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A Debt of Inspiration to Henry Francis du Pont and Winterthur Museum
> Here I am (far left) with the Winterthur Fellows of the Class of > ‘86 in front of the White House. January in New York – the annual four week celebration of the deco...
A 25th Anniversary Tribute to Jayne Design Studio - A Film by Simon Blake
This post features videographer Simon Blake’s film celebrating twenty five years of Jayne Design Studio. Along with Simon’s Winterthur Museum tribute posted earlier in the month, our anniver...
My Time at Winterthur - An Homage to Henry Francis du Pont
I am the honorary chair of the 52nd annual Delaware Antiques Show opening this Thursday night. I will be giving a talk on Friday morning about my 25 years as a decorator, after my graduate study ...
“Parish-Hadley - Tree of Life”
> The parlor of Julia Reed’s house in New Orleans featured > in Parish-Hadley - Tree of Life. We created a scheme based on > Julia’s memory of her grandmother’s ...
House of Details: The Apartment of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth
> Living Room, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth apartment, New York William Cullum is our guest author for this House of Details, part of a series where we look at key elements that create grea...
An Exotic Journey: The Furniture and Paintings of Lockwood de Forest at Debra Force Fine Art
> A carved teakwood mantel with mirror designed by Lockwood de Forest. > Presumed to be carved by Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company, India. There is an ongoing tradition of wes...
Living with Antiques - My Apartments Over the Last Quarter Century
> Our so called cabinet room is a small space we carved out within our > loft. It is filled with objects that are “curious”, including > family portraits, a stuffe...
Portraits of Interiors
> Interior with Window, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish, 1864-1916 (Lot > 34 of the Sotheby’s 19th Century European Paintings Sale on > December 9th, 2014) My visit to the Bro...
The Genius of Michele Oka Doner
> A vignette in Michele Oka Doner’s studio The arrival of a Christie’s Private Sale catalog with a treasure trove of Michele Oka Doner’s remarkable work is another proof that ...
Hooked Rugs - Both Humble and Celebrated
> A small hooked rug, Lot 852, in the Game Room of Bunny Mellon’s > Oak Spring. (Photo: Sotheby’s) Bunny Mellon’s love of hooked rugs motivates me to sing their praise. ...
Porches Revisited
> The screened porch at the Ford Plantation, commissioned by Town & > Country Our friend, Tony Freund, Director of Fine Art and Editor at 1stdibs , recently asked us for examples of ...
House of Details: Henry Francis du Pont’s Chestertown House
Of particular interest for me is Chestertown House, designed for Henry Francis du Pont and his wife, Ruth Wales du Pont, in Southampton. So in further celebration of Cross & Cross (see my recent ...
The Creole Interiors of Andrew Lamar Hopkins
Andrew Lamar Hopkins is a self-taught historical folk artist. His remarkable paintings are now on view at Nadine Blake’s gallery and shop in the French Quarter, New Orleans where we recentl...
House of Details: My Kips Bay Room, 1996
In honor of this years Kips Bay Showhouse, I dedicate this House of Details post to my Kips Bay room from 1996. I recently saw the pictures in our archive and I think the room still has merit. It...
New York Transformed - the Architecture of Cross & Cross
> The RCA Victor Building (now the General Electric Building) at 570 > Lexington Avenue, New York City, built in 1931. New York Transformed: The Architecture of Cross & Cross ...
The Low Table: The Emphasis of the Whole Room
> A room we decorated in Southampton with a white linen wrapped > low table. My thoughts on low tables are somewhat corroborated by Dorothy Draper in her 1939 book Decorating is Fun...
Americana Week in New York: Interior Drawings and Paintings to Inspire
> Detail from Monks Singing the Office; Olivetan Master and the > Maestri del Corali di Lodi, illuminated manuscript on > parchment, Italy, Lombardy (c. 1439-1447) It is A...
House of Details: The Bartow-Pell Mansion
Mindy Papp is our next guest author in our House of Details series where we look at key elements that create great houses. She writes today about the Bartow-Pell mansion, a treasure located in P...
In honor of Black Friday: Shelf Reading - "Black - The History of a Color"
> Tamara de Lempicka, The Duchess of La Salle, 1925, featured in > Black, The History of a Color, as an example of how black served as > a symbol of modernity. Carlt...
How to Use Draped Tables
> Coronation Portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761, Allan > Ramsay. Collection of Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC “I HAVE A STANDING RULE THAT LIMITS THEIR USE TO ONE O...