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Coveted Crib: Victoria's Deco Dream Apartment (Part Two)
Yesterday, we toured Victoria's fabulous entry, living room, and studio space. Victoria, a jeweler living by "the jewel of Oakland," Lake Merritt, is the lucky inhabitant of a Deco-era apartment that features much of the original detailing, including several stunning chandeliers (such as the one shown here). To continue the tour with a turn around her study, check out the slideshow.
Crave Worthy: Worlds Away Bennito Side Table
What could be more glamorous than a combination of hand-applied gold leaf, a mirror top, and feminine curves on an Art Deco side table? Nothing seems to come to mind. The Worlds Away Bennito Side Table ($1180) is an Eva Zeisel-meets-Grace-Kelly furnishing for the modern woman.
Home Library: Plants and Their Application to Ornament
Anyone with a little design savvy, flower-philia, or an appreciation for the way that flowers' shapes lend themselves to pattern will covet Plants and Their Application to Ornament. This reprint of Eugène Grasset 's 1897 design book features amazing botanical illustrations of a variety of flowers, from water lilies to lilacs. Each flower illustration is adapted as a pattern for use in such home design applications as rugs, stained glass windows, metalwork, and tile work.
Love It or Hate It? Illuminated Art-Deco Wall Panel
This circa '50s French illuminated wall panel (contact dealer for price) would certainly add a dash of Deco glamour to a home. I can see it in a Hollywood Regency-style mansion or a Deco-decorated theater, but I can hardly imagine it in any other home. Can you?
Crave Worthy: The Paris Table
I heart the Art Deco curlicue shape of this Paris Coffee Table ($1,645) like Milton Glaser hearts NY. It's chunky, solid, reclaimed elm top keeps its calligraphy-esque shape from seeming too la-di-dah, so it mixes well with a variety of décor styles. I may not live in the City of Lights, but I'd surely love to enjoy du vin et fromage on this beauty.
Definition: Art Deco
Art deco is a bold, industrial design style characterized by geometric shapes — particularly triangles — sharp angles, heavy lines, and bold typography. The term grew out of a modern decorative arts exposition held in Paris in 1925, and though the trend continued well into the 1930s, art deco is very closely associated with the styles of the Roaring '20s.
Influenced by the emerging technology of the machine age, as well as the Cubist art movement, art deco can be found everywhere from skyscrapers to poster art to furniture design.
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Coveted Crib: Abbijane Schifrin's Technicolor Townhouse
The Gramercy Park townhouse of the late fashion designer Abbijane Schifrin is on the market for $8.75 million, and it's truly a dream. The five-story 1855 building sits on a delightful, tree-lined street and looks quite prim from the exterior, with a pair of 21 Club-esque jockeys and a cast-iron gate. But inside the house is dressed with glitzy gilt walls, bright turquoise and pink paint, and Mediterranean-style arts and crafts tilework — a drastic deviation from what passersby see.
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- This home is the apple of Elizabeth's eye. — AT:DC
- Tour the Pioneer Women's Lodge. — The Nest
- Craft this owl for your Halloween decorating.
Casa Shops: Schoolhouse Electric
Historic homes and buildings like turn-of-the-century schoolhouses are a treasure trove of great design, featuring ornate moldings and classic light fixtures. But unless you stumble upon one of these real estate wonders, it can be difficult and expensive to track down originals or even true-to-form replicas to give your own home historical authenticity.
Enter 150-year-old Portland lighting company Schoolhouse Electric, which was founded when a collection of original cast-iron molds, all but forgotten for more than a half century, was discovered in an upstate New York warehouse.
Casa Interview: Grey Gardens Set Designer Kalina Ivanov
In a Love It or Hate It poll, I asked for your opinion on the sets of the HBO movie Grey Gardens. You overwhelmingly loved them, just as I did. The film, which focuses on "Big Edie" (played by Jessica Lange) and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale (played by Drew Barrymore), and their home, Grey Gardens, is currently playing on HBO, and the DVD will be available in July.
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