Daniels; beaudaniels.com. Cabinetry paint: Grasslands by Benjamin Moore. Fixtures: Waterworks. Page 95 Bed: Showroom, Inc.; byshowroom.com. Bed upholstery fabric: Rogers and Goffigon; rogersandgoffigon.com. Bedding: Pioneer Linens; pioneerlinens.com. Rug: Rosenfeld Carpet; rosenfeldcarpet.com. Wall paint: Sweet Dreams by Benjamin Moore. Drapery fabric: Dessin Fournir. Dresser: Noir; noirfurniturela.com. Nightstand: Rigos Custom Furniture, Inc. Flush-mount light: Currey & Company; curreyandcompany.com.
GOLD RUSH Interior design: Alex Papachristidis; alex papachristidis.com. Architectural design: Kathrine McCoy; kmccoyarchitect.com. Landscape design: Edmund Hollander; hollanderdesign.com.
Page 96 White Tazzo: Christopher Spitzmiller, Inc.; christopherspitzmiller.com. Cachepot: Aerin; aerin .com. Painting: Sophie Coryndon; sophiecoryndon .co.uk. Chandelier: Eve Kaplan through Gerald Bland; geraldblandinc.com. Page 97 Chair fabric: Osborne & Little; osborneandlittle.com. Table: Maison Meilleur; maisonmeilleur.com. Gold vase: Aerin. Page 98 Sofas: Alex Papachristidis. Sofa fabric: Cowtan & Tout; cowtan.com. Floor lamps: Donghia; donghia.com. Light fixtures and sconces: Hervé Van der Straeten; vanderstraeten.fr. Curtain fabric: Fabricut; fabricut.com. Artwork: Anish Kapoor; anishkapoor.com. Obelisk: Eve Kaplan. Wall paint: Aura by Benjamin Moore;
benjaminmoore.com. Page 99 (top right) Side table: Daniel Barney; danielbarney.com. Curtains: Fabricut. Games Table: Tony Victoria through Gerald Bland. Chairs: Edith Davidson Antiques; edithdavidsonantiques.com. Chair front fabric: Cowtan & Tout. Chair back fabric: Scalamandré; scalamandre.com. Art: Nancy Lorenz; nancy-lorenz .com. Candelabra: R. Louis Bofferding; bofferding newyork.com. Pages 100-101 Glass artwork: Rob Wynne; robwynne.net. Wall paint: Aura by Benjamin Moore. Bed: J. Quintana Custom Upholstery; 718-361-0946. Bed fabric: Kelly Wearstler by Lee Jofa; kravet.com. Bed sheets: Leontine Linens; leontinelinens.com. Quilt: Shyam Ahuja; shyamahuja.com. Bench and nightstand: Victoria & Son, Inc.; victoriaandson.com. Bench fabric: Larsen; cowtan.com. Reading lights: Tisserant Art & Style; tisserant.fr. Chandelier: R. Louis Bofferding. Desk: Chris Schanck through Johnson Trading Gallery; www.johnsontrading gallery.com. Desk chair: Cedric Dupont Antiques; cedricdupontantiques.com. Table lamp: Andrea Koeppel through Gerald Bland. White sculpture: Liz O’Brien; lizobrien.com. Curtain fabric: Cowtan & Tout. Curtain trim: Samuel & Sons; samueland sons.com. Chair: Soane Britain; soane.co.uk. Page 102 (top left) Floral fabric: Osbourne & Little. Bed frame: Carole Gratale Inc.; carolegratale.com. Bed linens: Leontine Linens. Nightstand finishes: Boykos Studio. Left nightstand: Signature Antiques. Right nightstand: Victoria & Son, Inc. Lamps: Alex Papachristidis for Christopher Spitzmiller, Inc. Lamp shades: Blanche P. Field; blanchefield.com. Shell sconces: Emmanuel Renoult. Carpet: Marc Phillips Rugs; marcphillips rugs.com. Page 103 Dining table: Eve Kaplan through Gerald Bland. Chairs: J. Quintana Custom Upholstery. Chair front fabric: Holly Hunt; holly hunt.com. Chair back fabric: Lee Jofa. Chair trim: Samuel & Sons. Wall panels: Nancy Lorenz. Classical columns: Christie’s; christies.com. Hurricane lamps: Victoria & Son, Inc. Chair: Gustavo Olivieri; gustavoolivieriantiques.com. Chair fabric: House of Hosoo Textiles; www.hosoo-kyoto .com. Flowers: Vladimir Collection; thevladimir collection.com. Page 104 Games table and chairs: The Antique and Artisan Gallery; theantiqueand artisangallery.com. Cushion fabric: Lee Jofa. Garden sculpture: Ugo Rondinone; ugorondinone.com. Page 104 (bottom left) Dining table: Gerald Bland. Salad plates: Salviati; salviati.com. Dinner plates: Kelly Wearstler; kellywearstler.com. Flatware: Everyday Elegance Collection; everyday-elegance.com. Placemats and napkins: Juliska; juliska.com. Goblets: Dior; dior.com. Wine glasses: Salviati. Tall salt-and-pepper set: Cabana; cabanaglobal luxe.com. Small salt-and-pepper set: L’Objet; l-objet.com. Shells and tray: Aerin; aerin.com. Page 105 (top right) Desk: Miriam Ellner; miriamellner .com. Hardware: The Nanz Company; nanz.com. Table lamp: Greenwald Antiques; greenwald antiques.com. Lamp shade: Blanche P. Field. Page 105 (middle right) Hall wallpaper: Gracie Studio; graciestudio.com. Hall lights: Eve Kaplan. Page 105 (bottom right) Chair: Edward Wormley through Wyeth; wyeth.nyc. Chair fabric: Zimmer + Rohde; zimmer-rohde.com. Table: Soane Britain. Banquette fabric: Cowtan & Tout. Pillow front
fabric: Zimmer + Rohde. Pillow back fabric: Cowtan & Tout. Leaf lighting: Tommaso Barbi through John Saibello Antiques; johnsalibello
.com. Cabinetry and appliance panels: Boffi; boffi.com. Hardware: Kathrine McCoy.
A CAPTAIN’S LEGACY Interior design: Cathy Kincaid; cathy-kincaid.com. Architectural design: Brooke Girty; brookegirtydesign.com. Landscape design: Drew Kenny; outdoorlifestylesct.com.
Page 107 Drapery and sofa fabric: Sister Parish; sisterparishdesign .com. Pillow fabric: Chelsea Textiles; chelseatextiles.com. Page 108 (top right) Wall paint: Clunch by Farrow & Ball; farrow-ball.com. Trim paint: Lime White by Farrow & Ball. Bench fabric: Claremont; clare montfurnishing.com. Painted screen: Wolf Hall Antiques; wolfhall antiques.com. Lamp: John Rosselli & Associates; johnrosselli.com. Page 109 Rug: Madeline Weinrib; madelineweinrib.com. Bed: Louis J. Soloman, Inc.; louisjsolomon.com. Bed Drapery: Claremont. Bed linens: Julia B.; juliab.com. Reading lights: John Boone; johnbooneinc.com. Nightstand: John Rosselli & Associates. Page 110 (bottom) Chair fabric: Brunswick & Fils; kravet.com. Rug: Stark Carpet; starkcarpet .com. Page 111 (top right) Wall paint: French Gray by Farrow & Ball. Wallpaper: Adelphi Paper Hangings; adelphipaperhangings.com. Wall shelving: John Rosselli & Associates. Page 111 (bottom) Banquette fabric: George Spencer Designs; georgespencer.com. Drapery fabric: Lee Jofa; kravet.com. Shade fabric: Conrad; conradshades.com. Rug: Elizabeth Eakins; elizabetheakins.com. Page 112 Wall paint: Clunch by Farrow & Ball. Trim paint: Lime White by Farrow & Ball. Pillow fabric: Chelsea Textiles. Rug: Dash & Albert; annieselke.com. Garden stool: John Rosselli & Associates. Page 113 (top right) Banquette fabric: Lisa Fine Textiles; lisafinetextiles.com. Striped pillow fabric: Nicole Fabre Designs; nicolefabredesigns.com. Interior paint: Lime Wash by Farrow & Ball. Pendant lantern and wall shelving: John Rosselli & Associates. Table: McKinnon and Harris; mckinnonharris.com. Door paint: Louisburg Green by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com. Page 113 (bottom left) Drapery and bed fabric: Jasper; michaelsmithinc.com. Bed linens: Leontine Linens; leontinelinens.com. Wallpaper: Robert Kime; robertkime.com. Luggage rack: Colefax and Fowler; cowtan.com. Pair of lamps: John Rosselli & Associates. Stool fabric: Claremont.
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PORTRAIT, BRUNO ZARRALUQUI.
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AT T E R N S I N S E A S H E L LS have always been some of my favorites,”
says Madrid-based artist Andrea Zarraluqui, whose delicately exuberant designs often capture the nuances of sea life, from schools of fish to branching corals. Here, grayscale depictions of scallops, scotch bonnets, and striped bonnets bring the shells’ innate curves, angles, and shades into sharp relief. And for Zarraluqui, who grew up near the Andalusian coast, it’s tenderly autobiographical. “In my childhood, everything related to the sea,” she says. “It brings sweet memories to me.”
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