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EDITOR’S LETTER 31
POV Design dealer David Alhadeff draws back the curtain on his new Manhattan home and gallery; 60 seconds with Lebanese-American decorator Mona Hajj; a look at Elizabeth Locke’s collection of micromosaics, and more 36
WHAT’S HOT The best design discoveries 42
MILAN GUIDE Dispatches from this year’s Salone del Mobile fair; meet two designers who should be on your radar; plus, where to shop, visit, stay, drink, and dine in Italy’s design capital
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SHOWCASE Harry Winston’s collection of candy-hued rings is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth 58 A trifecta of new watches from three big names. BY CARA BARRETT AND STEPHEN PULVIRENT
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SHORTLIST William Sofield and eight things he can’t live without
In the living room of Darren Star’s New York City loft, designed by Lee F. Mindel, the daybed is upholstered in a Casamance fabric, the throw is from Hermès, the club chairs are by Jacques Adnet, and the artwork is by Richard Serra, page 84.
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CLOSET CONFIDENTELLE City wardrobe, country wardrobe: a tale of Adam Glassman’s two impeccably organized closets
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ANATOMY OF A HOUSE Designer Nebihe Cihan decorates a New York aerie with Italian furnishings
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For her client’s beachfront retreat in Miami, designer Delphine Krakoff broadens her horizons with dramatic splashes of color. BY VICKY LOWRY DESIGNER DELPHINE KRAKOFF
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From the chic 16th-century townhouse she calls home to her gem-filled atelier, jeweler Antonia Miletto leads a fairytale existence in Venice. BY STELLENE VOLANDES DESIGNER ANTONIA MILETTO
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Lee F. Mindel designs a serene New York loft with urbane flair for TV producer Darren Star.
Inspired by rare desert roses, architect Jean Nouvel unveils his latest masterpiece, the National Museum of Qatar.
Decorator Alessandra Branca takes us through her neighborhood in Rome
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ON OUR NEWSSTAND COVER The gallery of a Surfside, Florida, apartment designed by Delphine Krakoff, featuring a Sol LeWitt mural.
In the entrance hall of Heidi McWilliams’s Palm Beach home, a mirror from John Rosselli & Associates hangs above an 18th-century console, page 102.
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EDITOR’S LET TER A secretary in the studio of Antonia Miletto’s Venice home.
The bar in a Miami apartment by Delphine Krakoff.
The living room of Darren Star’s New York loft, by Lee F. Mindel.
Whitney sailing the Mekong River in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Upstairs at Ben Soleimani’s home in London.
Heidi McWilliams’s pool in Palm Beach.
A detail of Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar.
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that Renzo Mongiardino designed for Elsa Peretti’s father in Rome. Peretti and I were smoking Gauloises cigarettes and talking about astrology— an ex-lover of hers was a Scorpio, as am I—and more importantly travel, which she told me, looking back at her illustrious career at Tiffany & Co., had given her life more purpose. “At 27 years old, Tiffany gave me the opportunity to explore,” she said. She visited craftsmen in the Far East and Europe and, as a result, created some of her most renowned collections, including Bean, Open Heart, and Zodiac. I thought about that afternoon while putting this issue of ED together. I, too, love to travel, and like Peretti, the travel I do isn’t simply about wanderlust—I lost that bug years ago commuting back and forth to Doha as the cofounder of a Qatari arts and culture–news organization, so checking off destinations on the bucket list isn’t what motivates me. Instead, I go in search of the world’s best architecture and design (natch!). It’s what fuels me. That I am lucky enough to count dear friends and comrades in places as far-flung as Venice and Luang Prabang, is a testament to those many miles I’ve trekked. And the best part of having these connections is that I get to see how people really live and the aesthetic ties and traditions that link all of us, everywhere. With that in mind, I can report that the ED team has worked hard on this issue, and we know that the jet-setting design professionals gracing these pages are of the same 28
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belief. Take, for instance, designer Delphine Krakoff, who has created a weekend retreat in the iconic Surf Club in Miami for longtime clients with a world-class art collection, including one of the most incredible Sol LeWitt rainbow murals I’ve ever seen in a private home (page 76). ED A-Lister Alessandra Branca, who jumps between her homes in Chicago, the Bahamas, and Rome, gives a taste of her favorite things in the Italian capital (page 73); the Future Perfect founder David Alhadeff lives in a gallery-cum–private house in Los Angeles and now in one in Manhattan (page 31); TV producer Darren Star, whose show Younger debuts its sixth season this summer, makes a similar trip from the City of Angels to his Gotham City loft designed by Lee F. Mindel (page 84); jeweler Antonia Miletto splits time between New York and her beautiful 16th-century abode in Venice (page 92); and the ultimate globe-trotting French starchitect Jean Nouvel unveils another gorgeous museum, this time in Doha (page 98). Who do you think will be attending the opening? Yes, me! It’ll be my first time back in Qatar in seven years. It’s a mathematical certainty: If you build it, I will come. ◾
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midcentury-modern house in Beverly Hills, once owned by Elvis Presley, into a store called Casa Perfect (see ED, April 2018). Then, naturally, he moved in, and working from home has never been more chic. This month, he’s transformed a townhouse in New York’s Greenwich Village—built by David Chipperfield— into Casa Perfect’s new East Coast outpost.
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We recently found Alhadeff, who in 2003 established the pioneering Brooklyn contempora r y-desig n shop the Future Perfect, kvelling in his highstyle Manhattan living room. “I get to live the dream and be bicoastal in a way I never imagined,” he says while reclining on a long Nos sofa designed by Christophe Delcourt. The intrepid Alhadeff, whose sales acumen catapulted the careers of such designers as Lindsey Adelman and Jason Miller, was still recovering from the previous weekend’s launch bacchanal, a raucous affair that was all over Instagram and was attended by the likes of actor Zachary Quinto, ED A-List designer Steven Gambrel, and architect Gaetano Pesce— as well as Martha Stewart, America’s ultimate housewarming guest. “My mother was losing it,” Alhadeff says. “Meeting Martha? That was a bucketlist dream come true for her.” In New York, Alhadeff lives among such rara avis items as Floris Wubben’s bulging ceramic Twist tables, George Sowden and Nathalie Du Pasquier’s brightly colored objets d’art, and dainty PF1 Rene Pouf ottomans by Claudio Lazzarini and Carl Pickering. But while almost everything at Casa Perfect is for sale, Alhadeff does have his limits. What happens when, say, a client wants to lie down in his bed? “I just strip the quilt,” he says, referring to the one-of-a-kind hand-sewn piece by Adam Pogue that In the bedroom, the quilt and pillows are by Adam Pogue, the Crane lamp is by Bec Brittain, and the coffee table is by Pinch.
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keeps him warm at night. “It’s like any hotel room; I just rip that thing off.” Yes, there is always the potential for an unfortunate accident involving a steel-toed Doc Martens–clad visitor and a Reinaldo Sanguino ceramic stool (price upon request), but Alhadeff is having too much fun to worry. Nor is theft something that keeps him up at night— Chipperf ield’s renovation included a state-of-the-art security system. “Where’s the panic room?” he jokes. “The whole house is a panic room. All the doors are embedded with Cor-Ten steel and magnetic locks.” Alhadeff has it all figured out. So much so that he’s already looking to open a third Casa Perfect, its whereabouts unknown. “I have no idea where I want to go next,” he says. “But I know this thing is really fun, so I’m absolutely going to do it again.” thefutureperfect.com —Charles Curkin
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STEVEN GAMBREL Alkahest lamp, $11,500, by Kristin Victoria Barron
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Teeny-Weeny Scenes It takes a keen eye—and a magnifying glass—to truly appreciate the pieces on display in “A Return to the Grand Tour: Micromosaic Jewels from the Collection of Elizabeth Locke.” The exhibition, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond (April 27–September 2), focuses on micromosaics, an Italian art form characterized by extreme patience and steady hands that was sought out by visiting aristocrats in the 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia-based jeweler Elizabeth Locke began collecting these exquisite miniatures 30 years ago; they’ve been a source of delight and inspiration for her ever since. It’s a big show of tiny pendants and brooches, so before you go, don’t forget to clean your loupe. vmfa.museum
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THE LEBANESE-AMERICAN DECORATOR DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK, LAYERING FABRIC, AND KNOWING WHEN TO STOP. Your new book is called A Romance of East and West (Monacelli). How far east and west are we talking? MH: Pretty far in both directions. I come from Beirut, but I moved to the U.S. when I was very young. Which direction do you look to more often for romance? MH: East, definitely, with its wealth of history and art, layering, and textiles. I like the modernity of the West, but I always turn to the East for that sense of romance. Has there been enough appreciation of Middle Eastern design in the United States? Do you think most people are aware that chintz is inspired by Moghul art, for instance? MH: Hardly. In Europe, it’s way more prevalent. Not in the States, though. What should Americans know about Middle Eastern design? MH: Syria and Lebanon have amazing design cultures. The antique furniture and intricate textiles and mosaics were so ahead of their time. Your book is about the beauty you bring to spaces. What do you avoid?
MH: I appreciate midcentury modern, but otherwise I think there is too much imitation in design. Everything is a photocopy and very predictable. What’s something that every home should have? MH: There should always be pattern and color. Both bring character to a space. In your book, you point to William Morris and Louis Comfort Tiffany as product designers who used the “visual language” of your native culture. Do you consider their work to be cultural appropriation or homage? MH: The Middle East borrows a lot from European culture and vice versa, so it’s always been both. Tiffany’s early work looks very Moroccan. He then developed his style into something else. Morris’s focus on organic subject matter, the patterns, textures, and colors, is very Middle Eastern. Can there ever be too many layers of fabric in a room? MH: Absolutely. Layers are great, but you need to know when to stop.
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Even an iconic design is open to reinterpretation: Rodolfo Dordoni has tweaked his famous 1997 Minotti Suitcase armchair for 2019 by recalibrating the piece’s center of gravity and removing its original chrome legs. The new version is called Suitcase Line. 29.5″ w. x 33.5″ d. x 25″ h., available in other colors, from $9,450. minotti.com
These clay-coated, screen-printed wallpapers from Los Angeles–based CW Stockwell (shown, from left, in Million Flowers and Remy) have the heady romance of freshly cut bouquets. 27″ w., available in other colors, from $258 per five-yard roll. cwstockwell.com
The woven rattan edges of this Beaucaire daybed by Atelier Vime evoke the scalloped fabrics used in 18th-century canopy beds. Paired with black metal legs and customizable fabrics, they add a decorative touch to modern lounging. 75″ w. x 27.5″ d., $6,964 for c.o.m. ateliervime.com
Ivan Paradisi’s shapely Synchronicity desk is carved from a single piece of maple wood, trimmed in ebony, and inlaid with steel. It’s sure to make seated work far more appealing.
The recently opened Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club, in Surfside, Florida, is home to an outpost of the chic Istanbul-based beachwear and accessories company Haremlique à la Mer. Consider picking up some Decor Walther green-crystal bath accessories as a souvenir of your stay. Available in other colors, from $200 for a toothbrush holder. haremlique.com 38
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71″ w. x 29″ d. x 30.5″ h., $20,350. artemest.com
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April showers usually bring May flowers, but D. Porthault has a more accelerated timeline: Its Fleurs d’Avril cotton-percale boudoir sham looks like a French meadow in full bloom. 16″ w. x 12″ h., $325. dporthaultparis.com
Kapka looked to the Memphis Group and 1980s club culture when dreaming up its vibrant, abstract-patterned Flashback series of eco-friendly enamelware.
Paola Lenti employed a proprietary rope cord—made of ecologically sound polyurethane and polyolefin—for the handwoven seat and back of this Kiti chair. The green and blue tones lend the pattern a painterly quality. 23″ w. x 24″ d. x 34″ h., available in other colors, from $1,980. paolalenti.it 40
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This Canaletto-walnut Giotto bookcase by Cattelan Italia, accented with shelves in matte graphite or lacquered wood, has the elegantly simple lines of an easel, but with more storage. 55″ w. x 17″ d. x 81″ h., available in other finishes, $2,755. cattelanitalia.com
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From $12 for a mug. kapka.com.tr
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OUR LOOK AT THIS YEAR’S SALONE DEL MOBILE— PLUS, DESIGNERS TO WATCH AND THE LATEST HOT SPOTS IN THE ITALIAN DESIGN MECCA. PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON
Debuted at this year’s Milan design fair: Martino Gamper’s Xequer E rug for CCTapis. cc-tapis.com 42
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EACH SPRING, THE GLOBAL DESIGN COMMUNITY FLOCKS TO THE ITALIAN CITY FOR SALONE. HERE, OUR PICKS ON THE LATEST STYLISH HOT SPOTS IN TOWN TO SEE—AND BE SEEN IN. BY ALICE IDA Nilufar Depot.
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L’Arabesque Designed by its decorator owner, Chichi Meroni, a sixth-generation Milanese, this high-style emporium and cult store just steps from the Duomo is at once a café, a seafood restaurant, a gallery, a bookshop, and a clothing shop. larabesque.net. Nilufar Depot Architect Massimiliano Locatelli transformed this former silverware factory into a theatrical exhibition space for gallery owner Nina Yashar’s extensive collection of gorgeous modern and contemporary design. nilufar.com
Boschi Di Stefano Built in the 1930s, this Art Deco house museum is the former residence of an art-collecting couple, Pirelli engineer Antonio Boschi and his wife, ceramist Marieda Di Stefano. The 300 works on view include pieces by Lucio Fontana and Mario Sironi. fondazioneboschidistefano.it. Casa degli Atellani Tour this building of rare beauty and visit Leonardo da Vinci’s adjacent garden, site of the artist’s own vineyard, which has been restored to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death. vignadileonardo.com
Aimo e Nadia Bistro.
The Spirit.
Senato Hotel.
Room-Mate Giulia.
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Aimo e Nadia Bistro The restaurant is a collaboration between Milan’s doyenne of design, Rossana Orlandi, and the team behind the multi-starred restaurant Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia. Orlandi partnered with fashion brand Etro on the interiors. bistroaimoenadia.com. The Spirit A clubby London-style cocktail bar with cozy interiors by Venezuelan designer Juan Carlos Viso. Regulars can buy a bottle, choosing from a selection of 600 labels, and store it safely in a private locker. thespirit.it
Senato Hotel The decor of this 43-room property was inspired by the geometric aesthetic of the late, iconic Italian architect Piero Portaluppi. The top-floor rooms have private terraces overlooking the Duomo. senatohotelmilano.it. Room-Mate Giulia This wellpriced hotel next to the Piazza del Duomo does not lack in style thanks to interiors by the Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. She is also the art director of Cassina, where many of the hotel’s beautiful furnishings were sourced. room-matehotels.com
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MIL AN GUIDE Nada Debs in her design studio in Beirut.
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cognoscenti are buzzing about Nada Debs, a Lebanese designer who is putting a new spin on an age-old Middle Eastern motif and applying it to everything from furniture to fashion. During Salone 2019, the admired Dilmos gallery (dilmos .it) drew attention to Debs with “Marquetry Mania,” an exhibition of the designer’s furniture made using the traditional method of marquetry inlaid in turned wood. “The starting point for us is always, ‘How far can we push the craft?’ ” Debs tells us from her studio in Beirut. “The marquetry strips are one to two millimeters thick and they curve, so we’re able to create a line that’s curvaceous and voluptuous.” And colorful. Debs, who spent her formative years in Kobe, Japan, chose vibrant hues—bubble-gum pink, cobalt, coral, turquoise, and a bright yellow—for the line. She was inspired both by her collection of antique Japanese obis and by runway trends. “I’ve been noticing a lot of color, especially blocks of hues in unusual combinations,” she says. That is why she “decided to go bold” with her newest collection, which includes everything from tables to lights and mirrors. In addition, the fashionable designer was tapped to create a shoe for Fratelli Rossetti; the sandal, in white or red, sports a solid walnut stacked heel inlaid with a mother-of-pearl zigzag pattern. Available during Salone at Fratelli Rossetti’s Milan flagship and Beirut boutique, it comes in a limited edition of just 60 pairs. nadadebs.com
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Here and There THE WORK OF MATTEO CIBIC IS EVERYWHERE. T H I S I S M AT T E O C I B I C ’S Y E A R .
CLOC K WISE FROM TOP LE F T: Matteo Cibic. A rug
for Jaipur Rugs. Il Fanale pendant. Dining chair for JCP. Brass cabinet for Scarlet Splendour. A bench from the InEDITA collection.
During Salone del Mobile, furn it u re, lig hti ng, a nd r ugs by the cheeky 35-year-old Italian designer (and nephew of Memphis Group cofounder Aldo Cibic) were all over town. The designer debuted his surrealistic new furniture for Editamateria/Delvis, launched Rajasthani-style floorcoverings for Jaipur Rugs, and unveiled sleek brass lighting for Il Fanale. And that’s only part of it: Cibic’s pieces also appeared in four Salone booths and several local venues, including L’Abbate, JCP, and the Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia. matteocibic studio.com —Nicole Engelman
Legends Never Die THESE 20TH-CENTURY ICONS OF DESIGN MADE A COMEBACK AT SALONE THIS YEAR—IN SOME CASES WITH A CHIC NEW TWIST.
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On the 40th anniversary of Gio Ponti’s death, Molteni&C is reissuing the legendary architect and designer’s 1970 folding chair. With its minimalist and lightweight structure, the D.270.2 is furnishing the cafeteria at this year’s La Triennale di Milano design exhibition.
For Artek’s FIN/JPN Friendship Collection, Japanese and Finnish craftsmen explore the relationship between their countries. Architect Jo Nagasaka created a new bright finish for the classic 1933 Alvar Aalto stool using a unique process he calls ColoRing, which is an amalgam of traditional Japanese wood techniques.
The 1929 chair’s scissor shape references ancient Roman seats of power; its proportions and lines reflect the signature restraint of its designer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Knoll is releasing a new edition of the iconic chair with green leather upholstery and a black chrome frame.
24″ w. x 26.5″ d. x 42″ h., molteni.it
15″ dia. x 17″ h., artek.fi
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PH Artichoke Pendant The design keeps its light source hidden beneath layers of burnished copper leaves, resulting in a soft glow that filters evenly throughout a room. This commemorative version of the 1958 model retains Poul Henningsen’s rose finish. Available in four sizes from 19″ dia. to 33″ dia., louispoulsen.com
Up5 & Up6 Chair and Ottoman Gaetano Pesce’s curvy chair mimics fertility statues; its ottoman evokes a ball and chain. For the design’s 50th anniversary, the pair come in Striped Beige and Petrol Green upholstery—an homage to the original 1969 palette. Chair: 47″ w. x 51″ d. x 40.5″ h., ottoman: 22.5″ dia., bebitalia.com
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enjoyed a happy exchange in American culture for decades. Children have played with—and snacked on—necklaces of pastel, sugary beads since 1958, and
FROM TOP: Winston Candy ring featuring a 25.18-carat cushion-cut spessartite garnet, pink sapphires, peridots, and diamonds; Winston Candy ring with an 8.97-carat oval-shaped tsavorite garnet, peridots, diamonds, and tsavorite garnets; and Winston Candy ring featuring a 17.48-carat emerald-cut pink spinel, diamonds, tsavorite garnets, and pink and blue sapphires, prices upon request. Background: Wallshoppe Macarons removable wallpaper in Peach.
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Winston Candy ring with a 19.67-carat cushion-cut green tourmaline, yellow sapphires, peridots, and diamonds, price upon request. Background: Wallshoppe Parsons Paint wallpaper in Robin’s Egg.
in the late 1970s, Frank Richards dreamed up the highly wearable and consumable Ring Pop (it has a fan in Mariah Carey, whom Nick Cannon proposed to in 2008 with a diamond ring hidden in a Ring Pop wrapper). Harry Winston, the gemologist who founded his eponymous jewelry house in 1932, often selected saturated stones reminiscent of sweets for his designs. Now the brand has debuted a new collection, Winston Candy, inspired by his approach and based on archival sketches 54
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Sketches of the green tourmaline ring and its center stone.
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A sketch of the purple spinel ring and its center stone.
Winston Candy ring with a 17.29-carat cushion-cut purple spinel, pink sapphires, rubies, and diamonds, price upon request. Background: Made of Sundays Wall Sprinkles Mixes decals.
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from the 1950s and ’60s. Comprising one-of-a-kind cocktail rings that focus on brilliant color juxtapositions, the grouping includes combinations like an emerald-cut pink spinel center stone from Tajikistan paired with diamonds, tsavorite garnets, and blue and pink sapphires, and a cushion-cut spessartite garnet offset by pink sapphires, diamonds, and peridots. The results look good enough to eat, but we’d recommend you stick to donning them as adornment. harrywinston.com ◾
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talking about trends is always a bit fraught. These are objects that are meant to last decades, not seasons. But despite the intended longevity of their creations, watchmakers are not immune to the culture around them, and this year we’re seeing a lot of play with light and color in new, exciting ways that draw inspiration from the world of architecture and design. A dazzling take on this approach is the Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Planétarium ($231,000; vancleefarpels.com). The watch has no conventional dial or hands to speak of, instead employing a series of nested aventurine rings and a set of tiny semiprecious spheres to show the orbit of the planets around the sun. There’s a shooting star and a set of rose-gold numerals to give you a vague sense of the time of day, but that’s clearly not what this watch is for. If the Planétarium is all about breaking with tradition, the new Galop d’Hermès (price upon request; hermes.com) is just the opposite. For his first watch, Nigerian-American designer Ini Archibong wanted to blend his obsession with light and form—evident in his lighting and furniture pieces—with classic Hermès iconography like the equestrian stirrup and harness. The watch has a curved case paired with a curved sapphire crystal, giving it a unique shape, and the hours are marked out with custom-designed Arabic numerals. Finally, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, introduced in 1931, is a true watchmaking icon. The case exhibits clean Art Deco lines, and the dial remains simple and straightforward across the dozens of variations offered. The latest execution of the Reverso Tribute Small Seconds ($7,900; jaeger-lecoultre.com) is a playful twist on the archetype, with a rich burgundy finish that extends from the dial to the cordovan-leather strap crafted by Casa Fagliano, the famed Argentinean boot makers who cater to the world’s top polo players and their royal patrons. You’re meant to luxuriate in the depth of the materials, which in the world of watchmaking is an experience as old as time. ◾
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It is inexpensive, it comes in a variety of colors, and it’s very lightweight. I’m hard on luggage, and this is indestructible.
So many dogs have been abandoned or separated from their owners due to natural disasters. I love adopting, and I got my dogs from the SPCA of Westchester.
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New York Botanical Garden
Going there really gets you out of yourself. You realize, Wow, there are other living things, and they’ve got their own issues. nybg.org
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I’ve been staying here forever. Many of my favorite rooms have been renovated over the years. claridges.co.uk
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Whitney Museum of American Art
I loved the original Marcel Breuer building, but I’ve so enjoyed having it downtown. There’s more space, and the breadth of the collection can be seen. whitney.org
Since founding Studio Sofield in 1996, New York–based designer William Sofield has left an indelible—and very chic—mark on the retail landscape, creating elegant stores for names like Harry Winston, Bottega Veneta, and Tom Ford, with whom he has collaborated for decades. So there is a certain irony to Sofield’s admission that, as he puts it, “I would rather be battered and deep-fat fried than go shopping. And maybe that’s what I bring to the table.” A self-described modernist, he seems to have a knack for transforming spaces that are more stereotypically austere: He has also worked on all of the gyms for fitness pioneer David Barton. Sofield’s latest projects include the much-anticipated interiors for the Manhattan condominium at 111 West 57th Street (previously home to Steinway & Sons) and a hotel in Las Vegas. And while he maintains that he does not have a signature style, his sophisticated, high-end approach is apparent in all of his designs. “Luxury, for me, is having people be considered,” says Sofield, who has also done homes for Ford and for Brice and Helen Marden. “I like to create spaces where people feel comfortable in their bodies.” studiosofield.com
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Fortuny Fabrics Their fabrics are great because of the patterning and construction—they lend themselves to the messiness of modern life without being Teflon. fortuny.com
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Gary Hume
The surfaces of his paintings are just so beautiful. And there is a smartness to them. matthewmarks.com
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John Soane was a neoclassical architect appointed to rebuild the Bank of England in 1788. This was his home, and it’s just spectacular.
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Brooklyn-based artist Sebastian Vallejo. From left: Ed Blair, Exectuive Vice President of Lutron and Paker Bowie Larsen, Style Director of ELLE DECOR. For more information, visit ketra.com.
2. ART LIGHTING, REIMAGINED Ketra and ELLE DECOR hosted a Light + Art cocktail reception to showcase how high-quality light can completely transform artwork. The theme was brought to life with a dynamic lighting demonstration shown against vibrant, contemporary paintings by
3. DEDON INTRODUCES CIRQL Designer Werner Aisslinger draws on DEDON’s unique handweaving heritage. The output: an unmistakably fresh and new outdoor collection. CIRQL manages to be both iconic and inviting. For more information, visit dedon.us.
4. SVEVA ARMCHAIR Designed by Carlo Colombo, the sophisticated silhouette of the Sveva armchair reveals its unmistakable personality while silently telegraphing its generously welcoming appeal. A shapely shell made of rigid structural polyurethane and upholstered in saddle hide accommodates the soft, goose down-filled seat and back cushions, available in nine colors. Learn more at flexform.it.
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Glassman in his Hudson Valley, New York, closet, which was designed by California Closets. ABOVE LE F T: The space can be closed off with a steel sliding door by Model Line Design. LE F T: The home’s exterior. BE LOW: Glassman’s Daytime Emmy Award on a built-in dresser.
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O, The Oprah Magazine for the past 19 years, regularly dispenses style tips and fashion knowhow to readers via his popular monthly column, “Adam Says,” and has even helped the publication’s founder and editorial director, Oprah Winfrey, and editor at large, Gayle King, purge their wardrobes of clutter. Two and a half years ago, when he was downsizing his New York City lifestyle and purchasing a second home, Glassman realized that his own closets required a lead-byexample approach. “I’m finally taking my own advice,” he says. “I’m not going to tell people to pare down their closets and then be a hoarder myself.” 62
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CLOC K WISE FROM TOP: Glassman’s jackets on Container Store hangers in his New York City closet. Shoes in their original boxes, labeled with photos. Perfectly folded sweaters arranged by color. Custom armoires line the hallway from the master bedroom to the bath; hall rug, the Rug Company; bathroom rug, Calvin Klein.
A self-described workaholic looking to decompress, Glassman purchased a farmhouse in New York’s Hudson Valley and moved from a capacious downtown loft into a two-bedroom apartment in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, vowing to keep only the barest of Monday-through-Friday essentials in the city. His recalibration necessitated a huge clothing and accessories purge—for one thing, Glassman whittled down his sneakers from 50 to 25 pairs—that has resulted in a hyper-tidy duo of town and country closets. He enlisted the assistance of professional organizer Jill Matson, whose clients include Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr., for help with, as he puts it, “some fine-tuning.” Glassman’s city apartment came with custom modular armoires that he has filled with the staples of his uniform dressing: neutral cashmere V-neck sweaters from J.Crew and Brunello Cucinelli; white and blue button-down shirts from Thom Browne; navy pants from Acne Studios and Incotex; Rolex and Cartier watches; and the handful of J.Crew and Ermenegildo Zegna suits he wears in his part-time role as a special correspondent for Extra. Matson helped him categorize and color-code his knits by style, hue, and weight, and Glassman folded his tissue-weight cashmere scarves, a preference he attributes to an internship with Donna Karan years ago, into a configuration befitting a luxury department store. “He is so meticulous and organized,” says King. “Adam has a unique eye and always seems to be ahead of everyone else.” Upstate at his house near New Paltz, Glassman turned to California Closets to create a walk-in closet, separating it from the master bath with a steel sliding door designed by Scott Bowden of Model Line Design. The airy space, complete with a window seat, houses his weekend wardrobe basics, including plaid shirts by Faherty and white sneakers from APL, Nike, and Adidas (he wears SeaVees trainers to work). A Daytime Emmy Award he won for his work on Extra keeps company with books and framed photographs above a set of drawers. Perhaps the biggest determinant in Glassman’s enviably organized collection of clothes is his rational, levelheaded approach to fashion. “I practice the art of detachment,” he says. “I have some gifts from loved ones that I will always cherish, but there are very few things I’m attached to emotionally when it comes to stuff.” ◾ ELLE DECOR
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A Manhattan pied-à-terre designed by Nebihe Cihan is furnished with a chaise longue, chairs, and tables by Antonio Citterio for Flexform; the lamp is by Christian Liaigre, and the sculpture is by Tony Cragg. The dining table and chairs are from Flexform, the chandelier is by Damien Langlois-Meurinne for Pouenat, and the artwork is by Idris Khan. A guest bedroom’s headboard, seating, and nightstands are from Flexform; the bedding is by Frette, the rug is by Holly Hunt, and the artworks are by Wael Shawky. In a hallway, the artwork is by Kyungah Ham.
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15:00 Next, she visits Soledad Twombly— artist Cy Twombly’s daughter-in-law—at her atelier, where she stocks an impressive collection of vintage and antique textiles and incorporates some of them into her haute couture pieces. 16:00 “Umberto Mantineo designs these incredible brass tables and curates a mix of antiques and new pieces in his studio,” says Branca of the shop’s architect owner. 19:00 In her dining room—with a view of
St. Peter’s Basilica— she sets the table for a candlelit meal, juxtaposing vintage dishes with Belgian glassware and pewter flatware. The 1940s chandelier is Murano, and the bookcase and velvet-covered chairs are 19th-century French. The guest list includes neighbors and local friends. “There’s something wonderful about belonging to a community,” Branca says. “It puts you back in touch with the things that truly matter.”
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In the entry hall of an apartment designed by Delphine Krakoff in the Surf Club, in Surfside, Florida, the vintage chair is by Otto Gerdau, the ooring is travertine, the Kate Moss artwork is by Chuck Close, and the rainbow mural is by Sol LeWitt. OPPOSITE: Krakoff in the gallery, where Ettore Sottsass ceramics sit on a bookcase by Nendo for Glas Italia. The painting is by Alex Katz.
BLUE-CHIP SPECIAL FOR HER CLIENTS’ BEACHFRONT RETREAT IN MIAMI’S LEGENDARY SURF CLUB, DESIGNER DELPHINE KRAKOFF BROADENS HER HORIZONS WITH DRAMATIC SPLASHES OF COLOR. BY VICKY LOWRY
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d o o r s o n N e w Ye a r ’s E ve , 1930, and from the outset, the Mediterranean Revival–style estate on Miami’s beachfront served as a celebratory oasis. Everyone from the Duchess of Windsor and Noël Coward to Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor could be found there lounging in the sun, sipping the club’s signature Mangareva cocktails, and enjoying poolside fashion shows, black-tie balls, and boxing matches. Today, a new generation of sophisticated sybarites is jetting to that fabled stretch of sand, which still retains the original clubhouse, thanks to a 21st-century vision of beachside fabulousness: a pair of glittering residential towers flanking a new Four Seasons hotel, all designed by Pritzker Prize winner Richard Meier, the virtuoso architect who is credited with conjuring some of the world’s most desirable contemporary high-rises devised for luxury living. One cosmopolitan New York couple, who had previously resisted the impulse to own a beach house, came under the Meier-in-Miami spell. Even before the project broke ground, they purchased a unit on a lower floor and enlisted their longtime interior designer, Delphine Krakoff, to start working on plans. But when the couple toured what was still a construction site, they fell in love with the top-floor views and decided to go all in—trading the smaller unit for two combined apartments to create a vast seven-bedroom residence that spans the depth of the building, overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean in front and Biscayne Bay at the back, and large enough to bring together their children, extended family, and friends. Krakoff, who runs a small, prestigious Manhattan-based firm called Pamplemousse Design, has a reputation for crafting effortlessly chic, inviting interiors imbued with the élan of her native France. She and her husband, Reed Krakoff—a former fashion designer who is revitalizing Tiffany & Co. as chief artistic officer at the legendary luxury emporium—have decorated a series of treasure-filled homes for themselves, from the Hamptons to Paris, all delectably revealed in their recent Rizzoli monograph, Houses That We Dreamt Of. As she had already renovated three residences for this New York family, Krakoff intuitively knew what her clients desired for Miami. “I can look at a piece of furniture or a work of art and know if they are going to love it or hate it,” she explains. “Or they might say, ‘I’m not sure we understand this, but we trust you.’” “Delphine gets how we want to live,” her client says. “She knows our big thing is that sofas have to be so comfortable, you can take a nap on them.” For this project, the couple, who collect contemporary art by the likes of Vik Muniz, Jim Dine, and Chuck Close, entrusted Krakoff to fashion a family getaway that reflects its setting. “You go to Miami, and you feel the energy, the colorfulness, and the multiculturalism—we wanted to celebrate that spirit,” the client says. Krakoff interpreted that to mean “they wanted something fun, relaxed, upbeat, and optimistic. I’m not 78
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The living area’s sectional is by Minotti, the Eileen Gray chairs (foreground) are from Ecart International, the vintage daybed is by Jean Prouvé, and the armchairs (right) are by Jean Royère. The Paul Cocksedge pendant is from Friedman Benda, and the sculpture on the cocktail table is by Joel Shapiro.
In the gallery, the Ribbon chairs are by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, and a Harumi Nakashima sculpture sits atop a mirrored cocktail table by Ron Arad.
ABOVE LE F T: The kitchen’s cabinetry is by Boffi, the vintage barstools are by Joe Colombo, the pendants are by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos, and the tableware is by Tiffany & Co. ABOVE: A Doshi Levien console for BD Barcelona Design anchors the foyer of the master suite. The chair is by Mattia Bonetti, and the artworks are by Robert Longo. LE F T: The family room’s Billards Toulet pool table converts with a PingPong top. The rug is custom, the stool is by Arper, and the Emmanuel Babled pendant is from Galerie Yves Gastou. The artworks, from Andy Warhol’s “Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century,” include (from left) George Gershwin, Sarah Bernhardt, Franz Kafka, Golda Meir, and Louis Brandeis.
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naturally drawn to color—I don’t dislike color, but it’s not what I am known for, so I was out of my comfort zone. Each space had to have its own flavor and character, yet it all had to work together,” she says. The apartment also had to be functional—it is, after all, at the beach. “There’s nothing precious in there at all. There’s nowhere that you can’t put your feet up or sit in a wet bathing suit, or where you need a coaster,” Krakoff says. “Those things drive me crazy.” The decorative fireworks start at the front door. What could have been a forlorn, back-of-house passageway was transformed by a design gesture so bold, it set the fearless tone for the rest of the apartment: a wavy, rainbow-hued Sol LeWitt drawing that snakes through the 50-foot-long, windowless L-shaped hallway. “I knew the space needed something really strong,” Krakoff says, noting that the LeWitt mural is “site-specific: You choose the design, and it is tailored to fit the exact geometry of the wall.” Around the corner, the loftlike open living space—which encompasses sitting, dining, and kitchen areas—reveals wraparound glass views of sky and ocean, whose cerulean hues inform but by no means limit the vivid furnishings. Jean Royère chairs, upholstered in a metallic fabric, and a shimmery dining table by Martin Szekely top a circular hide rug whose fuchsia and navy stripes reflect in a golden console by the Campana Brothers. The glossy white kitchen gets its juicy hit from Reed Krakoff’s new seafoam-green tableware for Tiffany & Co. Andy Warhol’s kaleidoscopic series, “Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century”—penetrating images of famous Jewish personalities such as Sigmund Freud and Golda Meir—animates the family room. A spacious sitting area off the hallway, meanwhile, which serves as a kind of lobby for the family to gather in before going out to dinner, is outfitted with a sectional sofa by Ron Arad that brings to mind a child’s toy-block assemblage. It’s as much irreverent sculpture as communal seating, and it fits right into the overall atmosphere. “This apartment is a folly,” Krakoff says. “The family doesn’t go there very often, so there was even more latitude to make it super fun and crazy.” That kind of spirited style is what launched the Surf Club in the first place. ◾ For a tour of this home, go to elledecor.com/krakoff
Jean Royère chairs surround a Martin Szekely table from Galerie Kreo in the dining area. The custom Mathieu Lehanneur pendant is from Carpenters Workshop Gallery, the rug is by Kyle Bunting, and the console is by Fernando and Humberto Campana for Edra. The artwork is by Jim Dine. For details, see Resources.
STAR QUALITY FOR TELEVISION HIT MAKER DARREN STAR, LEE F. MINDEL DESIGNS A SERENE NEW YORK LOFT WITH URBANE FLAIR.
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In the master bedroom sitting area of Darren Star’s New York City loft, which was designed by Lee F. Mindel, the sofa is by Zanotta, the chairs and Charlotte Perriand bookshelf are from Cassina, and the vintage cocktail table is by Jacques Dumond. OPPOSITE: Star in the entry, where the artwork is by Glenn Ligon.
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The living room’s custom sofa is in a Chapas Textiles fabric, the vintage cardboard chairs are by Frank Gehry, and the 1960s chair is by Poul Kjaerholm. The Willy Rizzo cocktail table is topped by a Merete Rasmussen sculpture, the lamp is by Serge Mouille, and the artwork is by Jose Dávila.
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pitches a year. Maybe a dozen make it to your screens. Those are terrible odds. But not for Darren Star. In 1990, he launched Beverly Hills, 90210, a prime-time soap opera about teenagers who create a kind of family. He followed that with Melrose Place, about another self-created family, this time of young adults. Then he introduced Sex and the City, the first series to showcase unmarried career women who lean on one another, not on men. Along the way, he became an icon: a writer who invented a genre. At first glance, Star’s longtime friend Lee F. Mindel has designed a Manhattan loft in a discreet building just off lower Fifth Avenue that looks more like an urban retreat for a monk than the New York City base of a media impresario. It reads as a rhapsody in white and gray: brick walls, as Mindel puts it, “limed to create a veil of lightness,” freestanding millwork room dividers that look like “floating sculptures,” unadorned windows that celebrate the neighboring buildings and fire escapes and serve, as Mindel says, as “framed urban art spaces.” For a man who owns exuberant art and dramatic furniture in the residences he keeps in Los Angeles and the Hamptons, Star’s New York loft is a whisper. Awards? On a shelf in his library in Los Angeles. As he observes, “Here, even the brick is quiet.” 86
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The master bed has a headboard in a Cowtan & Tout fabric, the sconces are by Gubi, and the nightstands are by Room & Board.
In the lounge, the sofa is by Zanotta, the chairs are from Cassina, the cocktail table is custom, and the stool is by Michel Boyer. The 1970 Lorenzo Burchiellaro mirror is from Hemisphere Gallery, the custom rug is by V’Soske, and the artwork is by Richard Misrach.
The master bedroom’s custom closet is by Poliform. The leather stool is vintage, and the tote is by Hermès.
But there is an animating concept in this home, an echo of the theme that has powered Star’s shows: the idea of the nonnuclear family as a circle. In the dining area, a round table sits on a square carpet with a circular insert. A visitor instinctively gravitates to this table, which is multipurpose, serving as Star’s desk and dining and conference table. Sitting here with friends and colleagues, he lives out the emotional environment of his best-known shows. “It’s subliminal simplicity—the circle embraces you,” Mindel explains. “You don’t notice. You’re not supposed to.”
In the living room, your eye is first drawn to the Frank Gehry chairs of corrugated cardboard and the large black Richard Serra painting. Only then do you notice the more subtle touches. “The stripes in the rug make the space seem wider,” Mindel says, “and the palette echoes the bricks of the building across the street.” Finally, “because the art grows out of the space,” your eye rests on a pale circle: a hollowed-out artwork by Jose Dávila that fills most of the brick wall. In its previous incarnations, the loft was an unarticulated hybrid of styles that had, Mindel ELLE DECOR
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recalls, “lost its sense of New York City loftness.” No longer: “My intent was to reference West Side Story.” The sprinkler pipes aren’t hidden. The fittings on the sliding doors that cover the elevator are shiny silver, but definitely industrial in style. The doors in the master closet are so glossy that the fire escape is ref lected on them. And the wall behind the oversize TV in the bedroom is plastered cement, an echo of a wall in the living room. Star’s current series is Younger. It’s set in New York, nominally about a 40-year-old single mom who passes herself off as 26 in order to get a job. It stars Sutton Foster, acclaimed in the
city for her work in theater, and now known in points west for this show. Is that a break from his tradition? Not really; as ever, Star has again written warm and credible roles for women. And, as in Sex and the City, his women “learn from each other, support one another, and work together.” What’s novel is something he couldn’t do on other shows: He can look out the window and see the set, which on this particular day happens to be half a block away. No wonder, bathed in natural light and cosseted by decor that doesn’t call attention to itself, he says: “This building is for my most comfortable self. I recharge here.” ◾
In the dining area, the table is by Poul Kjaerholm, the Saarinen chairs are in a Maharam fabric, the dishes are by MUD Australia, and the glasses are by CB2. The blue Murano vessel is by Laura de Santillana.
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The kitchen’s cabinetry is by Bulthaup, the Tov stools are from Houzz, the Poul Henningsen pendants are from MSK Illuminations, and the 1970 lamp is by Curtis JerÊ. For details, see Resources.
THE STONES OF VENICE
FROM THE STYLISH 16TH-CENTURY TOWNHOUSE SHE CALLS HOME TO HER GEM-FILLED ATELIER ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL, JEWELER ANTONIA MILETTO LEADS A FAIRY-TALE EXISTENCE IN VENICE. BY STELLENE VOL ANDES
PRODUCED BY WHITNEY ROBINSON
PHOTOGR APHS BY JA MES MERRELL
In the second-floor living room of Antonia Miletto’s 16th-century home in Venice, the sofa is custom, and the vintage floor lamps are by Luigi Caccia Dominioni. The 19th-century drawings are from Naples, and the 1920s ebony elephant figurine is a family heirloom. OPPOSITE: Miletto and her dachshund, Teo, on the stairs to the attic. The circa-1950 table is Italian.
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An antique buffalo horn tops a circa-1800 table in the second-oor living room. The neoclassical chandelier is French, and the large painting is a 1925 portrait of Miletto’s grandmother and her siblings by Giuseppe Montanari.
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of my life,” says Antonia Miletto. “When I am there I want to be here, and when I am here I want to be there.” If she and I were there— Venice, Italy—we would be having a coffee at Gelateria Paolin, a charming outdoor café on Campo Santo Stefano, not far from her jewelry shop. But we are here—New York City, where Miletto keeps an apartment and is in town for a month to take a jewelry-sketching class. We settle for Sant Ambroeus on Madison Avenue. Miletto wears, as she always does, a heavy gold chain ring with a vintage diamond at the center. The stone, she tells me, was her grandmother’s. On top of it is a newer design featuring a large black-glass intaglio she found in Rome. “There were about 20 of them glued onto a page with the word Lalique handwritten across the top,” Miletto says. She has incorporated the discovery into several new pieces of intaglio jewelry—rings, earrings, pendants hung from gold wire—largely surrounded by her signature ebony etched with a line of pavé diamonds. Family treasures and treasures found—be they Roman intaglios, old-mine-cut diamonds, bronze rhino statues, Neapolitan drawings, maternal portraits in Carnival dress, carved wooden tables, or antique glass chandeliers—are at the heart of how Miletto creates and how she lives. “I never think of this place as finished,” she says of her three-story house in Venice’s Santa Croce neighborhood, which she has furnished with family antiques and modern curiosities. “It is always full of what I think of as ‘encounters,’ ” she says. “These are pieces I have ‘met’ or discovered throughout my life. It is also how I put together my jewelry.” Miletto’s first encounter with Venice, the city she now calls home, occurred when she was about six years old. She and her mother were visiting from their native Rome when the young Antonia took her mother by the hand and announced that she would bring her back here to die. That might sound morbid, but as Jan Morris wrote in her memoir of the city, The World of Venice, “Nothing in the story of Venice is ordinary. She was born dangerously [and] lived grandly.” Miletto’s story is just another testament to Venice casting its spell. “I cannot explain it,” she says. “The city has always drawn me to it.” She came for university, and before she left to marry Albano Guatti—an artist whose work can still be found on her walls, even though they are no longer married—she bought one floor of this house. Over the years, she added the other two. “It was the view of the garden,” she says.
Miletto paired a glass top and Lucite trestles to create the desk in her home studio. The side table is by Kartell, the lamp is by Philippe Starck, the circa-1900 rug is Chinese, and the artwork is by Justine Bradley.
RIGHT: At Miletto’s shop, an 1860s ebony pendant incorporates Indian miniature plaques and cognac diamonds. BE LOW: Miletto’s jewelry designs are displayed alongside vintage pieces.
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In an attic guest room, the bed is topped with Fedora Design pillows, and the rug is Persian. RIGHT: The 1940s chair is Italian, the circa-1900 desk is Chinese, and the antique mirror (left) is Venetian.
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“The windows look out on Ca’ Tron, With Miletto, there is always a a palazzo that is now part of Univernote of discretion, punctuated with sità Iuav di Venezia, and there are a stroke of style. She sits across palms and birds. In May, the scent from me in a simple gray cashmere from the linden trees—wow.” And sweater, no visible makeup, blonde hair tucked elegantly behind her ears, although she was sold on the view, but then a pair of vintage diamond she says there may be “too many earrings slyly make an appearance. windows” in the place. “It’s open The look is her signature, underon three sides, so there’s not really played but impactful. “Everything is a space for formal chairs, and I had to have these sofas all custom made.” white in the house,” she says. “The The red sofa is where she spends the floors are oak.” But there, winking most time. “Red is one of my colors. out from the scarlet cushions of the I like them strong. Red, orange, yelsofa, is a persimmon pillow embroilow. I don’t like blue.” The penchant dered with a rabbit. “I have funny From her attic window, animals all over the house.” for shades “the color of the sun” is Miletto has a view of Ca’ Tron, evident throughout the house and at She also has one sitting in a cama 16th-century palazzo, and a grove of fan palms. her jewelry gallery, where the walls ouflage tote below our café table. Her are lined in an orange silk. beloved dachshund, Teo, never leaves It’s not the only visible connection between how Miletto her side. In Venice, he comes each morning to the shop. “I designs and how she decorates. At home, on a windowsill take a gondola to work every day,” says Miletto, describing looking onto the garden, is a 1920s ebony elephant that came the fairy-tale elements of real life in this picturesque city. from her great-grandmother’s apartment in Milan. “My sis- “But Venice is not Disneyland. We have a very close comter has the other one,” Miletto says. “I saw them all the time munity of people who actually live here. I cross the Grand when I was little and thought they were so big.” Could this Canal to go to the gallery, and I might have lunch at Harry’s elephant have inspired her use of ebony in her collection? Bar or Osteria Al Bacareto. After work, we take a boat to “Ah, could be,” she says. Miletto sketches her designs at the one of the islands or have a drink along the canal at a place glass-and-Lucite desk in her third-floor studio and employs like Cantinone Già Schiavi. I don’t often get back home until a team of Italian craftsmen to carve the ebony and other evening. You are never alone in Venice.” As if on cue, or in woods she sets with stones like carnelian and citrine. proudly Italian affirmation, Teo barks loudly. ◾ For a tour of this home, go to elledecor.com/miletto
Miletto and Teo traverse the Grand Canal each morning by gondola to get to her shop in Venice’s San Marco district. For details, see Resources.
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The facade of the National Museum of Qatar in Doha, photographed in February. OPPOSITE: Architect Jean Nouvel.
PETAL POWER
INSPIRED BY RARE DESERT ROSES, PRITZKER PRIZE–WINNING ARCHITECT JEAN NOUVEL UNVEILS HIS LATEST MASTERPIECE, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF QATAR, TO ELLE DECOR. BY JULIE L ASKY PHOTOGR APHS BY JA MES MERRELL
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Jean Nouvel, the Pritzker Prize–winning French architect, is describing the system he used to build the National Museum of Qatar. Made of 250,000 different glass fiber–reinforced concrete elements fixed to a steel frame in curving sections, the building sprawls like scattered, overlapping petals at the edge of the Persian Gulf. The engineering drawings look like Piranesi drafted them after a few double espressos. And yet there is a structural logic, explains Nouvel, who is a master of complexity. It is mid-February in Doha, the burgeoning capital of Qatar. The National Museum is scheduled to open in about one month, and for the first time the press is allowed a foot in the door. Exterior sketches have been circulating since 2010, but the galleries are a mystery. Was this building to be a showy piece of architectural ambition, a gorgeous sculpture wrapped around a very big box? Or would it be “crazy” inside and out, the kind of museum that drives its curators to despair? It is thoroughly and completely irregular, Nouvel—clad in his habitual black—declares before leading a group of us on a tour. But it works because the collection, which includes elaborate multimedia displays, was developed in lockstep with the architecture. “It’s not an art museum,” he says. Rather, the National Museum is a triumphant monument, an encapsulation, and a seminar on Qatar’s past, present, and future. It celebrates the forces that in little more than a century transformed a sparsely populated nomadic crossroads into a multifaceted state with a cultural agenda and a portfolio of attention-demanding architecture. Located on the Corniche, the highway that skirts Doha’s bay, Nouvel’s museum stands near an early-20th-century palace where members of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family
once lived. From 1975 until 1996, the palace contained the country’s first national museum and a popular aquarium. But in the aughts, the then-emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, wanted a more potent symbol of national identity. Nouvel, at work on an office tower in Doha (an attenuated capsule sheathed in a silver veil), was commissioned to design a museum evoking the desert—Qatar’s literal foundation—while underscoring the country’s modernity. As a symbol—and, more extraordinary, a physical model—Nouvel alighted on the desert rose. This cluster of mineral petals is what develops below the desert surface when saltwater massages gypsum and sand until they bond into an elaborate crystal. It is “architecture created by the desert itself,” he explains. “It is the work of the wind, of the sand, for millennia.” The 560,000-square-foot National Museum holds 11 galleries that narrate the history of Qatar. The chronology, which takes nine-tenths of a mile to unfold, highlights the region’s geological formation, natural habitats, Bedouin culture, and early coastal settlements and their pearl trade. It also wends through Qatar’s unification under the Al Thani family and the 20th-century discoveries of oil and natural gas that propelled a modern economy and one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. More important, it doesn’t shy away from the hard issues: The last gallery, which is still in development, brings visitors up to date on political events like the blockade imposed on Qatar in 2017 by its neighbors. “Qatar is trying to grow its national museums through an organic process from within,” Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the current chairperson of Qatar Museums and Sheikh Hamad’s daughter, has said. “We don’t want to have what there is in the West. We want to build our own identities, create an open dialogue.” The building is composed of 250,000 glass fiber– reinforced concrete elements fixed to a steel frame in curving sections. BE LOW: A desert rose.
Nouvel with Ahmad Musa Al-Namla, acting CEO of Qatar Museums.
Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, chairperson of Qatar Museums.
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Nouvel designed a museum that behaves like music, with a thunderous whisper, and a camel rises shakily from its an underlying logic but a persistent sense of expectation. crouch. Bedouin women carry a tent, and a family and their The bloom-like pavilions form a ring that embraces the falcon gather in front of their abode near a fire. Color flares restored palace like the clasp on a choker. Ceilings swoop. in these monochromatic scenes, directed by the Academy Floors are uneven. And everything, inside and out, is the Award–nominated Abderrahmane Sissako, as if a match color of sand. “Every time you look, you say, ‘What is this were struck and quickly extinguished. “They are very weird space?’ ” he says. “You don’t know what will happen.” organic; they’re like curtains in the gallery,” said Sheikha In the gallery dedicated to natural history and the envi- Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani, who took over as ronment, we pause to watch a dazzling film of a whale shark the museum’s director in 2012. cavorting in the Persian Gulf. Projected on 360 degrees of A strange thing about the National Museum of Qatar: It slanted, discontinuous walls, the shark glides over the gaps cannot take a bad picture. Back outside, I circle the exterior and overlaps. The peripheral is made immersive. The oyster with an iPhone. Each shot captures distinct clusters of desshell becomes as precious as the pearl. ert rose petals, shadows cast by wafer-thin overhangs, and When Nouvel received the commission, “We quickly wedges of azure sky. When Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Museum discovered there was not a lot of material,” he says. The Bilbao, he had nothing to compete with country’s nomadic forebears traveled except some rusty infrastructure. Today, light. Peggy Loar, previously the head as Qatar prepares to host the 2022 FIFA of the Wolfsonian Museum, arrived in World Cup, Doha has the Museum of 2008 as the first director and worked with conservationists to patch up objects Islamic Art designed by I.M. Pei and the from the old national museum. Some Qatar National Library designed by OMA. It has Damien Hirst sculptures and Richarchaeological finds were brought from Al Zubarah, an abandoned 200-year-old ard Serra totems. Nouvel’s Doha Tower coastal trading post 60 miles northwest stands in the sparkling forest of new buildings on the bay. of Doha. Destined for the museum’s Over lunch, I ask him if these precPearls and Celebrations Gallery was edents caused him to raise the bar on a carpet woven 150 years ago for the maharaja of Baroda in India and embroiambition. “Bilbao was a wow because we dered with a million and a half Gulf had never before seen vocabulary of this kind,” he says. “But for me, the context pearls, plus diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, and rubies. has to make sense.” ABOVE: Objects in the collection include (clockwise from top) the Pearl But the museum’s bespoke films are Well, the National Museum is a wow, Carpet of Baroda; a 19th-century he is told. the real jewels. At the mouth of the galChinese porcelain foo dog handle; He looks modestly at his chicken. lery about life in the desert, magnified and 10th-century Chinese bowls found in a shipwreck. “Is it?” ◾ silver-gray sand pours down a wall with E L L E D E C O R 101
The living room of the Palm Beach vacation home of Heidi McWilliams, which was designed in 1923 by architect Marion Sims Wyeth and recently redecorated by Sam Ewing. The claret armchairs (right) and hexagonal table are by Rose Tarlow Melrose House; the table is topped with a Henry Moore sculpture and Egyptian vessels. The rug is by Patterson Flynn Martin, the coffered ceiling is original, and an Anish Kapoor mirrored wall sculpture hangs over a 16th-century Italian limestone mantel.
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RESTORED TO ITS FORMER GLORY, A LEGENDARY 1920 S PALM BEACH HOUSE BECOMES A SHOWCASE FOR A STRIKING COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART. BY NANCY HASS
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In the entry, the 18th-century chair is Italian, the sconces are Art Deco, and a wrought-iron railing frames a limestone staircase. The sculpture is by Tony Cragg, and the oil painting is by Joan Mitchell.
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Heidi McWilliams, a Manh at t a n a r t adv i s er, a nd her husband, a f inancier, decided they might like to rent a furnished apartment in Palm Beach for a month or so. They had spent a significant amount of time over the years visiting the elegant community, with its wide boulevards, genteel treelined downtown, and bubbling social scene. McWilliams, who owned an art gallery in New York until 2009, has many clients and friends in the area. Although the couple live much of the year in an Upper East Side building originally designed by socialite and etiquette guru Emily Post and spend summers in an Italianate mansion overlooking the ocean in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, they were hoping to escape the worst of winter. Their relatively modest plans were soon thwarted. Within days of starting to look for an apartment, they were shown one of the spectacular houses built by the famed architect Marion Sims Wyeth during Palm Beach’s original 1920s heyday, on a bucolic private road in one of the city’s most 104 E L L E D E C O R
vaunted neighborhoods. For McWilliams, who is known for her delicate touch in mixing contemporary art with ancient objects, it was kismet. “You can’t help but be entranced by history like this,” she says. “It just draws you in.” Wyeth was born in Manhattan, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and designed more than 100 houses in Palm Beach over half a century, including Mar-a-Lago and the 45,000-square-foot, 124-room 1927 Cielito Lindo for five-and-dime heiress Jessie Woolworth Donahue. The 6,000-square-foot residence with which McWilliams and her husband fell in love may be somewhat less sprawling than those grandiose mansions, but it is no less full of Wyethian charm and characteristic detail. In fact, the house was once half of a larger home, divided by bulldozing a central section in the aftermath of the Great Depression, a move that was common in Palm Beach at the time. “The original homes were comically large and unwieldy,” McWilliams says, “so it made good sense.” Cielito Lindo, for example, was subdivided in the 1940s into five villas of 12 rooms each; the dining room was demolished to make way for a major road laid through the spread. The McWilliams residence, which is landmarked, has all the hallmarks of Wyeth’s best work. With the help of architect Andrew Scott Kirschner, with whom the couple had worked on other residences, they took the plaster walls
The table in the dining room has a Dennis & Leen base and a custom walnut top from Holly Hunt. The chairs are by Rose Tarlow Melrose House, the chandelier is by Orsman, and the antique Persian rug is from VandenLoom.
In the living room, the sofa, in a de Le Cuona linen damask, chairs, in a Clarence House fabric, and walnut commodes are by Rose Tarlow Melrose House. The lamps are made from 19th-century stone pillars, the artwork is by Jason Martin, and the walls are in Benjamin Moore’s China White.
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a custom headboard in a C&C Milano fabric and a coverlet and pillows in a Zimmer + Rohde damask. The chaise is by George Smith, the bench is by Paul Ferrante, and the artwork is by Nabil Nahas. BE LOW LE F T: The powder room’s sink and faucet are by P.E. Guerin, the pendant is by Paul Ferrante, the antique encaustic tiles are from L’Antiquario, and the vase is by Aerin. BE LOW: In the office, a circa-1930 Scandinavian desk from Gerald Bland is framed by Dessin Fournir chairs in a Lee Jofa fabric. The Art Deco rug is from Nazmiyal Collection.
down to the studs to refresh the surfaces, but the ceilings, moldings, and floors—where much of Wyeth’s panache and personality can be seen—largely were saved and burnished. “When my feet touch that old wood, I find great meaning,” says McWilliams of the replaned oak boards throughout. The carved ceiling in the 30-foot-long living room is particularly gobsmacking—beautiful, though challenging from a decorating standpoint, she concedes. With hundreds of octagonal and square coffers, each one elaborately painted like a miniature oil in shades of coral, blue-gray, and pale green, its intensity can make choosing furnishings difficult. To balance that, McWilliams, working with the designer Sam Ewing, chose to keep things simple and uncluttered, with neutral walls and a selection of graceful seating in rich fabrics, including a pair of curvy Rose Tarlow Melrose House chairs she had covered in a deep claret velvet. She also removed the original fireplace, which was lovely but too large and ornate; now there is a slightly smaller, less imposing one, found in Italy, of 16th-century limestone. In the dining room, the rustic ceiling was replaced with the highest grade of cypress, stained deep red, and painted with trompe l’oeil panels based on the floor-border mosaic in the billiard room at the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, the former Vanderbilt mansion. “This dining room is now one of the most romantic rooms I’ve ever been in,” she says.
McWilliams does not believe in simply mixing old architecture with new art—that would be too obvious. Wyeth designed the fountain beside the swimming pool. ABOVE: McWilliams in the entrance hall. The custom bench is by Dennis & Leen, and the artwork is by Jean Dubuffet.
In keeping with her vocation, throughout the house McWilliams contrasted the period-perfect architecture with blue-chip contemporary art. Above the fireplace mantel, an Anish Kapoor stainless steel mirror sculpture reflects the vivid ceiling; on side tables nearby sit a small 1960 Henry Moore bronze of a girl’s head and a hefty fragment of one of John Chamberlain’s famed crushed cars. Flanking the curved central staircase—she switched out the stone treads with limestone, but kept the delicate curved wrought-iron railing—are a 1960 Joan Mitchell oil painting, Blue Gentian, and a stacked 2012 bronze by Tony Cragg. But McWilliams does not believe in simply mixing old architecture with new art—that would be too obvious. Instead, she has also studded the house with antiquities, which add yet another dimension. There is a piece of a Roman sarcophagus in the entrance hall, and several ovoid Egyptian vessels from around 330 B.C. sit next to the Henry Moore bronze in the living room. “You have to have layers, and you have to have warmth,” she says. “I love the challenge of taking something significant and historic and, while respecting it and deepening it, making it new, making it your own.” ◾ For a tour of this home, go to elledecor.com/mcwilliams
The loggia’s sofa, chairs, and John Dickinson footed tables are all from Sutherland. The black Jacques Garcia side table is from McGuire, the rug is from Perennials, the ceiling and beams are of pecky cypress, and the wall artwork is by Maren Kloppmann. For details, see Resources.
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Ben Soleimani on a polo ďŹ eld in Indio, California, with rugs from his new collection.
BRAND NEW GAME UPON THE LAUNCH OF HIS EPONYMOUS BRAND, BEN SOLEIMANI INVITES US INTO HIS FAST-PACED, STYLISH WORLDS. BY VANESSA L AWRENCE PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON PHOTOGR APHS BY DOUGL AS FRIEDM AN AND SIMON WATSON ST YLED BY OLIVIA GREGORY
built his reputation as one of the world’s top creators of contemporary, highly luxurious rugs. But with the launch of his eponymous e-commerce collection, he is poised to become a major player in the home-furnishings industry, with products that will eventually encompass every aspect of a person’s home, from floor to ceiling. If the scale of his new venture sounds ambitious, Soleimani feels more than prepared. “I’ve been designing this stuff in my head for years,” he says by phone from his London apartment, adding that as a rug designer, he has had the opportunity to work with many of the world’s top interior designers. “I’ve refined my eye. I’ve learned so much.” Be that as it may, Ben Soleimani the brand marks a different chapter for Ben Soleimani the man—and for his loyal customer base. A direct-to-consumer model, the company is Soleimani’s answer to the void he perceives between design-center offerings (typically only available to professional interior designers) and mass-market goods (open to all but sometimes lacking in quality). 112 E L L E D E C O R
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OVER T H R EE D EC A D ES, B EN S O L EI M A N I H AS
Polo players on a ďŹ eld layered with a selection of Soleimani’s new rugs.
OPPOSITE: In the living room of Soleimani’s Lon-
don apartment, which he designed with Waldo Fernandez, the vintage leather chair is French, and the custom sofa is topped with pillows and a cashmere throw by Soleimani. The armchair (one of a pair), cocktail table, and Soleimani rug are all custom. On the table, the trays, vessels, and F.L. Kenett sculpture are from Willer. The room is painted in Farrow & Ball’s All White, and the artworks are by Rob Pruitt.
Soleimani in the den, where the André Sornay–style armchairs are covered in a Moore & Giles suede and the Ado Chale cocktail table is topped with a platter and bowls by Mud Australia and Tom Dixon candleholders. The pillow, rug, and curtain fabric are by Soleimani, and the artwork is by Garth Weiser.
PHOTOGR APHER: SIMON WATSON; ST YLIST: OLIVIA GREGORY; ASSISTANT ST YLISTS: MILLY BRUCE AND ELENA FANTUZ ZI
T he site went l ive i n Febr ua r y w it h 1,000 objects for sale, among them a nubby basket-weave pillow for $59, a sand-colored chevron cashmere throw for $495, and a black-and-white handwoven wool ikat rug for $695. At the higher end of the offerings is a sumptuous modern take on a traditional Persian rug, hand-knotted of gray New Zealand wool, starting at $2,295 and available in a range of sizes. Soleimani took pains to ensure that the website’s images would be in a notably high resolution. (“You can almost smell the rug in front of you on the screen,” he says.) T h e i m a g e s a re s upplemente d by a 360-degree video function that helps buyers better envision each piece in a space. There is
In the office, the lacquer bookcases with metal inserts are custom.
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In the master bedroom, the headboard’s upholstery and the bed linens and throw are by Ben Soleimani. The vintage Christian Dell lamp on the custom nightstand is from Blackman Cruz.
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a white-glove delivery service, and specially trained designers are on hand to answer customers’ questions online. And next year, Soleimani plans to add furniture, accessories, and hardware to the mix. “We want to be a one-stop shop for the home,” he says, “with a real point of view and amazing service at prices that are revolutionary for the high level of quality.” Soleimani is the fourth generation of his family to work in the rug industry. His parents own Mansour, a company with a Royal Warrant from the Prince of Wales. Soleimani was born in Iran and moved to London at age six. When he was 16, he set off for Los Angeles to open an American outpost of Mansour, which he ran while taking college-level business courses at night. He began designing his own pieces and created the Mansour Modern line of high-end contemporary rugs, with patterns by such top names as Michael S. Smith and Victoria Hagan. In 2010, he launched the Ben Soleimani Collection of rugs for RH, Restoration Hardware. “I’ve
I’ve always liked “things simple and not cluttered.” BEN SOLEIMANI
always liked things simple and not cluttered,” he says. “I was the kind of kid whose toys were always lined up and parked in a corner.” That same clean approach applies to the duplex he bought five years ago in London, where he spends most of his time. Situated near St. James’s Palace and next to Green Park, the three-bedroom apartment was designed with the help of Waldo Fernandez, who also worked on Soleimani’s Los Angeles home. In the living room, paintings from Rob Pruitt’s Panda series mix with club chairs in the style of Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. A colorful artwork by Günther Förg hangs in the dining room—at least for now. Soleimani likes to move things around every so often because, as he puts it, “a trained eye needs to be exercised all the time.” He also takes the idea of exercise more literally: An avid polo player since he was in his 20s, he competes in matches in such places as England, Argentina, and California. His athletic pursuits mirror his aesthetic ones. “With both, I’m all in,” he says. “It’s not something I do halfway. I don’t think I know how to do things halfway in my life.” ◾ For a tour of this home, go to elledecor.com/soleimani
PHOTOGR APHER: SIMON WATSON; ST YLIST: OLIVIA GREGORY; ASSISTANT ST YLISTS: MILLY BRUCE AND ELENA FANTUZ ZI
Black-and-white photographs line the stairwell, where the custom carpet is by Soleimani.
The dining room’s stone table and Pierre Chareau–style chairs are all custom, the glazed pot and bowl are from Willer, and the glass vase is by Marimekko. The painting is by Günther Förg. For details, see Resources.
RESOURCES Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 20: Daybed fabric: Casamance,
casamance.com. Throw: Hermès, hermes.com. PAGE 22: Mirror: John Rosselli & Associates, johnrosselli.com. SHOWCASE PAGE 53: Wallpaper: Wallshoppe, wallshoppe.com. PAGE 54: Wallshoppe. PAGE 56: Wall decals:
Made of Sundays, madeofsundays .com.
Stool: Arper, arper.com. Pendant: Galerie Yves Gastou, galerieyves gastou.com. PAGES 82–83: Bed: Christian Liaigre, liaigre.com. Armchairs: Fritz Hansen, fritzhansen.com. Nightstands: Molteni&C, molteni.it. Table: Roche Bobois, roche-bobois.com. Lamps: Ralph Lauren Home, ralph laurenhome.com. Artworks: Vik Muniz, vikmuniz.net; Cao Fei, caofei .com. Dining table: Galerie Kreo, galeriekreo.com. Pendant: Carpenters Workshop Gallery, carpenters workshopgallery.com. Rug: Kyle Bunting, kylebunting.com. Console: Edra, edra.com.
PAGES 94–95: Side table: Kartell, kartell.com. Lamp: Philippe Starck, starck.com. Artwork: Justine Bradley, justinebradley.com. PAGES 96–97: Pillows: Fedora Design, fedoradesign .com.
CLOSET CONFIDENTELLE PAGES 62–63: Closet: California
Closets, californiaclosets.com. Sliding door: Model Line Design, modelline design.com. Hangers: The Container Store, containerstore.com. Rugs: The Rug Company, therugcompany.com; Calvin Klein, calvinklein.us.
PETAL POWER PAGES 98–101: National Museum
of Qatar, qm.org.qa. Architecture: Jean Nouvel, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, jeannouvel.com.
Sofa, chairs, and commode: Rose Tarlow Melrose House. Paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Headboard fabric: C&C Milano, cec-milano .com. Coverlet and pillow fabrics: Zimmer + Rohde, zimmer-rohde.com. Chaise: George Smith, georgesmith .com. Bench: Paul Ferrante, paul ferrante.com. Sink and faucet: P.E. Guerin, peguerin.com. Pendant: Paul Ferrante. Tiles: L’Antiquario, lantiquario.com. Vase: Aerin, aerin .com. Desk: Gerald Bland, gerald blandinc.com. Chairs: Dessin Fournir, dessinfournir.com. Chairs fabric: Lee Jofa, leejofa.com. Rug: Nazmiyal Collection, nazmiyalantiquerugs.com. PAGES 108–109: Bench: Dennis & Leen. Sofa, chairs, and footed tables: Sutherland, sutherlandfurniture.com. Table: McGuire, mcguirefurniture .com. Rug: Perennials, perennials fabrics.com. Artwork: Maren Kloppmann, marenkloppmann.com.
ANATOMY OF A HOUSE
Interior design: Nebihe Cihan, Nebihe Cihan Studio, nebihecihan.com. PAGE 70: Chaise longue, chairs, tables, dining table, dining chairs, headboard, bedroom seating, and nightstands: Flexform, flexform.it. Lamp: Christian Liaigre, liaigre.com. Sculpture: Tony Cragg, tony-cragg .com. Chandelier: Pouenat, pouenat .fr. Bedding: Frette, frette.com. Rug: Holly Hunt, hollyhunt.com. DESIGNER JOURNEYS PAGES 73–75: Maison Halaby, maison
halaby.com. Pierluigi, pierluigi.it. Chez Dede, chezdede.com. Soledad Twombly, soledadtwombly.com. Umberto Mantineo, umbertomantineo.com.
BLUE-CHIP SPECIAL
Interior design: Delphine Krakoff, Pamplemousse Design Inc., pamplemoussedesign.com. PAGES 76–77: Artwork: Chuck Close, chuckclose.com. Bookcase: Glas Italia, glasitalia.com. Painting: Alex Katz, alexkatz.com. PAGES 78–79: Sectional: Minotti, minotti.com. Chairs: Ecart International, ecart.paris. Pendant: Friedman Benda, friedmanbenda.com.
PAGES 80–81: Chairs: Artifort, artifort .com. Cocktail table: Ron Arad, ronarad.co.uk. Cabinetry: Boffi, boffi .com. Pendants: Flos, flos.com. Tableware: Tiffany & Co., tiffany.com. Console: BD Barcelona Design, bdbarcelona.com. Artworks: Robert Longo, robertlongo.com. Pool table: Billards Toulet, billard-toulet.com.
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STAR QUALITY
Interior design: Lee F. Mindel, SheltonMindel, sheltonmindel.com. PAGES 84–85: Sofa: Zanotta, zanotta .it. Chairs and bookshelf: Cassina, cassina.com. Artwork: Glenn Ligon, glennligonstudio.com. PAGES 86–87: Sofa fabric: Chapas Textiles, chapas textiles.com. Cocktail table: Willy Rizzo, willyrizzo.com. Sculpture: Merete Rasmussen, mereterasmussen .com. Lamp: Serge Mouille, serge mouille.com. Artwork: Jose Davila, josedavila.mx.
PAGES 88–89: Headboard fabric: Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com. Sconces: Gubi, gubi.com. Nightstands: Room & Board, roomandboard.com. Sofa: Zanotta. Chairs: Cassina. Mirror: Hemisphere Gallery, hemisphere gallery.com. Rug: V’Soske, vsoske.com. Closet: Poliform, poliform.it. Tote: Hermès, hermes.com. PAGES 90–91: Chairs fabric: Maharam, maharam .com. Dishes: Mud Australia, mudaustralia.com. Glasses: CB2, cb2 .com. Vessel: Laura de Santillana, lauradesantillana.com. Cabinetry: Bulthaup, bulthaup.com. Stools: Houzz, houzz.com. Pendants: MSK Illuminations, mskilluminations.com.
THE STONES OF VENICE
Interior design: Antonia Miletto, Antonia Miletto Gioielli, antoniamiletto.com.
ARTS & LEISURE
BRAND NEW GAME
Interior design: Sam Ewing, Ewing Noble & Winn Interiors, ewingnoblewinn.com. Architecture: Andrew Scott Kirschner, Jackson Kirschner Architects, jackson kirschner.com. PAGES 102–103: Armchairs and hexagonal table: Rose Tarlow Melrose House, rosetarlow.com. Rug: Patterson Flynn Martin, pattersonflynn martin.com. Sculpture: Anish Kapoor, anishkapoor.com. PAGES 104–105: Sculpture: Tony Cragg, tony-cragg.com. Dining table base: Dennis & Leen, dennisandleen .com. Dining table top: Holly Hunt, hollyhunt.com. Dining chairs: Rose Tarlow Melrose House. Chandelier: Orsman, orsmandesign.com. Rug: VandenLoom, vandenloom.com. PAGES 106–107: Sofa fabric: de Le Cuona, delecuona.com. Chairs fabric: Clarence House, clarencehouse.com.
Interior design: Waldo Fernandez, Waldo’s Designs, waldosdesigns.com; Ben Soleimani, bensoleimani.com. PAGES 110–113: Rugs: Ben Soleimani, bensoleimani.com. PAGES 114–115: Pillows, throw, rugs, and curtain fabric: Ben Soleimani. Trays, vessels, and sculpture: Willer, willer.co.uk. Paint: Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com. Artworks: Rob Pruitt, robpruitt.com. Armchairs fabric: Moore & Giles, mooreandgiles.com. Cocktail table: Ado Chale, adochale.com. Platter and bowls: Mud Australia, mudaustralia.com. Candleholders: Tom Dixon, tomdixon.net. PAGES 116–117: Carpet, headboard upholstery, bed linens, and throw: Ben Soleimani. Lamp: Blackman Cruz, blackmancruz.com. Pot and bowl: Willer. Vase: Marimekko, marimekko .com.
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NOT FOR SALE
Bronze Revival
ITALIAN JEWELRY DESIGNER MADINA VISCONTI CREATES A MODERN CUFF USING AN AGE-OLD TECHNIQUE. PRODUCED BY COURTNEY ARMELE
PHOTOGR APH BY STUART TYSON
Each month, ELLE DECOR asks an artisan to create a unique item for us. At the end of the year, these pieces will be auctioned off to benefit the charity of each maker’s choice.
The lost-wax process, or cire perdue, is a time-honored casting technique in which molten metal is poured into a mold formed by a wax model. Although it sounds simple, the process is painstaking and requires a highly skilled and patient artisan. The ancient Greeks employed it to cast large-scale statues; Auguste Rodin used it to sculpt his iconic Gates of Hell; and in a foundry on the outskirts of Milan, Madina Visconti di Modrone—a descendant of one of the legendary Italian houses of Visconti and daughter of the famed furniture and jewelry designer Osanna Visconti di Modrone—uses the method to craft statement jewelry with a contemporary sensibility. Like its lost-wax forebears, this unique Wave cuff, polished by hand, will stand the test of time. —Samantha Swenson madinavisconti.com
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From the first toast to the final bite, relish every moment and meal.
Cooking. Refrigeration. Dishwashing.