VACATION HOMES AROUND THE WORLD SERIFOS THE BERKSHIRES BANGKOK THE COTSWOLDS LAKE COMO PINE PLAINS
BEN SOLEIMANI DESIGNER LONDON & LOS ANGELES THE IONA & ARISA RUG COLLECTIONS
THERE ARE PIECES THAT FURNISH A HOME AND THOSE THAT DEFINE IT.®
CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2018
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A view of the garden from London designer Justin Van Breda and entrepreneur Alastair Matchett’s country house in England’s Cotswolds region.
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contents 84 An illustration by The Selby of jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth’s beloved pooch, Teddy, wearing pieces from her collection.
Features Isle Be Back On the idyllic Aegean island of Serifos, designer Andrew Sheinman transforms a modest house into a Shangri-La by the sea. As told to Zander Abranowicz
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Centuries Deep Surrounded by terraced gardens and rolling hills, a historic Cotswolds country manor gets a stunning redo—
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its irst in more than 50 years—thanks to its owners, London designer Justin Van Breda and entrepreneur Alastair Matchett. By Laura Freeman
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Hunt & Gathered Architect Shamir Shah and artist Malcolm Hill turn a 1940s lodge in Connecticut’s pastoral Litchield County into a polished rural retreat illed
with vintage furnishings and objects collected from near and far. By Nancy Hass
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Come On, Irene For the interiors of her Los Angeles home, a renowned jewelry designer looks to her two biggest inluences: her mother... and herself. By Jenni Konner
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Shantung & Cheek Belgian designer Gert Voorjans has brought his joyful, boldly colored aesthetic to a collaboration with iconic Thai silk company Jim Thompson. We take his new fabrics for a spin through the grounds of the Jim Thompson House museum in Bangkok. By Vanessa Lawrence
THE SELBY
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Departments 18 20
Editor’s Page
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Contributors The people behind the stories
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What’s Hot Dispatches from the world of design
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Mood Board ED editor at large Sophie Pera’s eye is always traveling
What’s Next Furniture fashioned from cork, beauty products for summer, a nonproit farm, and more
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Great Ideas Summer’s balmy temperatures and long days can inspire a light mind-set— and an airy approach to decorating
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Shortlist The things Francesca Ruini can’t live without
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ED Design Hotels The famed Baur au Lac in Zurich makes art a priority. By Whitney Robinson
Porcelain plates from Santimetre Studio.
36 The new V&A Museum in Dundee, Scotland, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
Interior designer Andrew Sheinman’s Greek-island getaway features an outdoor dining room with a woodburning oven and a sweeping view of the neighboring island of Sifnos. Produced by Mieke ten Have. Photograph by Ricardo Labougle.
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PLATES: STUART TYSON/STUDIO D; MUSEUM: HUFTON+CROW
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Truth in Decorating Designers Anishka Clarke and Niya Bascom put down their glasses and consider the latest in bar seating. By Charles Curkin
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Jewelry Box Delicate creatures rendered in turquoise and accented with gold and diamonds exude the whimsy of an alfresco summer day. Produced by Claudia Mata Gladish
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D.B.E.D. Daniel Boulud Fishing is not for the weak— especially before sunrise in New York Harbor. By Daniel Boulud
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Resources Where to ind it
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Not for Sale A gilded avocado seed becomes an object of beauty in the hands of Federico de Vera
92 A model draped in fabric by Gert Voorjans for Jim Thompson.
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EDITOR IN CHIEF
WHITNEY ROBINSON Design Director
Senior Editor
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ROBERT RUFINO
MELISSA BIGGS BRADLEY “I started the summer with a safari scouting trip to Singita Pamushana in Zimbabwe; the country, now at the end of the Mugabe era, is full of hope—and amazing wildlife. Needless to say, the bar has been set high for the rest of the season.”
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“My favorite hostess gift this summer is the porcelain beetle from Richard Ginori in Milan.” $175; suefisherking.com.
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ABBY WILSON
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“Summer in Manhattan can be oppressively hot, which is why my husband and I try to spend as much time as possible at our weekend house in the Hudson Valley. The lush scenery and fresh air are a perfect counterbalance to city life.”
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ANNA SUI DRESS “My fashion icon! I have two family weddings to attend this summer, and a new dress is already waiting in the wings.” $462; annasui.com.
MONASTERO SANTA ROSA “I cannot wait to stay at this gorgeous hotel on the Amali coast, which is a former monastery and still a bit of a secret.” Rooms from $765; monasterosantarosa.com.
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IN SUMMER, THE WORLD
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one of my favorites ever). We also visit the celebrated Jim Thompson House, a museum in Bangkok, for a feature on Gert Voorjans’s new fabric collection for the decades-old silk purveyor. Plus, there’s Truth in Decorating with Niya Bascom and Anishka Clarke of Ishka Designs; a litany of perfect hostess gifts in What’s Hot; the best summer jewels; bass fishing with Daniel Boulud; and a brilliant Not for Sale created by Federico de Vera, one of my favorite artists and shop owners. As for Marc and me, we’re planning a bit of a world tour, from the English countryside to the Greek islands to Tel Aviv and then to the Hamptons, where we’ll bunk down with contributing editor and former ED cover star Jana Pasquel during the ELLE DECOR Hamptons Home Tour on July 28. I affectionately call her abode “Amanjana,” after the famed resort chain, because staying with her is a six-star experience. There, we’ll plot our plans for fall (probably wearing caftans in her arboretum) and get ready for what’s ahead, including the September issue, in which ED will debut a new look, refreshed and ready for our next chapter. After all, isn’t that what summer is all about?
Whitney Robinson, Editor in Chief elledecor@hearst.com
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of design can be divided into two camps: people with vacation homes and people who are houseguests. I have fallen into both at various points in my life. In 2013, my partner, Marc, and I purchased an old farmhouse in East Hampton and, with the help of a neighbor (who had great taste), furnished the place. We painted the walls in Farrow & Ball’s St Giles Blue, Arsenic, and Yellowcake, and decorated with a mix of RH, Restoration Hardware and Beall & Bell antiques from the North Fork, along with white-linen sofas and beds. Instead of extensive renovations, we splurged on Hermès towels, Society Limonta bedding, Round Swamp Farm food, and a new garden to make it cozy. We drank Aperol spritzes and went swimming every day. By the time we got around to thinking about the place long-term, however, our jobs (and attentions) had waned, and, as much fun as we’d had, we decided to sell the house and buy something bigger in Manhattan. It wasn’t all peachy, of course: Some years later, I can only recall the incessant gardening, the mega oil-heating bills, the fights with neighbors, and how immediately popular we had become with all of our friends by having a four-bedroom cottage within walking distance of the Jitney and train. In the end, we have now become de facto houseguests. Being a houseguest, especially as the newly minted editor of such an esteemed magazine as ELLE DECOR , certainly has its perks. Like staying at the best hotels, it allows you to take on another persona, and to observe both the incredible elasticity of design and the particularities of individual home rituals, something we really celebrate at the magazine. Not having to worry about the electric bill or do the dishes is also a plus (OK, so maybe I’ll offer to take out the trash). I hope this issue, dedicated to vacation homes around the world, will inspire you. In it, we visit the extraordinary Grecian summer home on the fabulous island of Serifos belonging to the founder of Pembrooke & Ives (tell me you don’t want a set of those fuchsia chairs on the cover for your own summer soiree); a knock-your-socks-off house in the Cotswolds, whose gardens and design by the talented Justin Van Breda will put England on your summer schedule (it’s on mine now!); a gorgeous house in Connecticut designed by Shamir Shah that brings the outside in; and a much-loved hangout on the Venice Canals that’s a tribute to the beyond-chic taste of my friend and Los Angeles connector Irene Neuwirth, a beautiful person inside and out (the canoe shot by The Selby is
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contributors FEDERICO DE VERA Designer, Not For Sale, p. 100 HQ: Manhattan. INFLUENCES: Surrealism
and Wunderkammer. STRANGEST CREATION:
“A sculpture with a large coral branch, an inverted Christ, and a bat skeleton. It’s sacred, profane, and ludicrous.”
Designers, Truth in Decorating, p. 54 HQ: Brooklyn. FIRM: Ishka Designs. LIBATIONS: For
Bascom, a Yamazaki 18-year-old whiskey, neat; for Clarke, if a spicy mescal cocktail isn’t on the menu, then Prosecco will do.
CLAUDIA MATA GLADISH Stylist, “Animal Charm,” p. 58 HQ: Bay Area. “ RUBY TUESDAY” VS. “DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER”?
“‘Ruby Tuesday,’ always!” FUTURE ACQUISITION: “A custom necklace from
the upcoming Netherfield Collection. I love how the vintage charms tell your unique story.”
JENNI KONNER GERT VOORJANS
Writer, “Come On, Irene,” p. 84
Designer, “Shantung & Cheek,” p. 92
HQ: Los Angeles. CLAIM TO FAME: Showrunner,
HQ: Antwerp, Belgium. NO ONE KNOWS: “I’m a
great chef. I cook Sicilianstyle.” BELGIAN FASHION? “In the ’80s the term seemed like a contradiction, but now, with the likes of Dries Van Noten and Ann Demeulemeester, that’s not the case.”
Girls, and co-creator, Lenny Letter. GOLDEN GLOBE COORDINATES:
“It’s currently in storage, because we are selling our house and the real estate agent didn’t like it on display.”
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ANISHKA CLARKE & NIYA BASCOM
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Chanel’s new J12 Untitled watches feature bezels and dials covered in black-and-white ceramic marquetry bordered with 18-karat-white-gold threads. Set of 12 unique 38 mm pieces, price upon request. chanel.com
2 The onyx, polished brass, and Moncervetto marble Reloj drinks table from the Laura Kirar Collection for Baker, available in October, evokes an Art Deco sundial. 16″ dia. x 19″ h., $4,485; also available in Ming Green. bakerfurniture.com
3 Hunter Douglas’s Vignette Duolite Modern Roman shades, available in multiple colors and fabrics, allow you to filter and block light with luxurious discretion. 28″ w. x 66″ h. with 6″ flat fold, from $958; available in other sizes. hunterdouglas.com
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With its apothecary-worthy amber-glass bottle, Mr. Pete’s olive oil could turn your kitchen countertop into your new favorite decorative tableau. $36 for 32 oz. mrpetes.com
5 Alexander Lamont’s aptly named Prism sideboard mixes patinated copper, mother-of-pearl, and indigo and taupe straw marquetry to stunning effect. 67″ w. x 21″ d. x 33″ h., price upon request. alexanderlamont.com
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Add some je ne sais quoi to your beach day with this Hermès cork Jeux d’Animaux paddleball set. 9″ w. x 16″ h., $890. hermes.com
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Performance Tourno rug in Carbon/ Fog, by Ben Soleimani for RH, Restoration Hardware.
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The Forza ruched linen–and-brass lantern by Kelly Wearstler looks like the lighting version of a Fortuny dress. 40.5″ h. x 11″ w., $629; also available in bronze and polished nickel. kellywearstler.com
2 A humble nail inspired Cartier’s classically
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chic Juste un Clou bracelet, shown here in 18-karat yellow gold. It’s the perfect summer accessory. $6,800. cartier.com
3 Fueguia 1833’s Textiles collection of five fragrances freshens clothes with a blend of 75 essential oils and extractions. Lino is shown. $85 for 50 ml. fueguia.com 6
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All eyes will be on this Limoges porcelain–and–24 karat gold paperweight, a collaboration between Greek jewelry brand Lito and the New York design store L’Objet. 7″ w. x 5″ d. x 4″ h., $295. l-objet.com
5 Century’s Zola Metal Lounge chair is destined for an art lover: It combines a print reminiscent of Pablo Picasso with Yves Klein blue. 26″ w. x 33″ d. x 35.5″ h., $3,585; available in other fabrics. centuryfurniture.com
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The handle of each Ted Muehling Lichen spoon (shown here in sterling silver with Gold Patina) is cast from real lichen and is one of a kind. Various sizes from 6.5″ to 9″ long, from $850; also available in Green Patina. tedmuehling.com
line of plates treats Limoges porcelain slip like a minimalist canvas. From left: Flat plate medium, 9″ dia., $86; Flat plate maxi, 15″ dia., $308; Flat plate small, 8″ dia., $81; other sizes available. santimetre.shop
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mood board Jonathan Adler Palm Springs Urn vase.
Designer Yves Saint Laurent’s home in Marrakech.
Albus Lumen straw hat.
Sanayi 313 slippers.
Jacqueline Onassis in Athens, 1969.
Kenneth Jay Lane GoldTone necklace. Hermès Bleus d’Ailleurs dessert plate.
Eres swimsuit.
Cartier Tank Solo watch.
SWELL TRAVELED
C.Z. Guest at her Palm Beach estate, photographed by Slim Aarons in 1955.
FROM JACQUELINE ONASSIS IN GREECE TO CHIC WICKER FURNITURE, ED EDITOR AT LARGE SOPHIE PERA’S EYE IS ALWAYS TRAVELING.
Ileana Makri emerald earrings. A tessellatedbone armchair.
Sophie Pera in Greece.
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John Salterini Childs chair.
Slim Aarons depicted a world that wasn’t just about gorgeous homes and people—it was about a life well lived. His photos captured summer. The season is about slowing down and simple pleasures: A few swimsuits and a fabulous straw hat are all you need. And there is nothing more restorative than the palette of John Stefanidis fabric.
blue and sun-bleached white from a Grecian landscape, one you can easily replicate in your own interiors. Wicker furniture adds an unexpectedly chic, relaxed look. And really, what could be more classic than the monogrammed needlepoint chairs in Yves Saint Laurent’s Marrakech oasis? Seating cards need not apply. PRODUCED BY SOPHIE PERA
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HAPPENINGS ELLE DECOR CELEBRATES SALONE DEL MOBILE IN MILAN
Photos: Daniele Guastamacchia
ELLE DECOR Editor in Chief Whitney Robinson and Associate Publisher William Pittel hosted a chic soirée at the Four Seasons Hotel Milano in celebration of Salone del Mobile. The fashionable guests were treated to Italian cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the hotel’s spectacular garden.
Marco Credendino, Ippolita Rostagno, Artemest
Guest; Guest; Lisa Pomerantz, Bottega Veneta; Jeremy Anderson and Gabriel Hendifar, Apparatus
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Whitney Robinson ELLE DECOR; Valéria Bessolo Llopiz, Lagardère
ELLE DECOR KEYNOTE AT LEGENDS X IN LOS ANGELES Editor in Chief Whitney Robinson moderated a premier panel with design’s next generation—Jeremiah Brent, Sally Breer, and Caleb Anderson—at Design Within Reach on Melrose Avenue to a sold-out audience during LEGENDS X. dwr.com
Carisha Swanson, ELLE DECOR; Raymond Schneider, Christina Juarez & Company
The Four Seasons Garden Courtyard was the backdrop of the event
DOG (AND CAT) DAYS OF SUMMER The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons honors event planner David Monn at its annual gala, the Bow Wow Meow Ball, on Saturday, August 18, at 6:30 P.M. For ticket information visit arfhamptons.org.
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ELLE DECOR presented the opening keynote of WESTWEEK at the Pacific Design Center with Hearst Design Group Editorial Director Newell Turner and A-List interior designer Katie Ridder. Speaking to a soldout audience, they discussed design as an international language that bridges travel, style, and home. pacificdesigncenter.com
Giulia Molteni, Molteni & C; Siamak Hakakian, Domus Design Collection; Whitney Robinson ELLE DECOR; Guest
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Jeremiah Brent, Caleb Anderson, Whitney Robinson, Sally Breer
Scott Howe, Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons
What’s
NEXT The Skotnes Restaurant at the Norval Foundation.
ART
MUSEUMS HELP ANOINT TWO NEW GLOBAL DESIGN DESTINATIONS.
THE NORVAL FOUNDATION, CAPE TOWN Mention Cape Town as a travel hot spot, and people are likely to think of wine-country tours and the famed Table Mountain. But developments over the past year suggest its name should also call to mind art galleries and design studios. In fall 2017, the tubular Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opened, crafted from a historic grain-silo complex, and the city was also named a UNESCO City of Design. This spring, the Norval Foundation launched; the site, designed by DHK Architects, boasts a stark building home to exhibitions
on 20th- and 21st-century South African artists, a gorgeous sculpture garden, and the Skotnes Restaurant (named for South African artist Cecil Skotnes). There is no better way to experience Norval than as part of Cape Town’s Art, Culture, and Design Experience, organized by the company Roar Africa, which plans luxurious personalized journeys across the continent. Says Roar founder Deborah Calmeyer, a native of Zimbabwe: “Cape Town’s creative scene has been brewing and bubbling for years, and its time has now come” (norval foundation.org). —Vanessa Lawrence
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THE V&A, DUNDEE Dundee, Scotland, may seem an odd choice for the new Victoria & Albert Museum, the first outside London. But the relatively unknown coastal city north of Edinburgh has a long design heritage in the form of street art, boat design, and jute production (until the mills closed in the latter half of the 20th century, thanks to the rise of plastic). And the pairing is beneficial to both parties: Dundee—named a UNESCO City of Design in 2014—gets to cement itself as a worthy arts destination, and the V&A gets to exhibit great Scottish design. Another way to make an international splash? Hire one of the world’s most sought-after architects to build the museum. Designed by Kengo Kuma, the Japanese architect behind Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic stadium and the new Ace Hotel in Kyoto, the geometric boatlike building (right) is constructed from aggregate and is a riff on the jagged landscape. “The location was so inspirational,” says Kuma, who designed the structure to mimic the surrounding cliffs and jut out over the iconic riverfront. The inaugural exhibition, “Ocean Liners: Speed and Style,” opens September 15 and will immerse visitors in life aboard such glamorous floating palaces as the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the 19th-century steamship Great Eastern, apropos for a city with a heritage rooted in nautical design (vandadundee.org). —Mary Holland
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American designer Richard Landis’s creations are more than just beautiful textiles, they are deep investigations into color and tone. Since 1964, the mostly self-taught weaver—he studied for a mere three days with Sedona, Arizona–based Mary Pendleton—has dreamed up double-cloth works often inspired by the Arizona landscape. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York acquired six masterpieces and will show them, among others, through January 13, 2019, in “Color Decoded: The Textiles of Richard Landis” (cooperhewitt.org). —VL
ABOVE: Program Drawing, colored pencil on paper, 1967. RIGHT: Cathedral, mercerized cotton, 1976.
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Dan Colen. A pig at Sky High Farm. Bounty from the ields. A generous spread in Colen’s home.
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Dan Colen is not afraid of going from zero to a hundred. When the celebrated contemporary artist moved to Pine Plains, New York, in 2011 to escape New York City, he turned his 40 acres of empty land into a farm, even though he had no real agricultural knowledge at the time. “The land was just weeds—I couldn’t interact with it. I wanted to use the land, but I didn’t want to manage another business [in addition to my art],” explains Colen, who still has a studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn. “I set up this farm with so little intentionality. It really came together one year at a time.” Intentional or otherwise, Colen has a gift for both artistic and agrarian creation: He has built a sustainable entity, Sky High Farm, which has a real impact on neighboring food-insecurity issues. The farm has nonprofit status and, in 2017, donated 31,400 pounds of food, or 26,166 meals, to food banks in northeastern New York and New York City. These days, Colen can speak about rotational grazing and husbandry with uncanny ease. On a clear afternoon, Colen gave me a tour of his property. A red barn now serves as his studio (architects at Berman Horn Studio converted it, built a black barn for Sky High purposes, and decorated Colen’s house). Downstairs, where animals used to frolic, is wood-cutting equipment; a second-floor hayloft was transformed into an airy, expansive space. Among the works in the studio are a few of the artist’s famous Bird Shit paintings from around 2005, in which he used oil paint to emulate avian feces. Moving to Pine Plains was in many ways an act of “growing up” for Colen, and a distancing from the drug-heavy climate of his twenties, when he came of age with fellow bad-boy artists like Ryan McGinley and Nate Lowman. “When I got this place, I had never owned bedsheets, or even a spoon. I had just turned 30 and gotten sober, and the only people who had this address were mail-order catalogs,” says Colen, who appropriated images from said catalogs for a painting series at Lévy Gorvy gallery this past spring. Up a gravel path are the black barn and animal pens, whose tenants on this day include a donkey named Joy and a gaggle of piglets. Sky High raises beef cattle, pigs, lamb, and chickens; in any given season, that amounts to eight steer, 800 broiler chickens, 20 hogs, and a flock of 30 sheep. Combine that with the farm’s crops—kale, cucumber, squash, broccoli, beets, and 20 others—and it’s clear that the food banks that benefit from Sky High’s offerings are getting the same high-quality product that a wealthier person might pick up at a local farmers’ market. Success has only bred a desire to do more: Colen’s six-year plan involves moving to a bigger property in Germantown, New York, eliminating the crops that don’t travel well, and incorporating machine farming. “I can give the people I’m trying to help more, and better, for less,” says Colen, whose professional world has also been expanded by Sky High. “[Before] I was very internal, exploring my ideas in a vacuum. Coming here was about opening up and trying to take in as much as possible from my surroundings, and putting it into my work” (skyhighfarm.org). —VL
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what’s next Terraced seating with Atlantic views at Hotel Tresanton’s Beach Club in Cornwall, England.
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SO SUMI Fancy this Liaigre marbleand–wire brushed oak Sumi table, named for the Japanese calligraphy ink stick that inspired its motif? You can find it exclusively at the French brand’s new Madison Avenue store in New York (liaigre.com). —VL
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COLOR WHEEL During these long, hot summer months, you want something light and fun to wear on your wrist. With that in mind, Rolex has created the Rainbow Daytona, the ultimate watch for those who love color, fun— and gold. It is the third installment in the series of Rainbow Daytonas and the first in rose gold. Flawless baguette-cut sapphires radiate around the bezel with matching indexes mirroring the flashes of color on the dial at each hour. Flurries of diamonds envelop each of the lugs and the space around the crown, too. Rainbow Daytonas are crafted in very small quantities, making them instantly collectible. Just ask John Mayer, the seven-time Grammy Award– winning musician and noted watch collector. “The Rainbow Daytona is the epitome of what it means to be a novelty piece,” he says. “It goes too far, and that’s the fun of it.” But keep it away from your mouth. As Mayer warns, “You kind of want to eat it” (price upon request; rolex.com). —Cara Barrett and Stephen Pulvirent, hodinkee.com
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VACATION POLIZZI Olga Polizzi is no stranger to great hotels. Her father, Baron Charles Forte, amassed one of the largest hospitality fortunes in Great Britain, which included a stake in London’s Savoy Hotel, and her brother is hotelier Sir Rocco Forte (she is design director of his group). Hotel Tresanton, a 30-room getaway in a small fishing village in Cornwall, England, was purchased in 1997 and is all her own. “Cornwall feels like another country,” she says. “The pace is slower, and the light is beautiful.” In celebration of the hotel’s 20th anniversary, Polizzi has erected a beach club set on three levels by the sea, including a café, an oyster bar, and a garden. “It’s an oasis for lounging, dreaming, and listening to the waves. You feel very connected to nature here—the sea, the rocks, the beach” (tresanton.com). —Whitney Robinson
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Cocoon chair.
Concertina chair.
Bomboca sofa.
Architect Peter Marino took the concept of shedding new light to heart when redesigning Louis Vuitton’s Costa Mesa South Coast Plaza boutique in California: He carved three skylights into the ceiling of the 14,000-square-foot space. All the better to see sitespecific artworks by the likes of Peter Dayton, Farhad Moshiri, and Anselm Reyle, not to mention the selection of goodies from the French luxury house’s Objets Nomades collection (left) of travel-inspired furnishings and home pieces (louisvuitton.com). —VL
DESIGN
LUSO CRAZY Ever wonder what happens to used cork stoppers from all the bottles of wine you’ve finished over the years? If Ana Trindade Fonseca and Brimet Fernandes da Silva prevail, you may one day live in a home full of furniture fashioned from these leftovers. The duo, founders of the Portuguese experimental architecture and design studio Digitalab, were finalists in the 2018 Lexus Design Award competition at this year’s Milan Design Week. Their winning project was an abstract light fixture composed of a sustainable cork thread, crafted into cork mesh using digital algorithms. And despite
the advanced technology used to create this piece, the final result emanates the warmth of “a thatched roof, sunlight coming through—there’s something very relaxing with this combination,” says their mentor Lindsey Adelman (digitalab.pt). —VL
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN; SIMON UPTON; GIORGIO BARONI; OBERTO GILI
“I wanted this house to feel easy,” ED contributor Cynthia Frank told us in May 2013 of her Hamptons home, whose loggia features antique armchairs upholstered in Pierre Frey fabrics, a vintage Lucite-and-metal cocktail table, and checkered marble looring.
Cape Cod We visited San Francisco–based decorator and ED contributing editor Ken Fulk’s meticulously restored Victorian cottage in Provincetown, Massachusetts (above, and on previous page), in July 2015.
Fasano “We live outdoors from May to October,” architect Pino Brescia explained to Elle Decoration France in May 2017 about his breezy, white-walled Puglia, Italy, home. This cactus-framed terrace was designed like an open-air apartment with a giant daybed and fountain.
Palm Beach In October 2013, fashion-and-beauty-powerhouse couple Harry and Laura Slatkin (pictured with their daughter, Ali) invited us to their vacation house. The pool and garden are enclosed by topiary hedges of Florida boxwood, cut into the shape of gumdrops.
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Martha’s Vineyard New York restaurateur Keith McNally’s boîtes are known for the authenticity of their vintage decor. Unsurprisingly, his Massachusetts farm, which we featured in July 2011, boasts similar details, like the reclaimed-wood table and bistro chairs on the front porch.
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Placencia Director Soia Coppola spent her childhood traveling to Belize with her family. “It’s unlike any place I know,” she told Elle Decoration International in January 2018. Now she has a home there, whose minimalist wood lines by architect Laurent Deroo are the perfect foil for her love of pink.
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vacation in Positano, Italy, and that could be a print in my next collection.
5 VINTAGE MINI COOPER My husband gave me one as a present 25 years ago. Since I was a little girl, it’s been one of my biggest dreams to own one. Just looking at it makes me happy—and driving it makes me even happier!
6 BYREDO FRAGRANCE I met Byredo founder Ben Gorham at a wedding. My favorite
3. Bedside reading.
perfume at the time was being discontinued. He asked me what I liked and then created a perfume just for me, with my name on it. I even spray two drops of it every night before I go to sleep.
7 VALEXTRA BOSTON BAGS These come in diferent sizes, and I have all of them. There is a mini one for evenings and an extra-large one that is big enough for a week of traveling. And the more I use them, the better they look.
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ED design hotels Gigi Kracht, left, with artist Donald Baechler at his New York City studio.
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE AN ICONIC HOTEL PLAYS HOST TO THE WORLD’S GREATEST CONTEMPORARY ART. BY WHITNEY ROBINSON · PHOTOGRAPH BY JULIEN CAPMEIL
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Jani Leinonen with one of his works. RIGHT: A sculpture by Swiss artist Nikolai Winter.
LEINONEN: JOE SCHILDHORN/PATRICK McMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGES
A piece by Rotraut. LEFT: The Pavillon restaurant at Baur au Lac.
Hotels can be famous for a lot of things: The best service, for instance. A hangout pool. The most acclaimed restaurant, or a five-star spa. At Baur au Lac in Zurich, which has been owned by the same family and in continuous operation since 1844, there are certainly many of those (discreet and personal service, check; 119 guest rooms with glamorous interiors, check; a pop-up Matsuhisa restaurant, check). But for me, it’s the hotel’s location, with a private garden bordering Lake Zurich, that sets it apart from the rest. “It’s like a private park in the middle of Zurich. There is nothing else like it in the city,” proprietor Gigi Kracht tells me by phone from Switzerland. (Kracht’s husband, Andrea, is a sixth-generation direct descendant of the founder.) “People love the garden for its vastness, cleanliness, and tranquility.” Historically, the 27,000-square-foot green has played host to a variety of events, including the largest Christmas tree in town and a hütte constructed on-site each December that serves classic Swiss fondue. But 15 years ago, Kracht was having breakfast in the garden with famed artist Fernando Botero (a hotel
guest for more than 30 years), who had an idea for a project for her: Why not turn the garden into a rotating sculpture park each year during the Art Basel festival, about an hour’s car ride away? (Many fairgoers opt to stay at Baur au Lac and commute, anyway.) And thus “Art in the Park” was born. Since then, Kracht, a tony art collector herself, has mounted 15 “Art in the Park” exhibitions, representing more than 25 (mostly) living artists in both solo and group shows, including Louise Bourgeois (a one-of-a-kind spider from a French collector), Rotraut, Mel Ramos, Yves Klein, Robert Indiana, Joan Miró, Louise Fishman, and, of course, Botero, who for the first edition sent one of his five-meter-tall bronze women—female artists and subjects are a personal passion of Kracht’s. For 10 years, Kracht partnered with a local gallery, a relationship which she describes as gemütlich (German for pleasant), though she has recently started to organize the whole affair on her own again. For the 16th edition, which opened June 11, Kracht turned to a friend, American artist Donald Baechler.
“I have known Donald for seven or eight years, and he is really the epitome of fun,” Kracht says. “I think he’s underappreciated, especially in Switzerland.” (The Krachts boast four Baechler works in their collection.) As the event has prospered, the number of visitors has surged. What was once an intimate lunch for 25 and construed as “an invasion of nature” by more conservative Swiss society has ballooned into a two-month-long exhibition whose opening lunch in the hotel’s Michelin-starred restaurant, as of press time, included 87 of Zurich’s most important VIPs, along with 500 more in the garden and thousands of curious locals. “It’s free!” Kracht says. “People can just walk in; they don’t have to spend a single cent on an iced tea. They can even come in with their dogs, as long as they behave.” And while all of the artworks are for sale (if the price is right), Kracht suggests that’s beside the point. “I don’t do it for the money,” she says with her signature laugh. “I do it for the passion of the art. Once it doesn’t tickle me, we can go to Mykonos and stay forever.” bauraulac.ch. ◾
A Baechler sculpture. FAR LEFT: The facade of the hotel. LEFT: Kracht in front of a work by Allen Jones.
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STOOL INTENTIONS DESIGNERS ANISHKA CLARKE AND NIYA BASCOM PUT DOWN THEIR GLASSES AND CONSIDER THE LATEST IN BAR SEATING. A decorator walks into a bar, the bartender turns and asks, “What’ll it be?” “A prettier stool,” the decorator says before being forcibly ejected. I can’t say seats are top of mind when I’m choosing a place to drink. I’ll sit on an egg crate as long as I’m served a wellmixed Gibson (or three) and I hear at least one upbeat Cure song per hour. For Anishka Clarke (far left) and Niya Bascom, of Brooklyn’s Ishka Designs, standards are
JACQUELINE BY CHRISTINA Z ANTONIO
NB: The weight is great, as is the inish. I turned it upside down, and it had contrast stitching throughout the bottom. AC: You know when you have a high-quality garment, one that will never fall apart? That’s what this is. It’s couture. Sleek, minimal, and very modern. 18″ w. × 17″ d. × 25″ h., $5,200. altforliving.com
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GRASSE II BY ALFONSO MARINA
AC: The back would read well against a marble bar top. NB: I like the caning, solid wood, and brass ittings at the base. You can buff this and it will still look beautiful. 23″ w. × 21″ d. × 41″ h., $3,095. alfonsomarina.com
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much higher. “Barstools are a deal-breaker,” Clarke says. “I will leave if they don’t look good.” Bascom agrees, insisting that stools should be made with equal attention to form and function. Ishka specializes in interiors for hospitality projects, so finding the perfect stool isn’t new to them. Even a sketchy dive, they say— with regulars who howl obscenities all night before passing out into a bowl of peanuts— could be elevated with the right seating.
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TREVETT BY DAVID KLEINBERG FOR HENREDON
NB: I like the stylized back. It’s very handsome and full-igured. AC: This is a good modern spin for Henredon—very feminine. It would sit well in a residential or hospitality project. 19″ w. × 20.5″ d. × 41″ h., $1,700. henredon.com
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STROH BY STAHL + BAND
NB: This is my favorite of the bunch. The beautiful wicker reminds me of the Caribbean. It can be used in any room. AC: It would look super-sexy in black. It has an old-school, grandma vibe—if you put her in some black tights. 15.5″ w. × 14″ d. × 36″ h., $1,195. stahlandband.com
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PARK PLACE BY YABU PUSHELBERG
AC: The form is excellent. I would sit on it for a long time, because I will endure for this beauty. NB: It’s simple and sleek, and it has a minimal color palette, which appeals to me. 19″ w. × 17″ d. × 36″ h., $3,515. avenue-road.com
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WALCOTT BY KGBL
NB: The wood-and-brass combination is great. I love that you can take the seat off to get it reupholstered. AC: The cushion comes off easily, so I would use it only for residential. The base is the focal point, and the cushion isn’t distracting. 16″ dia. × 30″ h., $2,950. kgblnyc.com The opinions featured are those of ELLE DECOR ’s guest experts and do not necessarily represent those of the editors. All measurements and prices are approximate.
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TRIPOD BY ERICKSON AESTHETICS
NB: The three legs and brass inish are fantastic. (Fantastic is my favorite word.) It’s designed on a slant so it dips back, making it very comfortable. AC: It’s extremely sculptural. I would keep the colors uniform. It has a gorgeous alien vibe. 17″ dia. × 36.5″ h., $2,600. ericksonaesthetics.com
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DURRANT BY MR. BROWN LONDON
AC: This has a lovely balance between masculine and feminine. The brass detail feels midcentury. 23″ dia. × 42″ h., $3,285. mrbrownhome.com
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CRISTALLINO BY FENDI CASA
NB: It’s a bling stool. It reminds me of a party on the beach in Miami. AC: It’s sexy. The sculpted back has an Art Deco look. 24″ w. × 20″ d. × 25″ h., $7,450. luxurylivinggroup.com
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HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE BY PETER DUNHAM
NB: I love the name and that it doesn’t cost a million dollars. It is nostalgic, with a simple palette. Clean, minimal, and sturdy. AC: My favorite part is the paper rush. 18.5 ″ w. × 22″ d. × 48″ h., $2,100. hollywoodathome.com
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HARRIS BY QUINTUS
NB: The white-and-walnut combination looks great. AC: The upholstery is some of the best you can get. 24″ w. × 26″ d. × 47.5″ h., $3,850. quintushome.com
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Lapis lazuli, malachite, onyx, and gold Hummingbird clip by Van Cleef & Arpels, $7,150; vancleefarpels.com. Gold, turquoise, and diamond Large Wood Door pendant by Brent Neale, $4,950; barneys.com. Diamond, yellow gold, white gold, and turquoise Carved Bunny pendant; gold, pink opal, turquoise, and diamond Carved Pink Strawberry pendant; gold-and-turquoise Carved Swan pendant; and gold Link Chain necklace by Irene Neuwirth, prices upon request; ireneneuwirth.com.
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The tail section, according to chef Daniel Boulud, is the best part of the ish.
THE REEL IN FISHING IS NOT FOR THE WEAK— ESPECIALLY BEFORE SUNRISE IN NEW YORK HARBOR.
You probably don’t think of New York City as a fisherman’s paradise, but if you know where to go—and have friends with a boat to get you there—you can do very well in the waters around the city. For a quick summer escape, I like to wake up early and drive out to Brooklyn to meet brothers Gary and Mark Sherman, friends of mine who keep a 20-foot boat moored on Gravesend
Bay. City fishing means going for striped bass. Stripers are big and plentiful and, though we mostly do catch and release these days, they’re a great fish to cook with, too. Bass is a sportsman’s catch, so of course it’s good fresh out of the water and cooked simply in a cast-iron pan. I love to roast just the tail section. There’s so much flavor, fat, and collagen in a fish tail. But this is also a fish that benefits from PRODUCED BY ADAM SACHS
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D.B.E.D. daniel boulud Boulud reeling in a bass.
“BASS IS A SPORTSMAN’S CATCH, SO OF COURSE IT’S GOOD FRESH OUT OF THE WATER AND COOKED SIMPLY IN A CAST-IRON PAN.” a little finesse. The main consideration with any type of bass is keeping the fish moist—because it’s not as fatty as salmon, it can dry out very easily. So don’t worry about searing it or trying to roast it too quickly and focus on a slow, gentle cooking. Keeping the skin on helps retain the shape and moisture of the flesh, but I don’t like the flavor, so I discard it once it’s cooked. For a relaxed meal at home, I prefer something that’s just as pretty but a little more forgiving: an escabeche of sea or striped bass, cooked with yogurt, harissa, and plenty of leeks, carrots, and celery. The yogurt and aromatic vegetables protect the fish from drying out and create a one-pot dish that can be served hot or at room temperature for easy summer entertaining. The alluring composition of bright colors and flavors is a long way from pan-roasting on a campfire, but it really shows off the sweet flesh of the fish and isn’t too fussy. I’m a professional in the kitchen, but an amateur at sea. I am always guessing at the currents, watching the more experienced fishermen to see where they’re casting. Half the fun is being out with your friends, telling jokes and trading Big Fish lies. Not everyone wants to get up at 5:30 a.m. to see the sunrise over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, so it weeds out the weak. And, as always with fishing, there’s the chance of beginner’s luck.
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SUMMER BASS ESCABECHE WITH HARISSA, YOGURT, AND CARROT BROTH Serves 4–6 3⁄4
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cup full-fat Greek yogurt T harissa
24 oz. sea or striped bass illets, cut into 3-oz. pieces Salt and pepper 1
T olive oil
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cup leeks, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
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cup celery, chopped
2 cups carrots, peeled and sliced on a bias 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2 1⁄2
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cups carrot juice cup radishes, ends trimmed and sliced cup romaine lettuce, thinly sliced
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bunch cilantro, leaves only
1⁄4
bunch parsley, leaves only
1⁄2
bunch mint, leaves only, inely sliced
2–3 limes, 1 zested and all juiced
Preheat the oven to 300° F. Mix together the yogurt and harissa, reserving half of the mixture and using the remaining half to marinate the bass. Rub the harissa yogurt into the fish thoroughly, on all sides, and season with salt and pepper; refrigerate for 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Meanwhile, add the olive oil to a medium pot and sauté the leeks, celery, and carrots over medium heat. Season with salt and pepper. Once the vegetables are tender but not browned, remove half of the mixture from the pot and reserve; add half of the cherry tomatoes to the pot with the remaining vegetables. Continue cooking until the tomatoes begin to wilt. Add the carrot juice and the reserved harissa yogurt and whisk everything together, then bring to a boil. Pour the entire contents of the pot into a blender and puree until very smooth. Pass the mixture through a fine mesh strainer and return it to the pot. Add the reserved vegetables, including the remaining tomatoes, to the pot and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes uncovered, reducing the puree slightly. In a shallow gratin dish, sprinkle half of the radishes, romaine, cilantro, parsley, and mint on the bottom; place the marinated bass on top, arranging the pieces so that none of them are touching. Pour the simmering vegetables and broth over the fish and roast for 10 minutes, or until the fish is opaque. Once the fish is cooked through, garnish it with the remaining radishes, romaine, cilantro, parsley, and mint. Sprinkle the lime zest on top and drizzle with lime juice to finish. Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot or at room temperature. ◾
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ON THE IDYLLIC AEGEAN ISLAND OF SERIFOS, DESIGNER ANDREW SHEINMAN TRANSFORMS A MODEST HOUSE INTO A SHANGRI-LA BY THE SEA. AS TOLD TO ZANDER ABRANOWICZ PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICARDO L ABOUGLE PRODUCED BY MIEKE TEN HAVE
OPPOSITE: The outdoor
dining room of a getaway house on the Greek island of Serifos that belongs to interior designer Andrew Sheinman and his wife, Helen. THIS PAGE: In the hallway leading to the kitchen, the Le Corbusier sconces are by Nemo, and the dining chairs (rear) are by Guillerme et Chambron.
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IN In trade and conquest, religion and nutrition, life in Greece has long emerged from the sea. It seems fitting, then, that it was from the Aegean that I first set eyes upon the humble one-room house on Serifos that I would end up buying and transforming into a retreat for my family. My wife, Helen, and I had been vacationing in the Cyclades for many years and had fallen in love with Serifos, home to a creative community of artists and writers. That summer, we were renting an apartment in Chora, the ancient fortified town built to repel marauding pirates in medieval times. One day, we chartered a yacht and set sail around the island. Squinting in the midday sun, I noticed the unassuming structure on a rise above the water. A grove of silver-leafed olive trees dappled sunlight onto the soil below. A stone path meandered down from the house to a pristine stretch of coastline, past prickly pears, fig trees, and bougainvillea bursting from the earthen palette. I resolved to make this lovely cove into a sanctuary for my family and friends. The timing was right. My daughters, Alexia and Isabel, were immersed in their working lives. My interior design firm, Pembrooke & Ives, was operating at full tilt on projects around the world. We were eager to build a getaway for ourselves, LEFT: The living roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cocktail table and banquette are custom, and the striped pillows are in a Les Toiles du Soleil fabric. The Queen Elizabeth II print is by Andy Warhol.
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a respite from all of our frenzied lives back in Manhattan. I have always loved Greece. My first trip was in the 1970s, as a 13-year-old from England, when a friend invited me to sail around the Aegean with his family. Later, I married Helen Tsanos—a beautiful Greek-Cypriot writer, chef, and yoga instructor. Now the stars aligned for me to take on this most personal of projects. The property was owned by an Athenian couple who had built the house in the early 1990s. With the assurance that we would nurture the land and keep the original structure at the heart of any additions, they agreed to sell it to us in 2005. In expanding the architecture, we were inspired by the traditional Cycladic design vernacular, from the whitewashed walls to the raw-stone exterior that blends into the landscape. Like most traditional Greek dwellings, this home is designed to draw guests outdoors. A series of sundecks and terraces fan out organically from the structure. They are the scene of many hours of quiet reading, napping, yoga, and sunbathing. Indoors, the kitchen is our center of gravity. Though stainless steel, Carrara marble, glass fixtures, and a customized Dutch stove lend an air of refinement to the space, it is designed to be a workhorse. My wife—whose cookbookcum-memoir, Love Laughter and Lunch, is filled with delicious Greek recipes— can often be found preparing feasts that are then served on the outdoor dining patio. A wood-burning oven bakes pizzas garnished with olive oil from our own grove, and if we wake up in time to meet the boats, we’ll enjoy a lunch of freshly caught fish roasted in salt. At night, the only lights visible are those of cars winding along mountain roads on the distant island of Sifnos, or a passing ferry gliding to and from the nearby port. Clocks are scarce, so the ferries are our only indicators of the time of day. That and meals, of course. Serifos was once mined for magnetic iron ore. According to folk belief, this accounts for the island’s allure among artists and seekers. Superstition aside, the house is indeed my family’s lodestar, keeping us connected with the elements, our senses, and one another, and always pointing us in the right direction. ◾ 68
ABOVE: The kitchen’s custom island is in stainless steel, the sinks and ittings are by Marcel Wanders for Boi, and the wall cabinets, counters, and backsplash are in Carrara marble. The ceiling is clad in bamboo and walnut, and the light is custom. BELOW: The house, which overlooks the Aegean Sea, is surrounded by terraced gardens and groves of olive, lemon, and ig trees.
RIGHT: Custom furnish-
ings create a seating area in the outdoor lounge. BELOW: The beds in the guest room are covered with blankets by Andrianna Shamaris and draped with mosquito netting. The curtains are of a custom fabric edged with pom-poms. For details, see Resources.
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DEEP Surrounded by terraced gardens and rolling hills, a historic Cotswolds country manor gets a stunning redo—its first in more than 50 years—thanks to its owners, London designer Justin Van Breda and entrepreneur Alastair Matchett. TEX T BY L AURA FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIMON UPTON PRODUCED BY CYNTHIA FRANK
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A terraced garden faces Justin Van Breda and Alastair Matchettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s country house in Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cotswolds region. The property dates back to the 17th century, with the current home built in 1792 and completed in the 1840s.
IT IS A SPRING AFTERNOON of incomparable beauty when Justin Van Breda drives from the Kemble train station in Gloucestershire, a place of candy-striped ironwork, doves in the rafters, and daffodils in pots on the platform. Overnight, cornflowers have come up in the south Cotswolds lanes, blue as the sky. “They weren’t there yesterday,” says Van Breda. It has taken a couple of weeks of swooning sunshine to call the countryside to life. “England is like a greenhouse,” he says, winding through wooded lanes. “A little heat, and whoomf! Everything comes up.” Van Breda, a South African–born, London-based interior designer with a refined yet eclectic eye, is irrepressibly good company. Passing through a neighboring village, he tells the story of the duchess in her dotage who sleeps with her tiara cut into the mattress for safekeeping. He jokes that when he first came to England to work for Nicholas Haslam, the designer used to introduce him as “my giraffe.” (He is strikingly tall.) Today, Van Breda designs furniture with immaculate attention to finish and fabrics whose patterns take their cues from sources as diverse as botanical prints and Georgian architecture. The first time Van Breda discovered these lanes—barely wide enough for a horse and cart, let alone two passing Land Rovers—it was quite a different day. It was late November, darkening already at teatime, darker and colder still when he arrived at Watercombe, the house his partner, Alastair Matchett, a financial analyst, had bought and wanted so much to show him. The next morning, “It was like stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia. Snow had fallen while we slept. The landscape was magical.” He fell in love with the house then.
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ABOVE: The winter sitting room
is known as the snug. The armchairs and their fabric were both designed by Van Breda, the late-Georgian table was purchased at auction, and the floor lamp is by Vaughan. The walls are in Dimity by Farrow & Ball, and the painting is by Robert Pohl. OPPOSITE, TOP: Van Breda with two of his Labrador retrievers. FAR LEFT: The dining room’s mahogany table, chairs, and sideboard are from Van Breda’s collection, the mirror is from Brownrigg, the candelabras are Victorian, and the rug is by Coral & Hive; the wallcovering is a digital print of a landscape by John Constable. LEFT: The sitting room’s sofa and cocktail table are from Van Breda’s furniture line, and the blue-and-white pillows are in fabrics by Bennison and Morris & Co.; the large mirror is from the 19th century.
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ABOVE: The guest bath’s tub and ittings are by C.P. Hart, the walls are in Tallow by Farrow & Ball, and the artwork is by Patricia van Diest. BELOW: The mudroom’s flooring
is English flint cobblestone, and the wicker hampers are from Fortnum & Mason.
It has become a place of sanctuary and celebration. “Alastair had his 40th birthday here,” he says. “I had my 40th here. Our dogs were born here.” Three yellow Labrador retrievers, Margot, Maudie, and Leila, meet the returning Van Breda with rapture before collapsing on the kitchen flagstones. It was a long winter— Van Breda and Matchett were snowed in three times—and the arrival of warmer temperatures has been greeted with collective ecstasy. “We don’t stand on ceremony,” says Van Breda, pouring glasses filled with iced elderflower cordial. Lunch is smoked salmon, cream cheese, and strawberries on the terrace. “Even in the dining room, we wear jeans and T-shirts,” he says. “We live here. We’re not precious.” Watercombe is an English manor in miniature. The house takes its name from the Old English watercoombe—a valley with a stream or river running through it. The present house was built in the late 18th century by Thomas Baker, an amateur property developer and antiquarian who collected archaeological finds from Roman-era Britain. The terra-cotta tiles of the facade are from a Roman villa near Cirencester. A roundel, once set into the garden folly, is now in the British Museum. Meanwhile, the original deeds to the property—dated 1636, written on parchment, and sealed with red wax—are framed in the hall. When Matchett first renovated, the roof came off and the floors came up. Georgian doorjambs and fanlights were carefully restored; subtle modern lighting was cut into original oak floorboards. In the kitchen, formerly a muddle of tack rooms, coal stores, and sculleries, stands a magnificent cider press above a stone trough. The apples came from the orchard, which Van Breda is nursing back to life, though the press is no longer in use. “Everything leads out into the garden,” says Van Breda, opening door after door. On a day like this, he reads in the drawing room. “It’s a wonderful room in summer, with lovely, dappled, soft light.” On his list: Mrs. Astor Regrets; Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles; and Vanished Years, the memoirs of actor Rupert Everett. “I jump between
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them,” he says. “And I read a lot.” There are books in every room: Tate exhibition catalogs in the drawing room; piles of Beatrix Potters on a bedside table; biographies, saintly and scurrilous, in the upstairs study. In the snug—an informal sitting room—a copy of Hello! has been left on a footstool, Meghan Markle waving from the cover. This is the winter room. A stack of tartan blankets, rolled in a wicker basket, awaits the first cold snap. A quilt made from the strike-offs from Van Breda’s first fabric collection covers the sofa. Nothing is set or static. “You might find something here today,” he observes, “and somewhere else tomorrow.” He mixes antiques inherited from both sets of grandparents, such as the upright chairs in a guest bedroom, which he describes as being upholstered in “very Victorian, very pink moiré taffeta,” with beakers of porcupine quills from Africa, screens and statues from China, mirrors bought for a sous in French markets, and elegant pieces from his own furniture atelier. A plastic Labrador sits on the kitchen’s mantel. “I like my little bit of kitsch,” he admits with a smile. In the cloakroom, succulents grow in chipped coronation mugs, and Marseille soap sits in a royal wedding saucer. Van Breda spotted a round table in the sitting room on the pavement outside an antiques shop. “It was £150, and I just strapped it to the roof of my car and drove straight down here,” he says. “For me, it’s not about what an object is worth—it’s about the story.” The dining room walls are a bosky panorama: a blown-up print of John Constable’s 1816 Wivenhoe Park, Essex, from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. These days, Van Breda spends a considerable amount of his time in the United States overseeing his furniture and fabric collections, which are represented in showrooms in seven U.S. cities, including New York, Atlanta, Dallas, and Hollywood, Florida. But Watercombe always calls him back. The summerhouse overlooks a lavender walk, an avenue of palisaded hornbeams, and the rose garden. (If only the deer wouldn’t eat the roses.) The apple trees are coming into blossom. It is the perfect English day. ◾ 76
In the sitting room, a pair of armchairs in an ivory chintz are by OKA, and the slipper chair covered in an Irish linen is by Van Breda. The Edwardian nursing chair by the ireplace has a cushion in an antique satin brocade, the pear-wood side table (left) is George I, and the George III mahogany console in front of the window belonged to Van Bredaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father. The portrait over the original mantel is of Matchettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother. For details, see Resources.
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HUNT & GATHERED In Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pastoral Litchfield County, architect Shamir Shah and artist Malcolm Hill transform a 1940s lodge into a polished rural retreat filled with vintage furnishings and objects collected from near and far.
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Shamir Shah and Malcolm Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekend home in Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Litchield County is a converted hunting cabin, which was built in the 1940s for a former governor of the state. The hallway is lined with original built-in bookcases. The console in the living room beyond is from Millerton Antiques Center. OPPOSITE: Hill refreshes in a nearby lake. 79
The living roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vintage sofa is covered in a Calvin Fabrics chenille and topped with an embroidered throw by Keshav. The midcentury Scandinavian chair (left) is in an Odaka Textiles fabric, the vintage Hans Wegner chairs are from Dansk Mobelkunst, and the stainless steelâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;and-granite cocktail table is custom. On the original mantel, the artworks include a Brett Day Windham collage (left) and a mixed-media painting by Hill (far right).
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many designers these days layer minimalist interiors with multicultural, globe-trotting touches— a colorful Rajasthani block textile here, an antique inlaid-mother-of-pearl commode from Thailand there—architect Shamir Shah comes to his complex and worldly modern style with a rare authenticity. Raised in Kenya by Indian parents who owned a coffee farm there, he studied architecture at Yale, then moved to New York. The cosmopolitan edge he brings to his architectural projects may be much in vogue, but he is the real thing. For five years, Shah and his partner, Texas-born artist Malcolm Hill, spent summers in the Pines on Fire Island, but eventually, they grew tired of the social whirl and the lack of a year-round getaway. So several years ago, they bought a weekend home in Cornwall, Connecticut. Few parts of the northeast are as pristinely post-Colonial as Litchfield County, with its rolling hills, cottage gardens, trim farmhouses, and discreet saltboxes. But as much as Shah admires the area’s low-key aesthetic, he has crafted a retreat here that weaves in bits of his own singular history. The house itself is a 2,000-square-foot, three-bedroom former hunting cabin that was built in 1947 for the then-governor of Connecticut, James McConaughy. His descendants sold the property to a teacher at Kent School, a venerable boarding academy nearby, but “by the time we got it,” Shah notes, “it had been uninhabited for at least four years.” The couple were drawn to the home’s secluded setting and to its extraordinary depth of detail, including recessed bookshelves that turn a corridor into a library. Still, the basics of making it livable were daunting. First, they had to repour the foundation to shore up the structure. The exterior, made from fine old cedar, had been painted an unfortunate shade of brick red. Hill had a brainstorm: Instead of repainting or re-siding the boards, why not flip them to the unfinished surface? “It was a stroke of genius,” says Shah. The asphalt shingled roof was replaced with a metal gabled version. “Somehow it feels African to me, out there in the field,”
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In the oice, the mural is by Hill, the vintage chair is Scandinavian, the pine loors are original, and the rug is by Madeline Weinrib.
Shah says—an effect that was amplified by the addition of a screened porch. (Shah insists that, contrary to the Out of Africa stereotypes, insects are more plentiful and irritating on the American East Coast than they are in East Africa.) The home’s decor is simple and modern, yet approachable and warm. Growing up in Africa instilled in Shah a deep love of earthy neutrals; his family resided in ultra-urban Nairobi, but the famed Nairobi National Park, with its hundreds of acres of billowing grasses and array of wildlife, was a mere half hour away. Here he uses that palette— grays, greens, blues, and browns—for seating and surfaces, in textures from velvet to rattan. The furniture is largely midcentury Danish, a streamlined style that meshes seamlessly with the humbleness of the structure’s origins. Hill’s influence is also much in evidence. Not only is the office wall adorned with one of his site-specific works, but he created the living area’s hanging partition, made from asanawa, a type of Japanese rope. Hill, who was responsible for Barneys New York’s distinctive murals
for nearly two decades, had done similar hangings for a Trina Turk installation; Shah realized that the artwork would perfectly parse the open space between the living and dining areas. Unlike many people who have weathered a lengthy, ambitious renovation, the couple, who seem to function in remarkable aesthetic harmony, were not interested in distancing themselves from the challenges of bringing the house to livability and beyond. Indeed, artifacts of the process have been integrated into the finished product. For example, Shah glued back together several of the battered wooden chairs found in the old barn, which, while not entirely weight-bearing, make striking statuaries in various corners. Perhaps the relics the couple treasure most are the beautifully bound, if worn, books— mostly histories—left behind by both the governor and the schoolteacher. The volumes line the hallway bookshelves as they always have, their faded-cloth bindings a muted rainbow. “They’re part of the life of the house,” Shah says. “Just like we are now.” ◾
TOP: The custom master bed is covered in
a Calvin Fabrics linen and dressed with Calvin Klein bedding. The wallpaper is by Innovations, the blinds are by Smith & Noble, the rug is by Merida, and the door is painted in Bittersweet Chocolate by Benjamin Moore. The artworks over the bed are by Hill. ABOVE: An artwork in progress by Hill on a drafting table. For details, see Resources.
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In the living room of Irene Neuwirth’s house on the Venice Canals in Los Angeles, the custom sectional is covered in a Schumacher loral, and the cocktail table is by Yves Klein. The pendant is by Lindsey Adelman, the Lobmeyr sconce is antique, and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Atrium White. The large painting is by Neuwirth’s mother, Geraldine. TEX T BY JENNI KONNER PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE SELBY ST YLED BY J. ERRICO
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IRENE For the interiors of her Los Angeles home, a renowned jewelry designer looks to her two biggest influences: her mother...and herself.
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O ON A RECENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth was sitting by the fire in her newly remodeled house on the Venice Canals. She was barefoot, wearing an elegant dress by Co and an opal heart necklace she designed that everyone covets. The table was set with French ceramics, candles were burning, and dinner was already prepared. It all looked completely effortless, which is what real effort looks like. Guests were due to arrive in a few minutes, but she was calm, sipping Casa Dragones tequila and talking about her vintage fabrics and her obsession with the home in which she lives. “My mom moved to the Canals when I was 12. It’s home for me. I rented a place down the block, and every night, I walked [my dog] Teddy by this house and daydreamed about what my life would look like if I lived in it. I would peer through the tall vines and see the couple eating dinner—super-crazy, I know! When the for sale sign went up, my obsession went into overdrive. That night, I walked Teddy past the house, and while I was peeking through the windows, he got off his leash and chased their cat into the neighbors’ yard. I thought my chances were over. But luckily for me, when I put my mind to something, it’s pretty hard to tell me no.” And that, in a nutshell, is my dear friend Irene. In thinking about how to describe Irene’s aesthetic—the powerful yet deeply cozy way she accumulates and arranges objects—the first word that came to me was collage. A collage of
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Neuwirth wearing Johanna Ortiz and her own jewelry in her dressing room. The island is itted with brass pulls by Lizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Antique Hardware; wallpaper, Lee Jofa. LEFT: In the kitchen, an 1890s farm table is framed by vintage French chairs from Obsolete. The stove and hood are by Wolf, the counters are soapstone, and the Hans Verstuyft pendants are from Plug Lighting.
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THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: A vintage Philip
Arctander clam chair and a Stahl + Band side table in the living room. In a guest bedroom, a Meredith Metcalf lamp rests on a vintage nightstand; the artwork is a hippo drawn by Neuwirth when she was seven. A vintage sconce and a pair of artworks from Creative Growth hang on a Liberty loral wallpaper in the powder room. Neuwirthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jewelry is draped on an Olympia Le-Tan book clutch. The historic Venice Canals district of L.A.
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THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Neuwirth, wearing Chanel,
in her backyard. A selection of handmade jewelry. In a guest bedroom, the plant stand and Arne Jacobsen chair are from Sika Design; the artwork is by Sanya Kantarovsky. A tableau on a kitchen counter. Neuwirth, in a dress by Co, cuddles her dog, Teddy, as friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;(from left) decorator Sarah Shetter, dressed in Giambattista Valli, Co designer Justin Kern, and actress January Jones in Paperâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;gather in the living room. A Rebekah Miles pitcher and Heidi Anderson vase in the kitchen. In the living room, the Yves Klein Table Bleue rests atop an Armadillo&Co. rug.
influences, from the vibrant abstraction of her painter mother Geraldine Neuwirth’s work to the domineering wackiness of 1970s textile designs. And also a collage of time periods, from the classical Art Deco and Victorian shapes that populate her jewelry to the contemporary artistic sensibility of the Venice Beach area. While jewelry designer can sometimes feel like the latest trendy job (what documentary filmmaker was 10 years ago, and what doula is now to a certain sect), Irene has been honing her craft for the past 20 years. And she has come quite far from the vintage bead–and-hemp necklace she first made while experimenting with jewelry, though in some ways, that bohemian vibe has remained. Now she creates gorgeous, often one-of-akind pieces that use fine gems in an unexpected way: There may be a rare ruby or emeralds instead of vintage beads, and gold instead of hemp, but the looks are still as wearable with a caftan as they are with an Oscar gown. “It starts with color, always color,” she says about creating pieces that are recognizable before you even notice the celebrity wearing them.
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It was fitting that two years ago, Irene’s Christmas gift to all her friends and clients was candy shaped like brightly colored gems, since there’s something practically edible about the jewelry she designs. Walk into her elegant Melrose Place store, designed by Pamela Shamshiri, and you’ll see it’s still 100 percent Irene in the use of color and, of course, animals (a hippo planter stands guard near the jewelry, while dioramas of exotic birds and other creatures, made by Clare Crespo, are dripping with Irene’s creations). Or pass her counter at Barneys New York—you’ll want to devour it all. The look of Irene’s work owes as much of a debt to hippie girls in VW bugs as it does to Elizabeth Taylor’s oversize gem collection, and this range of disparate influences is what makes the pieces impossible to mistake or ignore. This same collage aesthetic is also the organizing principle behind Irene’s home— which was a collaboration between the designer and her close friend Sarah Shetter—and the mix of people she invites over. It’s by no means unusual to find vintage fashion dealers rubbing elbows with rocket scientists and comedians, and Irene’s loving touch makes this feel like the most natural thing in
ABOVE, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Floral candles from San Miguel
the world. She collects people like she does her rare artifacts. She might meet new friends on a wild trip to Italy and transport them back for some Stateside fun. She might include her best friend from elementary school. She is the two things that make a wonderful friend: generous of heart and loyal as hell. She’s hard to resist. “It makes me anxious if it’s not a good group of people together,” says Irene, a favorite designer of Reese Witherspoon, January Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow. “I put extra time and thought into it.” Like everything she pursues, there’s an element of obsession in Irene’s decor. Just as she finds the perfect obscure German artist to carve semiprecious rabbits for her cameo-style necklaces and charm bracelets, she scours the world for the wicker chair of her dreams, or the vintage fabric that will make a room pop without robbing it of its homey neutrality. Even the house itself was an object of obsession before she made it her own. What’s her ultimate influence? Well, it starts with the aforementioned mother. “Friends always look at my mom’s artwork and say they see my jewelry in it,” Irene says. “I think it’s our
de Allende, Mexico, and a sculpture of a seated man by Neuwirth’s father, Peter. Freddie Andersen brass candleholders and Heidi Anderson vases on the kitchen table. A skateboard by Natas Kaupas. In the backyard, Arne Jacobsen wicker chairs from Sika Design and a side table from JF Chen; custom ireplace screen, Studio Forge. OPPOSITE: In the green canoe, Neuwirth in Rosie Assoulin, actress Gillian Jacobs in Etro, and director Phil Lord. In the blue canoe, writer Jenni Konner in Marni, Jones in Versace, and Kern. In the cream canoe, Neuwirth’s brand developer, Elizabeth Dowling Kaupas, in Doen; Shetter; and textile designer Gregory Parkinson. For details, see Resources.
similar combination of colors and bold shapes. There is something free and wild yet balanced about her art.” The same could be said of Irene’s pieces, which mix bulk with delicacy, organic shapes with geometry, and aggressive color with muted burnished stones. It’s also pretty refreshing to hear Irene name her second major influence: herself. Given how women have historically been encouraged to act positively self-flagellating about what they do, it’s a joy to hear Irene describe the way her creative vision permeates every aspect of her life: “I think everything that I do—my house, my studio, my store, my car, my bedroom—always feels like ‘Meet the Jewelry.’ ” ◾ 91
SH ANTU NG & CHEEK Belgian designer Gert Voorjans has brought his joyful, boldly colored aesthetic to a collaboration with iconic Thai silk company Jim Thompson. We took his new fabrics for a spin through the grounds of the Jim Thompson House museum in Bangkok. TEX T BY VANESSA L AWRENCE · PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICHARD POWERS · PRODUCED BY SOPHIE PERA
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Framing the main entrance to the Jim Thompson House are Aurelia (left) and Sarabande silks by Gert Voorjans for Jim Thompson. OPPOSITE: Latticework is draped in Sarabande silk.
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In the dining room, Ondine linen mixes with Ming-period Chinese ceramics, including, from left, a drum-shaped garden seat, a large jardiniere, and a lotus jar. The artwork is an 18thcentury Thai painting of a scene from the Buddhist Vessantara Jataka. OPPOSITE: A Thai rickshaw holds reams of, clockwise from top right, Aurelia silk, Garden Party linen, Vermeer linen, and Sarabande silk in two colorways.
GERT VOORJANS FIRST USED A JIM THOMPSON FABRIC 15 years ago, when he covered the walls of a London penthouse in an understated, textured silk called Mekong. “It was very plain, nothing exuberant,” recalls the Belgian designer of his choice. The same cannot be said of his own collection of textiles for Jim Thompson, which is available now and includes everything from opulent damasks to saturated linens and even passementerie. Voorjans is the first to admit that his designs, which take their inspiration from such far-reaching influences as Fauvist paintings and European folklore, are outside the traditional zone of Jim Thompson fabrics. But
anyone familiar with Voorjans’s deeply patterned and layered aesthetic—he is perhaps best known for his work on fashion designer Dries Van Noten’s stores—would hardly expect simple silk shantung: The final result melds Jim Thompson’s classical Thai heritage with Voorjans’s European decadence. It is an aptly innovative approach given that Thompson, an American architect, revivified the declining Thai silk industry when he founded the company in 1950, giving it a global presence. The legend surrounding him—including his mysterious disappearance in 1967—is well known and lives on in his stunning teak Thai-style home. ◾ 95
ABOVE: Back panels, clockwise from top left: Sarabande silk, Aeneas wool, Vermeer linen, Aeneas wool, Sarabande silk, Garden Party linen, and Ondine linen. On model: as right sleeve, Garden Party linen; as left sleeve, Square Dance linen blend; as top, Frangipana cotton-linen blend; as trim, Demoiselles de la Nuit cotton trim; as belt, La Perle cotton braid; as skirt, Melusine linen-cotton blend. On ground, from left: Petrushka linen and Frangipana cotton-linen blend. OPPOSITE: A courtyard bordered in 18th-century glazed Chinese tiles is draped with, clockwise from bottom left, Vermeer linen, Night & Day linen-cotton blend, Melusine linen-cotton blend, Night & Day linen-cotton blend, and Ondine linen. For details, see Resources.
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resources Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. MOOD BOARD PAGE 28: Hat: Albus Lumen, net-a-porter.com. Slippers: Sanayi 313, sanayi313.com. Vase: Jonathan Adler, jonathanadler.com. Necklace: Kenneth Jay Lane, net-a-porter.com. Plate: Hermès, hermes.com. Swimsuit: Eres, net-a-porter.com. Watch: Cartier, cartier.com. Fabric: John Stefanidis, harbingerla.com. Earrings: Ileana Makri, ileanamakri.com. SHORTLIST PAGE 50: Camera: Canon, canon.com. Pajamas: F.R.S. For Restless Sleepers, forrestlesssleepers.com. Fragrance: Byredo, byredo.com. Bag: Valextra, valextra.com. TRUTH IN DECORATING PAGES 54–56: Anishka Clarke and Niya Bascom, Ishka Designs, ishkadesigns.com. D.B.E.D. PAGES 60–62: Daniel Boulud of Restaurant Daniel, danielnyc.com.
ISLE BE BACK Interior design: Andrew Sheinman, Pembrooke & Ives, pembrookeandives.com. PAGE 65: Dining chairs: Guillerme & Chambron, 1stdibs.com. Le Corbusier sconces: Nemo, nemolighting.com. PAGES 66–67: Striped pillow fabric: Les Toiles du Soleil, lestoilesdusoleilnyc.com. PAGE 68: Sink and fittings: Boi, boffi.com. PAGE 69: Bedding: Andrianna Shamaris, andriannashamarisinc.com.
CENTURIES DEEP Interior design: Justin Van Breda, j-v-b.com. PAGES 72–73, TOP RIGHT: Chairs, pillows, and upholstery fabric: Justin Van Breda, j-v-b.com. Wall paint: Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com. Floor lamp: Vaughan, vaughandesigns.com. PAGES 72–73, FAR LEFT: Dining table, chairs, and sideboard: Justin Van Breda. Mirror: Brownrigg, brownrigg-interiors .co.uk. Rug: Coral & Hive, coralandhive.com. PAGES 72–73, LEFT: Sofa and cocktail table: Justin Van Breda. Pillows upholstery fabrics: Bennison, bennisonfabrics.com; Morris & Co., stylelibrary.com. PAGE 74: Wall paint: Farrow & Ball. PAGE 75, TOP: Tub and fittings: C.P. Hart, cphart.co.uk. Wall paint: Farrow & Ball. PAGE 75, BOTTOM: Wicker hampers: Fortnum & Mason, fortnumandmason.com. PAGES 76–77: Slipper chair and console: Justin Van Breda. Armchairs: OKA, oka.com.
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HUNT & GATHERED Interior design: Shamir Shah, shamirshahdesign.com. PAGE 79: Console: Millerton Antiques Center, millertonantiquescenter.com. PAGES 80–81: Sofa fabric: Calvin Fabrics, calvinfabrics.com. Chair fabric: Odaka, odaka.co. Wegner chairs: Dansk Mobelkunst, dmk.dk. Artwork: Brett Day Windham, brettdaywindham.com; Malcolm Hill, malcolmhill.com. PAGE 82: Rug: Madeline Weinrib, madelineweinrib.com. PAGE 83: Rug: Merida, meridastudio.com. Wallcovering: Innovations, innovationsusa.com. Headboard fabric: Calvin Fabrics. Bedding: Calvin Klein Home, calvinklein.us. Door paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Window treatments: Smith & Noble, smithandnoble.com.
COME ON, IRENE Interior design: Irene Neuwirth, Irene Neuwirth Jewelry, ireneneuwirth.com; Sarah Shetter, sarahshetterdesign.com. Architecture: John Bertram, Bertram Architects, bertramarchitects.com. PAGES 84–85: Sofa fabric: Schumacher, fschumacher.com. Paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Pendant light: Lindsey Adelman, lindseyadelman.com. Lobmeyr sconce: Schmid McDonagh, schmidmcdonagh.com. Artwork: Geraldine Neuwirth, geraldineuwirth.com. PAGES 86–87: Pendants: Plug, pluglighting.com. Dining chairs: Obsolete, obsoleteinc.com. Range and hood: Wolf, subzero-wolf.com. PAGE 87: Dress: Johanna Ortiz, johannaortiz.co. Wallpaper: Lee Jofa, kravet.com. Brass pulls: Liz’s Antique Hardware, lahardware.com. PAGE 88: Side table: Stahl + Band, stahlandband.com. Bedroom lamp: Meredith Metcalf, mmhp.squarespace.com. Bathroom wallpaper: Liberty, libertylondon .com. Sconce and artworks: Creative Growth, creativegrowth.org. Clutch: Olympia Le-Tan, olympialetan.com. PAGE 89: Plant stand and Jacobsen chair: Sika Design, sika-design.com. Artwork: Sanya Kantarovsky, kantarovsky.com. Fashion: Chanel, chanel.com. Co, co-collections .com; Giambattista Valli, giambattistavalli.com; Paper, paperlondon.com. Pitcher: Rebekah Miles, rebekahmiles.com. Vase: Heidi Anderson, heidiandersonstudio.com. Rug: Armadillo&Co, armadillo-co.com. PAGE 90: Fashion: Rosie Assoulin, rosieassoulin.com; Etro, etro.com; Marni, marni.com; Versace, versace.com; Doen, shopdoen.com. PAGE 91: Vases: Heidi Anderson. Outdoor chairs: Sika Design. Fireplace screen: Studio Forge, studioforgeironworks.com. Side table: JF Chen, jfchen.com.
SHANTUNG & CHEEK Design: Gert Voorjans for Jim Thompson, jimthompson.com. PAGES 92–97: Fabrics: Jim Thompson, jimthompsonfabrics.com. NOT FOR SALE PAGE 100: Wallpaper: Thibaut, thibautdesign.com.
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For 2018, British brand Vispring presents the latest collection of its most prestigious beds. The new arrivals up the wow factor when it comes to the ultimate in comfort and luxury. These exceptional beds are handmade, with the utmost care and skillful attention of the Vispring master craftsmen, using only the finest natural materials. Find your local Vispring specialist at vispring.com.
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Each month, ELLE DECOR asks an artisan to create a unique item that literally has no price tag. At the end of the year, these pieces will be auctioned off to benefit the charity of each maker’s choice. To enter Federico de Vera’s world is to go through the Hermitage on an empty stomach. For decades, New York’s Viscount of Curios has traversed the globe in search of gorgeous things, from ivory carvings to Japanese antiques, which he then brings back to sell in his eponymous shop in SoHo. He’s also made a name for himself as a designer of visually arresting objects, like this untitled piece made from Mediterranean coral, Venetian glass, gilded avocado seed, and oxidized silver. Both bewitching and bizarre, it’s a paragon of the de Vera oeuvre, with only one reason for being: to bring beauty wherever it is displayed. deveraobjects.com
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