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Lacquered-aluminum
bookshelves by Pierre
Paulin in the living
room of Lisa Perry’s
home, page 118.
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THE A-LIST
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The inside scoop on A-List
decorator Mark Cunning-
ham’s new showroom;
design books to read now;
60 seconds with the Cooper
Hewitt’s director, Caroline
Baumann; and more

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WHAT’S HOT
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64
SHOP TALK
Hermès opens a new,
surprisingly edgy location
in downtown Manhattan

TALENT
66
Mansour Modern’s Benja-
min Soleimani taps Kerry
Joyce to create his new
Manhattan showroom

68
For the 40th anniversary
of Ikea’s Billy bookcase,
four design firms put their
spin on the classic shelves

72
TRUTH IN
DECORATING
Genevieve Gorder and
Christian Dunbar spill
the dirt on planters

ED STYLE
81
SHORTLIST
India Mahdavi and
eight things she can’t
live without

84
TIMEKEEPERS ED BUILDER ED LIVING
The latest watches
from Louis Vuitton 95 BRILLIANT 106 114
TOOLBOX BRITISH TALENT Luke Edward Hall is DANIEL’S
90 A roundup of 100 turning heads with his
KITCHENS
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classical motifs and
ROBYN LEA

retro-maximalist style. Fresh and green: Rigatoni

Jewel-encrusted, architectural de Gournay’s bespoke wall- Verdure is your new
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FEATURES
118
A GREAT ESCAPE
Fashion designer Lisa Perry
channels her love of 1960s
style into her Pierre Paulin–
packed retreat on the
French Riviera.
BY ALINA CHO
DESIGNER LISA PERRY
124
A NEUE HOUSE
Vienna Secession meets
contemporary art in Ken
Fulk’s renovation of the
American ambassador’s
residence in Austria.
AS TOLD TO
VANESSA LAWRENCE
DESIGNER KEN FULK
132
ABOUT FACE
For a longtime client in
L.A., Kathryn M. Ireland
ditches her more-is-more
approach to craft a chicly
minimalist home that is
pared to perfection.
BY KATE BETTS
DESIGNER
KATHRYN M. IRELAND
138
SUMMERS IN
SANDS POINT
Wendy Goodman recalls
the Long Island, New York,
home that sparked her
lifelong love of design.
BY WENDY GOODMAN
ILLUSTR ATIONS BY
MAIRA KALMAN
142
GRAND
TOUR
DE FORCE
A 1910s mansion on
Lake Michigan gets a
magnificent redo at
the hands of Chicago
designer and ED A-Lister
Alessandra Branca.
BY NANCY HASS
DESIGNER
ALESSANDRA BRANCA
148
SUMMER
TABLE 101
Tiffany & Co.’s chief
artistic officer, Reed
Krakoff, dishes on the
best Tiffany tableware
for the season.
BY DAVID SCOROPOSKI
DESIGNER REED KRAKOFF
150
NORTH BY
NORTHEAST
British designer Rita Konig
makes magic in her Vic-
torian farmhouse an hour
from the Scottish border.
BY SADIE STEIN
DESIGNER RITA KONIG
158
RESOURCES
A hallway in
160 Bruce and Nancy
Newberg’s Los
NOT FOR SALE Angeles home,
New Orleans designer
Julie Neill creates a designed by Kathryn
bespoke plaster-dipped M. Ireland, page 132.
chandelier

ON THE
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The living room of
fashion designer
Lisa Perry’s
1960s-inspired
retreat on the
French Riviera,
featuring sofas,
a chair, and tables
by Pierre Paulin.
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The breakfast A music room with hand-
area in a Los painted walls by Deborah
Angeles home Phillips in the American
designed by ambassador’s home in Vienna.
Kathryn M.
Ireland.
The light-filled drawing room
of Rita Konig’s holiday home
in the English countryside.
The New (and Improved) A-List
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H AV E CO M E TO R E A L I Z E T H AT I N T E R I O R D ES I G N E RS
often play many roles beyond mere decorating. For
instance, it’s not unusual during the course of a typical
renovation or build for a designer to also be expected to
act as a wedding planner, a fashion stylist, a marriage
counselor, a child psychiatrist, and occasionally (if they are
handy enough) a plumber. As I wrote in my foreword to the
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hats is a way of life. And that, my friends, is how I describe
the criteria behind ELLE DECOR ’s A-List, now 10 years in
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fessionals who, after you hire them, communicate mainly
via their assistants. They are hands-on designers, more than
140 in all (some of whom you’ll see with me on Best Room
Wins, Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo).
In 2019, our listing of the industry’s top talents is more
global and eclectic than ever, reflecting the world we live in
today; it also now includes landscape architects whose work
beautifies the outdoors of our homes, a mission that grows
in importance every year. Speaking of the outdoors, feast
upon the view from fashion designer Lisa Perry’s incredible
retreat in the south of France (page 118). Lisa has long been
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A view of the
French Riviera
from the backyard
of Lisa Perry’s
1960s-inspired
home.
Whitney at the Loewe
installation at Milan
Design Week.
A cabinet in a
Chicago home
designed by
Alessandra
Branca.
a friend and inspiration to me, and she embodies the idea
that fashion and the home are truly inseparable. Her new
book captures all of her personal spaces, from Manhattan to
Palm Beach, and as a designer who has always championed
women, there’s no one better to lead the charge.
The world of today looks very different than the one of
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COURTESY OF WHITNEY ROBINSON; SIMON UPTON; DYL AN THOMAS
incredible women who are the engine of the design indus-
try. ELLE DECOR has celebrated them forever, but this year
we’re putting our money where our mouth is, with an A-List
that truly celebrates their accomplishments. As befits such
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includes more women than men. Several stellar female-led
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 THE FUTURE IS FEMALE

A-LIST
2019
NINE YEARS AGO, ELLE DECOR
INAUGURATED A LIST OF THE
GREATEST DECORATORS IN
THE WORLD. THAT INITIAL GROUP
NUMBERED 25 TALENTS, WHO WERE
SINGLED OUT BY THE MAGAZINE
FOR “THEIR HIGH STYLE, SERIOUS
COMFORT, AND SNAPPY IDEAS.”
IT WAS 2010. THE INDUSTRY WAS
STILL RECOVERING FROM THE GREAT
RECESSION; INSTAGRAM LAUNCHED
THAT FALL; AND THE #METOO
MOVEMENT WAS SIMMERING BUT
STILL HARD TO IMAGINE.
 2MICHAELS DAN FINK KELLY BEHUN STUDIO NATE BERKUS SHAWN HENDERSON
2michaelsdesign.com danfinkstudio.com kellybehun.com nateberkus.com INTERIOR DESIGN
shawnhenderson.com
AERO STUDIOS DARRYL CARTER KELLY WEARSTLER NATHAN TURNER
aerostudios.com darrylcarter.com kellywearstler.com nathanturner.com SHEILA BRIDGES
DESIGN
ALBERTO PINTO DAVID KLEINBERG KEMBLE INTERIORS NEAL BECKSTEDT sheilabridges.com
albertopinto.com DESIGN ASSOCIATES kembleinteriors.com STUDIO
dkda.com nbeckstedtstudio.com SHELTON MINDEL
ALEX PAPACHRISTIDIS KEN FULK sheltonmindel.com
INTERIORS DEBORAH NEVINS kenfulk.com NICK OLSEN
alexpapachristidis.com & ASSOCIATES nickolsenstyle.com S.R. GAMBREL
dnalandscape.com KIT KEMP srgambrel.com
ALEXA HAMPTON kitkemp.com NICOLE FULLER
alexahampton.com DRAKE/ANDERSON INTERIORS STEPHANIE GOTO
drakeanderson.com LEYDEN LEWIS nicolefullerinteriors.com stephaniegoto.com
ALIDAD DESIGN STUDIO
alidad.com EMMA JANE leydenlewis.com NINA CAMPBELL STEPHEN SILLS
PILKINGTON ninacampbellinteriors.com ASSOCIATES
ALYSSA KAPITO emmajanepilkington.com LORENZO CASTILLO stephensills.com
INTERIORS lorenzocastillo.org OLIVER M. FURTH
alyssakapito.com ERIC HUGHES DESIGN olivermfurth.com STUDIOILSE
erichughesdesign.com M. ELLE studioilse.com
AMAN & MEEKS melledesign.com PALOMA CONTRERAS
INTERIOR DESIGN ESTEE STANLEY INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO
esteestanley.com MAC II palomacontreras.com LILY KWONG
aman-meeks.squarespace maciidesign.com
.com studiolilykwong.com
FOX-NAHEM PAMPLEMOUSSE
ASSOCIATES MADELINE STUART DESIGN
AMY LAU DESIGN & ASSOCIATES STUDIO
amylaudesign.com foxnahem.com pamplemoussedesign.com PEREGALLI
madelinestuart.com
studioperegalli.com
ANN WOLF FRANK DE BIASI PAOLO MOSCHINO
INTERIORS MADISON COX nicholashaslam.com
INTERIOR DECORATION ASSOCIATES STUDIO
annwolfid.com frankdebiasi.com SHAMSHIRI
madisoncox.com PATRICK McGRATH studioshamshiri.com
ASHE LEANDRO GEORGIA DESIGN
TAPERT HOWE MAINE DESIGN patrickmcgrathdesign.com
asheleandro.com mainedesign.com STUDIO
georgiataperthowe.com SOFIELD
ASHLEY WHITTAKER PENNY MORRISON studiosofield.com
GOMEZ ASSOCIATES MARIE-ANNE pennymorrison.com
DESIGN OUDEJANS DESIGN &
ashleywhittakerdesign.com gomezassociates.com SUSAN FERRIER
INTERIORS PETER DUNHAM
cargocollective.com/ INTERIORS
BEATA HEUMAN HAYNES-ROBERTS peterdunham.com
susanferrierinteriors.com
haynesroberts.com Marie-Anne_Oudejans
beataheuman.com PETER MARINO
MARK CUNNINGHAM SUZANNE KASLER
BILHUBER & HUNIFORD ARCHITECT
markcunninghaminc.com suzannekasler.com
ASSOCIATES DESIGN STUDIO petermarinoarchitect.com
huniford.com SUZANNE RHEINSTEIN
bilhuber.com MARKHAM ROBERTS REDD KAIHOI
INDIA MAHDAVI markhamroberts.com reddkaihoi.com
& ASSOCIATES
BILLY COTTON suzannerheinstein.com
india-mahdavi.com
billycotton.com MARTIN BRUDNIZKI RICHARD MISHAAN
ISABEL DESIGN STUDIO DESIGN THOM FILICIA
BRAD FORD ID mbds.com thomfilicia.com
bradfordid.com
LÓPEZ-QUESADA richardmishaan.com
isabellopezquesada.com TIMOTHY CORRIGAN
MARTIN GROUP RICHARD SHAPIRO
BRANCA martingroupsf.com timothy-corrigan.com
ISABELLE STANISLAS studiolo.com
branca.com
isabelle-stanislas.com TOM SCHEERER
MARTYN LAWRENCE RITA KONIG
BRIAN J. McCARTHY ISHKA DESIGNS BULLARD DESIGN ritakonig.com tomscheerer.com
bjminc.com martynlawrencebullard.com
ishkadesigns.com TUCKER & MARKS
ROBERT COUTURIER
BROCKSCHMIDT JAMIE BUSH & CO. MARY McDONALD robertcouturier.com tuckerandmarks.com
& COLEMAN jamiebush.com marymcdonald.com
brockschmidtandcoleman.com ROBERT KIME VEERE GRENNEY
JAYNE DESIGN STUDIO MATTHEW robertkime.com ASSOCIATES
BUNNY WILLIAMS jaynedesignstudio.com PATRICK SMYTH veeregrenney.com
INTERIOR DESIGN matthewsmyth.com ROBERT STILIN
bunnywilliams.com JEAN-LOUIS DENIOT robertstilin.com VICENTE WOLF
deniot.com McMILLEN ASSOCIATES
CARRIER AND mcmilleninc.com ROMAN vicentewolf.com
COMPANY JEFF ANDREWS DESIGN AND WILLIAMS
carrierandcompany.com jeffandrewsdesign.com MEG SHARPE romanandwilliams.com VICTORIA HAGAN
INTERIOR DESIGNS INTERIORS
CATHERINE MARTIN JENNY FISCHBACH megsharpeinteriors.com ROSE TARLOW victoriahagan.com
catherinemartin.com DESIGN MELROSE HOUSE
jennyfischbachdesign.com MICHAEL S. SMITH rosetarlow.com VINCENT VAN DUYSEN
CHAMPALIMAUD michaelsmithinc.com vincentvanduysen.com
DESIGN JOY MOYLER INTERIORS RYAN KORBAN
champalimauddesign.com joymoylerinteriors.com MONA HAJJ ryankorban.com VIRGINIA TUPKER
INTERIORS INTERIORS
BACKGROUND: GET T Y IMAGES

CHARLOTTE MOSS JUAN MONTOYA monahajj.com SALADINO GROUP virginiatupker.com

charlottemoss.com DESIGN saladinostyle.com
juanmontoyadesign.com MONIQUE GIBSON YABU
CORINNE GILBERT INTERIOR DESIGN SARAH PUSHELBERG
corinnegilbert.com KATHRYN M. IRELAND moniquegibson.com BARTHOLOMEW yabupushelberg.com
kathrynireland.com sarahbartholomew.com
CULLMAN & KRAVIS MR ARCHITECTURE YOUNG HUH
ASSOCIATES KATIE RIDDER + DECOR SASHA BIKOFF INTERIOR DESIGN
cullmankravis.com katieridder.com mrarch.com sashabikoff.com younghuh.com

Highlighted boxes represent firms with female principals on our A-List.

 In the design world, then as now, women
were a majority of practitioners. But in 2010,
ELLE DECOR ’s A-List consisted of 17 men and
eight women—a ratio of about two to one. In
retrospect, that never seemed quite fair in an
industry in which women have always been at ALEXA HAMPTON
the forefront of everything from interiors to Keeper of the flame of
furniture design. But as the directory expanded her legendary father,
Mark Hampton, and a
from the initial 25 designers to more than 140, specialist in maximalism.
the proportion of women to men sadly never
righted itself—until now. JOY MOYLER
Armed with a radiant person-
It’s time to give recognition where it is due
ality and modern aesthetic,
(let’s face it, overdue). To that end, this year we she is the go-to decorator
are inducting 34 female designers. The addi- for celebs like Leonardo
tions, pictured at right, will result in a major DiCaprio and John Mayer.
shift: Women now outnumber men on the list. ALEXANDRA
CHAMPALIMAUD
In rebalancing the designers’ registry, ED’s ESTEE STANLEY This Anglo-Portuguese
editors had only to look at our own design The fashion stylist turned expat is one of the world’s
coverage to find top talent. In the pages of this decorator created this most talented luxury hos-
fantasy playroom for her pitality designers.
publication, women consistently deliver some two children (featured in
of our most spectacular design projects. This the April 2019 issue of ED).
year alone, our cover stories have included
stunning homes designed by Mary McDonald
and Delphine Krakoff—both of whom appear
on our A-List for the first time. These design-
ers join our other new additions, including AMY LAU
up-and-comers like Sasha Bikoff, who just six A cofounder of Design
years after founding her New York–based firm Miami, her bold interi-
ors meld art and craft
is making a global splash with her collabora- with a passion for vin-
tion with Versace Home, and Champalimaud tage furniture.
Design, the Manhattan firm whose exquisite
hospitality work is seen everywhere from
the Raffles Hotel in Singapore to the Pierre in
New York City.
Of course, talent knows no gender, and this
year we are adding the work of several stand-
ANISHKA CLARKE
out men to the A-List, from David Kaihoi (the One half of the
Miles Redd collaborator behind our M.C. Brooklyn firm Ishka
Escher–esque June 2018 cover) to Brad Ford, Designs, whose focus
is creating stark, mod-
who in addition to crafting beautiful interiors ern interiors for luxury
has also become a champion of artisans with his hospitality clients.
Field + Supply fair in upstate New York. For the
first time, we’re also adding landscape design-
ers to the list, since the outdoors more than ever
completes the home. As for the A-List archi-
ANN WOLF BEATA HEUMAN
tects, look for them on our annual January list; Houston-based A London up-and-
the most recent iteration included such leading purveyor of South- comer with a whim-
lights as Deborah Berke and Mariam Kamara. ern charm with a sical, unexpected
A magazine is subjective, but we know that modern palette. approach to interiors.
great design is much more than the beauti-
ful images and eloquent words that are our
stock-in-trade. It’s our duty as editors to ensure
that our design journalism incorporates what
happens inside a home’s four walls while also
holding a mirror to our greater society at large.
It’s our hope that this recalibrated tally rep- CORINNE GILBERT DEBORAH
resents not only our rich and diverse present, A former fashion NEVINS
but also helps to lead the charge to a glorious designer, the Parisian, Sought-after
now based in Brook- landscape DELPHINE KRAKOFF
and diverse future in which design matters— lyn, creates interiors designer of the Paris-born creator of exu-
for all. —Ingrid Abramovitch with French chic. highest order. berant and playful spaces,
as seen on the cover of
ED’s May 2019 issue.
46 ELLE DECOR
 “ I have never felt more empowered in my life as a woman than when I am designing.
SASHA BIKOFF
”

GEORGIA ILSE CRAWFORD ISABEL ISABELLE

TAPERT HOWE A multidisci- LÓPEZ-QUESADA STANISLAS
Los Angeles–based plinary designer This Madrid-based Parisian designer
designer whose from London decorator specializes with a great pen-
livable rooms meld with a focus on in making artful and chant for contem-
contemporary with well-being. sophisticated spaces. porary forms.
traditional.

JENNY KIT KEMP LILY KWONG LINDA PINTO

CATHERINE MARTIN FISCHBACH The co-owner of New York land- The sister of
The production designer also Cullman & Kravis London-based Firm- scape designer the late, great
crafts curated and dazzling inte- alum known for dale Hotels updates with arguably the designer Alberto
riors, like this home from the her easygoing, classic English taste greenest, edgiest Pinto continues
September 2018 issue of ED. sophisticated rooms. with style and wit. thumb. his elegant style.

MARY
McDONALD
This living room
by the Los
Angeles–based
celebrity decora-
tor was featured
2MICHAELS MARIE-ANNE on the cover of MONA HAJJ
Identical twins and OUDEJANS the March 2019 Born in Lebanon,
partners Jayne and Dutch-born, India- issue of ED. the Baltimore
THIS PAGE, INTERIORS FROM TOP: JAMES MERRELL; DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN. OPPOSITE PAGE, INTERIORS

Joan Michaels are based provider of designer is the

masters of under- maharaja-grade queen of layering.
stated good taste. opulence.
FROM TOP: COURTESY OF JOY MOYLER; TREVOR TONDRO; DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN

MONIQUE GIBSON NICOLE FULLER NINA CAMPBELL SARAH

Celeb clients like Decorator of full-on- British grande BARTHOLOMEW
Jon Stewart glam spaces and dame and Nashville-based
appreciate her designer of collections decorator to designer with
livable, appealing for Ann Sacks and the the royals and a sharp take on
environments. Rug Company. a Beatle. Southern classic.

SASHA BIKOFF STEPHANIE GOTO SUSAN FERRIER SUZANNE TUCKER VIRGINIA TUPKER YOUNG HUH
The baroness of bold, Her minimalist The Atlanta San Francisco–based Traditional with a Breakout star of the
she was tapped by interiors grace resident creates virtuoso whose fashionable twist is career-making 2019
Donatella Versace for everything from interiors marked by rooms pair old- the signature of this Kips Bay Decorator
a collaboration during homes to luxury and attention world elegance with New York editor Show House, the
Milan Design Week. art galleries. to detail. modern luxury. turned designer. former lawyer has a
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Harry (1981).
(1986), Kimiko
ABOVE: Andy

Powers (1972),
of Aretha Franklin
Warhol’s portraits

(1964), and Debbie

Dolly Parton (1985),
CLOCK WISE FROM

Jacqueline Kennedy
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FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WOMEN TOGETHER

PRODUCED BY CHARLES CURKIN

ICONIC PORTRAITS OF

51
Goddesses
POINT OF VIEW
Designer The new Marked showroom
Mark in midtown Manhattan.

T
HE M ALE GA ZE IN ART Cunningham.
i s cont rover si a l i n
t he age of #MeToo,
but then again, Andy
Wa r h o l w a s n e ve r
your prototypical male artist.
Indeed, “Warhol Women,” a
new survey of his portraits at
New York’s Lévy Gorvy gal-
lery (through June 15), opens
with a series of Christopher
Makos photographs of “Lady
Warhol”—the artist himself,
in drag. “You realize he’s not
hamming it up,” says gallery Furniture from A Petales cocktail
Cunningham’s table and Audrey
cofounder Brett Gorvy. “His new line, includ- chair and curated
love of women is sincere. He ing his Mark vintage pieces.
idealized them.” All kinds are bed, Dallas and
represented in this stunning Lane chairs, and
Grand console.
survey of Warhol’s halftone
silk-screen portraits from the
early 1960s through the 1980s.
One wall showcases images
of Jacqueline Kennedy Onas-
sis, including Red Jackie, his
iconic 1964 work based on a
photograph taken right before
her husband’s assassination.
A nother Wa rhol obsession, GRAND OPENING
Marilyn Monroe, is represented
in two 1962 works: Licorice
Marilyn and Mint Marilyn (Tur-
quoise Marilyn). While unques-
Making His MARK
tionably drawn to celebrities,
A-LIST DECORATOR MARK CUNNINGHAM
Warhol depicted everyone from LAUNCHES HIS FIRST DESIGN BRAND AND
the intellectual Gertrude Stein NEW YORK SHOWROOM.
to his mother, Julia Warhola.

W
“For h i m , a nyone cou ld be
famous and beautiful,” Gorvy
says. Warhol promoted the con-
ceit that his prints were factory-
HEN IT COMES TO fabrics. “My interior design work var-
c re at i ng ent ic i ng ies from client to client,” he says. “With
merch a nd i se d i s- Marked, I can bring everything together.”
plays , M a rk Cu n- Each season Cunningham will arrange

made, but Gorvy argues that
was “a guise.” In fact, Warhol
“was very hands-on and would
pull the squeegee down the
screen.” In his affecting por-
trait of Aretha Franklin—his
last work before his death—he
embellishes her regal counte-
nance by painting on top of the
silk-screen. The impact of all
these portraits together is pow-
erful. “The paintings are glam-
orous and slick,” Gorvy says,
“but walk into the gallery and
what you see are the faces of
strong women looking straight
at you.” levygorvy.com
ningham is no
novice. He worked in retail for a decade
in the 1990s as a vice president of cre-
ative services for Ralph Lauren, then
cofounded the influential home-design
boutique March with Sam Hamilton in
San Francisco. Cunningham has since
become an ED A-List decorator with
a luxurious but understated style that
draws on classic Americana, and clients
ranging from fashion designer Francisco
Costa to Edie Parker’s Brett Heyman.
Now Cunningham is starting his own
brand, appropriately named Marked,
with a by-appointment showroom on
New York’s West 37th Street and newly
launched collections of furniture and
SHOWROOM: CLEMENS KOIS AND JOSH GADDY; PORTR AIT: JUERGEN FR ANK
the showroom’s vignettes around a spe-
cific color palette and overall theme. He’s
curating the space with select pieces he
prefers—and thinks you will, too: “I’d
rather have nothing in here than things I
don’t like,” he says.
What Cunningham likes, many others
love—as evidenced by the fervent fan
base he’s established in the design world,
which counts fellow A-Lister Miles Redd
as a member. “Mark is one of the most
talented decorators out there, but he
has been under the radar,” Redd says.
“I hope this new showroom and brand
put him more in the limelight, where he
deserves to be.” markcunninghaminc.com
—Charles Curkin

52 ELLE DECOR
WOVEN WOOD
PHILLIPJEFFRIES.COM/WOVENWOOD
 POINT OF VIEW
An interior A foyer by Bunny
featured in Williams, from
Bilhuber’s Love Affairs with
Everyday Houses.
Decorating.

The Cooper
Hewitt, Smith-
sonian Design
Museum, in
New York.

60 SECONDS WITH...

Caroline
BOOKS
Baumann
JUNE Reading List
It’s a banner month for books, starting with New York designer Jeffrey
THE COOPER HEWITT HEAD
ON REVERSING CLIMATE
Bilhuber’s new bible, Everyday Decorating ($45, Rizzoli), with advice about
making your home cozier no matter your aesthetic. Then, fashion designer
CHANGE THROUGH DESIGN.
and interior decorator Lisa Perry sheds light on her world of design in Lisa BY CHARLES CURKIN
Perry: Fashion, Homes, Design ($85, Assouline), showcasing her colorful
spaces across the globe (see page 118 for a look at her home on the French
Riviera). Phaidon presents Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century Why choose nature as the You also have works by
($80), a compendium of 400 of the world’s most exceptional rooms—with theme of this year’s Cooper Zimbabwean textile designer
an introduction by William Norwich—by icons like Elsie de Wolfe and such Hewitt Design Triennial Natsai Audrey Chieza, who
contemporary stars as Roman and Williams. In Love Affairs with Houses (through January 20, 2020)? creates fabrics with pigments
($60, Abrams), by Bunny Williams, the ED A-List Grand Master presents 15 CB: The show was being made by bacteria. Could
home projects and explains her approach to each. —Samantha Swenson planned when the UN’s you envision one of them as

report on climate change
was released. The triennial
is all about what we need
to do to get to zero carbon
emissions by 2050.
Is climate change the most
important issue of our time?
CB: Yes. We talk about it as
a national crisis, but it’s a
global crisis.
Do you think design can
reverse the effects on our
environment?
CB: I think it can change
A common area designed the course, but only with
by Stonehill Taylor smart collaboration with
inside the TWA Hotel. scientists. On display is a
unique piece in which the
designer used old grafting
BY THE NUMBERS techniques to combine
heirloom fruits onto one
TWA Hotel
The space-age terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport has
tree. He met with botanists
to figure out how to do this.
Which piece on display at the
reopened with six restaurants, eight bars, and a rooftop pool. twahotel.com
triennial resonates with you
BILHUBER: JULIAN WASS; WILLIAMS: FRITZ VON DER SCHULENBURG; BAUMANN: ERIN BAIANO; T WA: MA X TOUHEY
upholstery?
CB: One day, I hope they
will be strong enough.
I’d love to see them on a
Bertoia bird chair.
There is also a biodegradable
human burial suit made of
mushrooms, designed by
Coeio. Does it come in any
colors besides black? Asking
for a friend.
CB: That’s hysterical. But
seriously, we do have to
think about our footprint,
from the moment a child
joins us in the world to how
we exit the world.
The Cooper Hewitt is part
of the Smithsonian. What
was it like for you during the
government shutdown?
CB: I gained more
admiration for my team, if
that’s possible, because of
their cleverness keeping

1962
the year the
512 10,000
the most?
CB: Neri Oxman, a
the work going in the
right direction. They were
guest rooms square feet of designer and professor at meeting in cafés, their
iconic building, designed by public observation MIT, has created a pavilion living rooms, and the
designed by Eero made of natural elements, church across the street to
Saarinen, opened New York deck overlooking
as the TWA firm Stonehill the runways which hits you right as you open the triennial on time.
Flight Center Taylor enter the museum. cooperhewitt.org

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Myth MAKERS
Medusa’s gaze was known to turn people to stone, but this chair from
Versace Home’s new Pop Medusa collection is more likely to make guests smile:
Fashioned from durable polyethylene, it is as weather-resistant as it is eye-catching.
28″ w. x 33″ h., also available in a matte finish, $4,225. versace.com

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Margot Elias Larkin of Margot Lar Designs hand-paints

vintage glassware—using a reverse-glass-painting technique—and
adds encrusted crystals for texture. These pieces take their
cues from Persian and Indian textiles and drawings.
3″ w. x 7″ h., $175 each. marymahoney.com

In honor of the brand’s launch on luxury online retailer
Moda Operandi, Tory Burch Home is offering an exclusive
capsule collection of linens on the site, including this
placemat and napkin in a cheery garden print, a mix
of tulips, forget-me-nots, and bleeding hearts.
Dinner napkins, $128 for four; placemats, $128 for four. modaoperandi.com
This colored Finnish plywood Weimar credenza
by Chris Lehrecke for Ralph Pucci is an ode to the Bauhaus
movement, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
Each piece is made to order in upstate New York.
73.5″ w. x 21″ d. x 60.5″ h., available in other sizes and colors,
$18,720. ralphpucci.net

A striking silhouette and clean lines define this

Calais chaise from RH, Restoration Hardware.
The handcrafted lattice base is made of
sustainably harvested, premium grade-A teak.
29″ w. x 80″ d. x 10″ h., $2,021. rh.com
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The silk, metallic bullion,

and beaded hand
embroidery on the
brass mesh shade of this
Apparatus Interlude
hanging lamp were
inspired by the animations
of composer Stephen
Malinowski, who uses
software to create digital
visualizations of classical
music scores.
22″ dia., custom height,
price upon request.
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The substantial barrel back and cantilevered floating

seat of this Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Kirby chair add
sculptural interest and deep comfort to any room.
32″ w. x 31″ d. x 29″ h., from $1,788. mgbwhome.com

We haven’t seen this many free-form (and video-game) references

in design since the debut of Nintendo. In the meantime, try
one of these extraterrestrially patterned cotton-and–Himalayan
wool creations from CC-Tapis’s Rug Invaders collection.
From top, Palmette Lazer Cannon, 52″ x 52″, $2,523, and Kazak Space
Shifter, 61″ x 57″, $3,643. cc-tapis.com

Geometric planes are

pared down to their
essentials in this Kelly
Wearstler for Visual
Comfort Minimalist
Medium table lamp,
which features a
cylindrical marble Fresh off their unveiling at Milan Design Week this spring,
base topped with an these ceramic Athletae Gymmetria plates by
antique brass shade. Laboratorio Paravicini feature hand-painted multicolored
20″ w. x 25″ h., also shapes punctuated by ancient Greek athletes.
available in alabaster, 10″ dia., $106 with athletes, $73 without,
$1,109. visualcomfort.com available in other colors and sizes. paravicini.it

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A NEW EDGE
for Hermès
THE MAISON’S LATEST STORE, IN
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN,
EMBRACES ITS URBAN ENVIRONS.
BY VANESSA L AWRENCE
PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON

O
N A S U N N Y S P R I N G MORNING, A TWO-
story brick building on Gansevoort Street
in downtown New York City was a hub of
activity. Waiters dressed in white jackets
with Nehru-style collars proffered sil-
ver trays of green juices, and a packed crowd admired
the impeccably stitched leather bags and printed silk
scarves on display. The occasion was the opening of a
new Hermès store in the city’s (still) booming Meatpack-
ing District, a historic neighborhood that throughout the
early 20th century contained multiple slaughterhouses.
The arrival of an Hermès boutique to this edgier enclave
(compared to, say, Madison Avenue, where the brand’s
flagship resides) might seem like a curious choice
at first, but as Denis Montel—the managing
and artistic director of RDAI Architecture and
the store’s designer—puts it, “Hermès has so
many faces. Sometimes they are in unexpected
places, but it’s all part of a complete self.”
Montel’s refurbishment of the 5,330-square-foot
space, once home to photog rapher A n n ie
Leibovitz’s studio, ref lects a balance between
the area’s warehouse roots and the French company’s
meticulous craftsmanship. Dark tan and cream tiles in an
ancient Greek configuration on the ground level are of the
same material and pattern as the flooring at the Hermès
Paris headquarters, while a sculptural iron staircase
takes its cues from industrial design (and also marks the
first time an Hermès shop has used the color black in its

INTERIOR AND EX TERIOR: FR ANK OUDEMAN; PORTR AIT: CYRILL MAT TER
decor). The furniture is in cherrywood, the staircase has
oak steps, and the wood paneling is larch. In contrast,
the back wall is sheathed in sunflower-yellow lava-stone
tile from Copenhagen, Denmark, its enamel finish a nod
to the easy-to-clean tiled surfaces traditionally used in
butcher shops. “If you want, you can wash it down with
a hose,” Montel jokes.
The stairwell is lined with the brand’s famous silk
carrés, here mounted and arranged like paintings.
On the second floor, a shoe salon is filled with light,
thanks to a skylight and enormous windows that
CLOCK WISE FROM TOP: The ground floor of the Hermès
give unobstructed views up the neighborhood’s
store. Hermès Lao Paperweight in Blue Indigo maple wood, cobblestoned streets.
$580. The store’s exterior. Hermès Équilibre d’Hermès “There is really a dialogue with the city,”
magnifying glass, $1,875. Hermès Sangles en Zig Zag Montel says. “Look at the street. You know
beach bag, $1,350. Hermès Perimetre vases, from
$500 each. Hermès co–artistic directors Charlotte you’re in New York. There’s no doubt.”
Macaux Perelman (left) and Alexis Fabry. hermes.com ◾

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HEN BENJA MIN SOLEIM ANI WAS
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(think bold geometrics and muted tones). The New
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PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON For Joyce, the project was a chance to create an
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space he designed incorporates polished-concrete
floors, touches of bronze, and 23-foot-high shelves
stocked with samples of everything from Mansour
Modern’s cashmere shag rugs to low-pile carpets with
luxurious fluffs of mohair. Within this luxe enve-
lope, contemporary collections for Mansour Modern
by such top designers as Michael S. Smith, Victoria
Hagan, and Jeff Andrews are displayed in the manner
of fine art. In addition, there is an exquisite selection
of antique rugs, including rare 19th-century Persians,
hand-selected by Soleimani. The result is a show-
room with the refined feel of an art gallery. “With all
the natural light in here,” Joyce says, “the colors show
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La Portugaise wallpaper for the interior and
added brass details on the front for flair. I’m
paying homage to the legendary interior
decorator Albert Hadley, specifically the
oxblood-and-brass Money Room that he
designed for another legend, Brooke Astor.”
“I wanted to turn this
bookcase into a piece of art, and my
love of nature is what inspired me.
I used Josef Hoffmann’s iconic
Blueberry wallpaper and contrasted
it with natural birch. The juxtaposition
of the natural form of the branch with
the clean lines of the bookcase
produces a truly beautiful piece.”
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it into a unique, gallery-worthy,
avant-garde creation. We painted
the existing piece a neutral flannel gray
with a luscious burgundy interior. Then
we added a pair of doors, which are
designed—intentionally—to partially
expose the interior shelving.”

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How big do you like your

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GE NE VIE VE GORDE R: Size
matters. I love giant planters
when we’re talking about
exteriors and we have a
little more freedom with
scale. I like big planters,
and I cannot lie. They need
friends, though. Small- and
medium-sized friends.

CHRISTIAN
DUNBAR
is a minimalist
designer who has
created furniture for
brands including
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GENEVIEVE
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and the host of Best
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now on Bravo.

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make it memorable, but I
Size can
ED picks the
also like to think that shape
is as or more important.
Planters, to me, can be a
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GG: If you’re dealing with a
porch, a terrace, or a rooftop,
planters are the only way to
have living things outside.
It’s an urban issue as far
as the exterior.
CD: Wherever there is no
natural dirt, like in a Brook-
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I do think it’s a nice tool to LITCHFIELD PLANTER
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certainly don’t have to be
for plants.
CD: I’ve seen them used as
troughs and fountains. A fun
idea is to put a glass top on
a planter to make it a coffee
table. You could also turn
a big one into a terrarium
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tech-driven lives. As a
global culture, we’re having
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never before. We’re trying
to reconnect. PAPUA PLANTER
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GG: You have to understand
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the planter’s weight you
need to consider, but also
the soil and water.
CD: Back in the day, a good
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What about color?
GG: I want an earthy palette for
the outdoors. I can’t compete
with Mother Nature. She’s the
boss. On the porch or entrance,
on the other hand, there’s
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India
Mahdavi
AND EIGHT THINGS SHE
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT.
BY VANESSA L AWRENCE

W
H E N I N D I A M A H D AV I
created a rose-quartz
fantasia of an interior in
2014 for the Gallery at
Sketch, the most Insta-
grammed restaurant in London, she was
as surprised as anyone by the scale of its
impact. “I knew it would be strong, but you
don’t foresee the strength of Instagram,”
says the Paris-based designer. She arrived
at her pink choice quickly and decisively.
“Sometimes you make decisions in one
minute. But it’s one minute [backed by] 20
years of experience. You have the maturity
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India Mahdavi
seated in her 2018
installation “Henri
Rousseau Forever”
in Venice.

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Si nce fou nd i ng her epony-
mous design house in 1999, Mah-
davi has become known for her
sing ula r color sense a nd joyful
furniture—like her playful velvet
Charlotte armchair—both of which
she has employed for clients such
as Red Valentino, Tod’s, and Ladu-
rée. An architect by training, she is
currently working on a restaurant
in Miami and, more personally, a
house—her first—that she recently
purchased in Arles, France. “It was
difficult for me to buy it—not finan-
cially, but to say, ‘This is where I want
to settle,’ ” says Mahdavi, who grew
up between Iran, the U.S., Germany,
and France. “I’ve always felt like a bit
of a nomad.” india-mahdavi.com ◾
1 Customized Dior
Bishop Stool
I designed this in 2000, and it is now
in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
It’s colorful, and it has a presence
that is characteristic of my work.
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Golran x India Mahdavi Rug
2 5
Siwa, Egypt
My mother is Egyptian, and I have
a home there. It’s kind of rough—
there is no electricity—and super
sophisticated at the same time.
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3
Guerlain KissKiss
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in Red Passion
Red lipstick is a way of bringing light
onto my face. Even if I’m tired,
I put the lipstick on and I look fine.
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The collection is called the Garden of
Eden—the design is like a wind blowing
through a garden. In Iran, carpets are
always an interpretation of a garden.
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Azza Fahmy
Scarab Ring
The scarab is a sign of protection
in Egypt. I bought this in Cairo
and wear it every day.
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6
Adel Abdessemed
He is one of my favorite artists. In this
specific work from his “Tins” series,
he used colored tin pieces. He’s also
one of the best artists who draw.
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Messenger Bag
This was a present from Dior designer
Maria Grazia Chiuri, whose Paris
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it because it’s so practical.
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8 Hôtel Le Cloître in Arles
I worked on this for Maja Hoffmann.
It was a patchwork of architecture from
the 12th century to the 20th century.
We tried to reinvent what interior design in
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The infinity pool at designer Kelly Behun’s Hamptons

getaway has a glass wall to the inside of the home and an
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The pool at a
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F
AUX GROT TOES, CASCADING WATERFALLS, A MOEBA- Decorator Juan
Montoya designed a
shaped outlines, corkscrew waterslides, and athleti- pool with a view at this
cally sprung diving boards—pool design has long family retreat in the
been a fertile font of hedonistic experimentation. But Dominican Republic.
the latest trend in upscale pools reveals a different
impulse: a back-to-simplicity, less-is-more desire to create
watery retreats that position the pool as a beautiful, integral
part of a home’s architecture or a cohesive element of the
larger landscape.
“It’s more of a ref lecting pond in the garden,” says
designer Madeline Stuart, noting that she has recently been
working with numerous clients on longer, narrower rect-
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angular pools. “They would rather have something that’s

elegant and narrow and that doesn’t overtake the yard. The
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With the disappearance of diving is that ultimate accessory—the infinity

boards, pools are also getting shallower.
“It makes it more of a social gathering
spot,” says interior designer Martyn
Lawrence Bullard, who partially filled in
the pool at his new house in West Holly-
wood to reduce its depth from eight
feet to five feet. “You can walk around
the pool submerged in warm water and
have a drink. It’s also much better for
the environment, because you need less
water and it’s easier to heat.”
Many top-tier pools go shallower
still, with broad steps or underwater
sun shelves that enable lounging in
less tha n a foot of water. “T here’s
something glamorous about that,” says
decorator Kelly Behun, who has long,
shallow steps spanning the full width
of her pool in the Hamptons—a con-
cept she first explored while working
with Philippe Starck on a pool that has
an expansive shin-deep section at the
Delano South Beach in Miami Beach.
“You can have this connection to the
pool and get a little bit wet without
fully committing to swimming.”
Behun’s pool has several other breath-
taking features, including a pair of
underwater windows (see page 95) that
look into the home’s gym on one side and
at the beach on the other. And then there
A pool overlooking downtown Los
Angeles matches the midcentury
architecture at Phillip Sarofim’s
home in Beverly Hills, which was
designed by Miles Redd.
edge. “It blurs the boundaries between
where the pool ends and the sky begins,”
Pool
she says. “It’s lovely feeling like you’re
hovering out there.” But, she warns, it
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base of gunite or shotcrete and finished
with plaster, which typically includes a
mix of marble dust. White plaster results
in water with a classic, light turquoise
color—Bullard’s favorite. “I’m very
old-school,” he says. “I love a white plas-
ter finish, so the water has that real Bev-
erly Hills Hotel vibe.”
But plaster is also routinely applied
in a range of grays, from a pale ash that
will give the water a deeper, ocean-blue
hue, to cha rcoa l, which
can make it appear black
and highly ref lective—an
effect that was all the rage
a few years ago but is now Aqua Cube Bar
becoming less common. “It Inspired by water movement
was definitely a thing,” Stu- patterns on the sea floor, this
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bottoms” might be a good $21,475. cypraea.mu
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are less desirable when you
want to see where you’re
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Finishes such as Pebble
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have exposed aggregate like
tiny pebbles, have also been
gaining ground. But for the
ultimate in sophistication,
Stuart prefers a continuous
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nay has garnered a cult following since its
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Cecil Gurney. Such celebrities as Gwyneth Paltrow,
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which are handmade in China, while top designers and
fashion brands, from India Mahdavi and Kelly Wearstler
to Chanel and Aquazzura, have become close collabora-
tors. In London, Martin Brudnizki put his own decadent
spin on a pair of de Gournay creations for his overhaul of
Annabel’s, the renowned members-only club.
Now Gurney’s daughters, Rachel, 35, and Hannah, 33,
are bringing a fresh perspective—and six brand-new
designs—to the brand, as directors working alongside
their father. Though neither sister aspired to join the
family business (Rachel studied French at university,
and Hannah physics), they both had a creative bent. “We
grew up in a house decorated head-to-toe in wallpaper,
which played a huge role in our developing a good design
sense,” says Hannah of her childhood home in London’s
Kensington. Rachel focuses more on sales and finding
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tions and marketing. In addition, both are involved in the
creative side of the business and took the lead in devel-
oping the new motifs, which reflect a different look for
de Gournay. “People think of us as being classical, so it’s
been fun stepping outside that box,” Hannah says.
Growing up in England, Claud Cecil Gurney often
admired the chinoiserie wallpapers on visits to the his-
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worn beyond repair (they harkened back to the art form’s
fever pitch in Britain in the 18th century). In the early
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Bar, respectively. In Paradise Lost, a newer, more fluid
painting style evokes the legend of the fictional city of El
Dorado, which inspired the Milton epic poem. Jardin

FROM TOP: Rachel (left) and Hannah Gurney at

Annabel’s in London, where the walls are sheathed in
de Gournay’s Early Views of India. At the San Francisco
showhouse, Martin Kobus’s recital room featured the
sisters’ new Symphony wallpaper on the ceiling.

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of Luke
Edward Hall
THE PROLIFIC LONDON ARTIST
AND DESIGNER IS TURNING HEADS
WITH HIS CLASSICAL MOTIFS
AND RETRO-MAXIMALIST
STYLE. WE VISIT HIM AT HOME IN
NORTH LONDON.
BY STEPHEN PATIENCE
PRODUCED BY SOPHIE PER A
PHOTOGR APHS BY OLI KEARON

I
LOVE SOUVENIRS,” CONFESSES THE LOND ON ARTIST AND
designer Luke Edward Hall, referring to a ceramic ashtray
with charmingly naive painted glaze that marks it as a
memento of the Palazzo Principe. “I collect a lot of vintage
hotel ashtrays. . .but I often do fake hotel souvenirs.” Indeed,
this ceramic piece was decorated by Hall himself to com-
memorate a hotel that exists only in his imagination (though
he did do a collection for an actual hotel, Positano’s famed
Le Sirenuse).
A sense of playfulness is quite typical of Hall’s work, which
frequently returns to the relaxed sensibilities of the Mediterra-
nean. His drawings and paintings are reminiscent of the work

FROM TOP: Luke

Edward Hall in his
apartment in north
London. Plates from
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his new collection

with Richard Ginori.
RIGHT: The sitting
room. FAR RIGHT:
The dining area
has a 1950s Italian
table, vintage Cesca
chairs, and a Paolo
Buffa cabinet.

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CLOCK WISE FROM LE F T: The sitting room’s

artworks include pieces by Hall and John Bellany.
Ceramics from Hall’s Richard Ginori collection beside
a Pooky lamp with a custom hand-painted shade.
A vintage Audubon flamingo print. The bathroom’s
walls are in a Trustworth Studios wallpaper.

of Jean Cocteau in both their classical themes

and fluidity of draftsmanship, while simultane-
ously retaining a refreshingly unpretentious joie
de vivre. “Travel inspires my work,” he says.
“And I suppose that does tie in with the south
of France, Cocteau, and Matisse, and all that.”
In recent years, Hall has become a familiar
face on the London design scene—think a
grown-up Harry Potter with hair by Egon
Schiele. He has worked on Burberry campaigns
and designed a collection of pillows and wall
hangings for the Rug Company, and is currently
working on his first book, a “scrapbook-y”
career retrospective to be published by teNeues
next fall. And he accomplished all of that before
reaching his 30th birthday.

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ABOVE: Peter Hone sconces frame a vintage

FontanaArte mirror in the sitting room.
RIGHT, FROM TOP: Lobster Mustard cushion,
$210, Anchovies Green cushion, $210, and
Valentine Aubusson wall hanging, $1,180, by
Hall for the Rug Company. FAR RIGHT: A
vintage Memphis lamp and striped vase by
Hall. BE LOW: The bed is topped with a throw
from Rajasthan, and the wallpaper is by Twigs.
But like the seafaring hero of a classical epic,
he arrived at his destination by a somewhat cir-
cuitous route. After studying menswear fashion
design at London’s Central Saint Martins, he
went to work for the architect Ben Pentreath,
whose love of vivid color and classical motifs he
shares, before setting up his own studio.
Hall’s three-room Victorian apartment in
the north London borough of Camden, a con-
tinual work in progress where he lives with
his partner, Duncan Campbell, combines
the disparate elements of his design odyssey.
It has the informed refinement of a classic
English interior by David Hicks or Sibyl Cole-
fax, yet is unashamedly maximalist, with a
leopard-patterned carpet, marbled wallpaper,
and a zingy Bloomsbury-inspired palette
throughout.
And again, there are the touches of antiquity:
sketched Apollonian profiles, a lampshade with
a hand-drawn Greek-key border, and, in his
nearby studio, fluted columns in bold hues. It’s
unsurprising, then, that ancient Mediterranean
civilizations are also an important element of
his new collection for the Florentine ceramics
maker Richard Ginori. The porcelain wares are
decorated with images of sea chariots, crowned
deities, and shells, all rendered in Hall’s char-
acteristically loose-limbed graphic style. “I
wanted to base the collection around the sea,”
Hall explains, “and then thought it would be
fun to bring in Roman references. It’s called
Neptune’s Voyage.”
Once more, the blend of travel and antiquity
feels entirely fitting. For, like the mythological
ruler of the tides, Luke Edward Hall is undoubt-
edly going places. ◾

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Seasonal
GREENS
SIMPLE AND
DELICIOUS,
RIGATONI
VERDURE
IS THE PERFECT
SUMMER DISH.
BY DANIEL BOULUD
PRODUCED BY ADA M SACHS
PHOTOGR APHS BY DAVID PRINCE
ST YLED BY LILI ABIR REGEN

W
AY B AC K I N
my Le Cirque
days, pasta pri-
mavera was all
the rage. That
was spaghetti tossed with a pantry
full of vegetables and herbs, a riot
of color and fresh flavors. Here, we
want to celebrate just our favor-
ite color of the season with a dish
that’s nearly monochrome: Call it
“pasta prima verde.”
This is an unapologetically green
dish, a mix of all the bright things
I love in early spring. We use
asparagus, sugar snap and spring
peas, green beans, fresh mint, and
zucchini, all bound together by a
luscious lettuce cream that’s the
key to the entire dish.
T he lettuce crea m brings a
richness and density of f lavor

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to chewy pasta like rigatoni (use
whatever dry pasta shape you like,
though tubular ones are best so
the sauce can coat the inside and
outside). Start by blanching the
lettuce, add heavy cream and mint,
and blend it all together to make a
verdant, versatile base. Fresh Par-
mesan and ricotta cheeses and
ample grated lemon zest brighten
the flavors. Wisps of dried pro-
sciutto gird the dish with a bit of
pleasing umami and crunch.
Since France is close to Italy,
there’s a strong pasta tradition
there, from Nice to the Italian
border. Lettuce cream certainly
isn’t traditional, but then again I’m
not Italian, so I get to take some
liberties. Imagine it as a kind of
lighter, creamy take on pistou, our
“ I think we’re all in
love with green now.”
version of Ligurian pesto, and feel
free to add any herbs you like,
from chives to tarragon to chervil,
or whatever’s on your mind or in
your garden.
I don’t know what Italians will
say about my Rigatoni Verdure,
but I think that we’re all in love
with the color green now, vege-
tables and herbs and everything
else in our homes. So this is the
perfect opportunity to show your
colors and ma ke a pasta dish
that’s just right for the season. ◾
116 E L L E D E C O R
RIGATONI VERDURE
SERVES 4
2 heads Boston lettuce,
4 leaves reserved
and thinly sliced
1 bunch mint, half thinly
sliced
4 oz. warmed heavy cream
Salt and pepper
8 oz. rigatoni pasta
2 oz. green beans
2 oz. asparagus,
cut into 1-inch pieces
2 oz. sugar snap peas
2 oz. zucchini, core
removed and sliced
2 oz. peas, fresh or frozen
2 oz. ricotta
3 oz. Parmesan,
plus more for grating
2 T olive oil
2 oz. scallions, thinly
sliced
2 lemons, zested
and juiced
4 oz. prosciutto,
dried in the oven at
300°F until crispy
1. Bring two medium-sized
pots of water to a rolling boil.
In one, blanch the Boston
lettuce and the whole mint
leaves for a few seconds.
Shock the greens in ice water,
and once cold, squeeze until
very dry. Combine the greens
and warmed cream in a
blender. Blend until smooth,
and season with salt and
pepper. Reserve puree in the
refrigerator for later use.
2. In the other pot, cook the
pasta. When ready to strain,
reserve 2 cups of the pasta
water to adjust the sauce.
3. Meanwhile, in the same
pot as the greens, blanch the
green beans for 4 minutes,
then add in the asparagus,
sugar snap peas, and zucchini;
cook them for 2 minutes,
toss in the peas for 30 sec-
onds, and then remove
everything at once and
plunge it into ice water.
4. In a large sauté pan, add the
lettuce cream and bring it to a
simmer, then add in the ricotta
and Parmesan. Toss in the
pasta, and add ¼ cup of cook-
ing water at a time until the
sauce nicely coats the pasta.
Bring to a simmer again, then
season with salt and pepper.
5. In a separate large sauté
pan, add the olive oil and then
gently sweat the scallions until
tender. Toss in the blanched
green beans, asparagus, sugar
snap peas, zucchini, and peas.
Once the vegetables are
heated all the way through
(about 4 minutes), toss in the
sliced lettuce and mint leaves
and continue cooking for
another 4 minutes. Season
with salt, pepper, and the
lemon zest.
FOR DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES
6. To serve, evenly divide the
pasta into four bowls and
place a generous serving of
sautéed vegetables on top.
Garnish each bowl with
prosciutto, freshly squeezed
lemon juice, and freshly
grated Parmesan cheese.
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The living room of Lisa and
Richard Perry’s home in
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France,
which she designed with Ben-
jamin Paulin of Paulin Paulin
Paulin. The sofas, chairs, and
tables are by Benjamin’s father,
Pierre Paulin. The 1970s floor
lamps are from Galerie Harter,
and the mantel was designed
by the home’s architects, Fran-
cine and Pascal Goujon.

118 E L L E D E C O R
 A GREAT
ESCAPE
FASHION DESIGNER LISA PERRY CHANNELS HER
LOVE OF 1960 S STYLE INTO HER FUTURISTIC,
PIERRE PAULIN–PACKED RETREAT ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA.
BY ALINA CHO PHOTOGR APHS BY ROBYN LEA
The living room’s
1964 swivel chair
and ottoman are
by Yrjö Kukkapuro
for Karuselli, the
lamp is by Vibia,
and the artwork is
by Alain Jacquet.

The dining room’s
custom table,
swivel chairs, and
chandelier are by
Pierre Paulin, and
the flooring is
Limra limestone.
S
P E N D A N Y T I M E AT A L L W I T H FA S H I O N
designer Lisa Perry and it quickly becomes
clear that, in addition to her love of fash-
ion, she has a serious passion for interior
design. So when she was ready to show-
case her work in a book, Perry—along
with publisher Ma rtine Assouline—
decided to feature, yes, her dresses, but
mostly her homes, including a vacation
retreat in the south of France.
Assouline, a well-known tastemaker, was impressed from
the moment she visited Perry at her Manhattan penthouse.
“So many homes have no personality,” Assouline says. “This
was different. Lisa’s world is so aesthetically—how do you
say?—consistent.”
The new coffee-table book is called Lisa Perry: Fashion,
Homes, Design. It gives readers a glimpse into Perry’s color-
ful world through chapters on her homes in Manhattan, the
Hamptons, Palm Beach, and the south of France. “I think
it will be a surprise to people who don’t know me that my
true joy is finding a home and transforming it into a space
that I love,” Perry says. “It’s what I put TLC into. It’s fun.”
Anyone who is familiar with her fashion line, which is
inspired by her collection of 1960s looks by designers such
as André Courrèges and Pierre Cardin, will notice that
Perry’s residences have a similar Pop Art feel. With bright
The kitchen island’s granite
countertop has a Gaggenau
cooktop, and the vent hood
is by Gutmann. The artwork
is by Michel François.
Perry relaxes in the
infinity pool in front
of her home, which
overlooks the Bay
of Villefranche.
white as the backdrop, she adds jolts of color and blue-chip
contemporary art. “I’m a girl who loves a theme,” she says.
How she and her financier husband, Richard, came to
own a home on the Côte d’Azur is a complicated affair.
During the last presidential election, Perry—a lifelong
Democrat and longtime supporter and friend of Hillary
Clinton—vowed to leave the country if her candidate did
not prevail. When Clinton lost, Perry kept her promise.
“We got on a plane on January 19, 2017,” she says. “That’s
how deeply it affected me.”
A self-described Francophile, Perry has a love affair with
all things French that began in her teens, when she spent a
summer during high school in Évian-les-Bains. So she and
Richard headed to France and searched for homes along the
Côte d’Azur. They discovered a nearly completed, fully fur-
nished modernist villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer with breath-
taking views of the Bay of Villefranche. “The house sits
up on a hill, and when you gaze out at the bay, it looks like
you’re enveloped by a heart,” Perry says. “I thought, Wow,
this is so beautiful. This is where I need to be right now.”
They bought the home and surrounding property, which
included a true Provençal-style guesthouse and—much
to their delight—a circa-1910 Vietnamese pagoda that she
turned into her design studio.
But the real showstopper is the homage she assembled in
the main residence to the late, legendary French furniture
E L L E D E C O R 121
 The Agape tub in the
master bath overlooks
the swimming pool
and the bay beyond.
The flooring is Noi-
sette Fleury marble.
Perry kept the master bedroom’s decor intact, adding
only the Callum Innes artwork. The headboard is by
Minotti, the bedside table in the foreground is by Baxter,
the dresser is by B&B Italia, and the pendants are by Flos.
designer Pierre Paulin. Perry’s love of 1960s fashion, art, and
furniture led her to Paulin, who, in her opinion, was “the pre-
mier and most interesting furniture designer of that period.”
Her knowledge of Paulin is vast: “He is famous for furnish-
ing the private apartment of President Georges Pompidou in
the Élysée Palace in 1971, creating an environment so futur-
istic, modern, and revolutionary that it caught a lot of people
off guard,” she says. “Though it was soon accepted and loved.”
She reached out to the designer’s son, Benjamin, who over-
sees his father’s archive, for help in fashioning a complete Pau-
lin environment for her living and dining rooms. “We spent a
lot of time discussing pieces,” Benjamin says. “It was all about
doing something beautiful and useful.” And rare: Some of the
Paulin pieces Perry now owns—she acquired about 20—had
never before gone into production until she asked to have them
made, decades after they were first conceived.
Perry’s love of interior design runs in the family. She grew
up in a modernist home in suburban Chicago, her mother ran
an art gallery selling works by Joan Miró, and her parents col-
lected midcentury furniture by Arne Jacobsen and Charles and
Ray Eames. Art and design are in her blood—so much so that
she has just launched a new business called Lisa Perry Homes.
“My first project is in Palm Beach,” she reveals. “I’m renovating
and branding a house, and choosing all the furniture and art. If
you like my style, you just move in and hang your clothes up.”
These days she is back stateside, although she still spends
as much time as she can at her French getaway. As for Hillary
Clinton, she is a frequent houseguest at the Perrys’ and wrote
the foreword to Lisa’s book. “I have come to feel almost as
relaxed in the vibrant, art-filled homes of Lisa Perry as I do in
my own home,” Clinton writes. “[And] I can always count on
her to serve a delicious Chicago-style hot dog.” ◾
The pool terrace
features a chaise by
Paola Lenti and a
table by Kettal. For
details, see Resources.

E L L E D E C O R 123
 A NEUE
HOUSE
VIENNA SECESSION MEETS
CONTEMPORARY ART IN
THIS RENOVATION OF THE
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR’S
RESIDENCE IN AUSTRIA.
KEN FULK SHARES THE
INSIDE STORY.
PRODUCED BY CYNTHIA FR ANK
PHOTOGR APHS BY OBERTO GILI

124 E L L E D E C O R
The music room of the
official American residence
in Vienna, which Ken Fulk
renovated at the behest
of Ambassador Trevor
Traina and his wife, Alexis.
The modern Italian sofa
is covered in a Carlucci
di Chivasso velvet, and
the circa-1910 Austrian
armchairs are from the
Dorotheum auction house,
as is the Austrian poly-
chrome verre églomisé
coffee table. The walls were
hand-painted by Deborah
Phillips. OPPOSITE: In
the living room, Alexis, in
a Mary Katrantzou dress,
is seated on an Austrian
Biedermeier chair in a Jab
Anstoetz velvet. The lamp
is by Jonathan Adler, the
bust is by Egon Schiele,
and the artwork (left)
is by Rudolph Bauer.
I
H AV E K N O W N T R E V O R A N D A L E X I S
Traina for at least a decade. We were
friends before I ever did any work for
them. I’ve designed their house in San
Francisco and a place in Napa, and we’re
working on a fun project in Mexico. They
have become family to me, which made it
even more special when they asked me to
decorate the American ambassador’s res-
idence in Vienna. We have different out-
looks on the world sometimes, but we have
a real love and understanding. Another
thing that was such a fairy tale is that
Trevor’s grandfather was assigned to this very
same post under President Gerald Ford. And
Alexis’s uncle was an ambassador to the U.K.,
so this is in their blood.
When you close your eyes and think of
Vienna, you think of wedding-cake architec-
ture. The challenge here was to make a circa-
1930 Bauhaus-style official residence feel
representative of a young family that has such
warmth and joie de vivre.
Once Trevor was sworn in [in May 2018], we
submitted an idea of what we wanted to do to
the State Department for approval. Trevor and
Alexis have an incredible art collection and
planned to ship it to the residence. They also
covered the expense of the renovation and dec-
oration. I think the State Department was a lit-
tle nervous about what I might do aesthetically,

The breakfast room’s

table, with a Sue
Fisher King table-
cloth, is framed by
circa-1910 J. & J. Kohn
chairs and set with
Herend china.

126 E L L E D E C O R
 The living room’s
armchairs are
upholstered in a Jab
Anstoetz velvet. The
J. & J. Kohn dining
chairs and Adolf
Loos cocktail table
are antique, the
carpet is by Stark,
and the photograph
over the original
1930s mantel is by
William Eggleston.
 In a guest room, the
trompe l’oeil striped tent
was hand-painted by
Phillips. The bed linens
are by Schweitzer, and
the photograph of Cheryl
Tiegs is by Anne Collier.
but we set them at ease by showing we had put
some real thought into it and weren’t just com-
ing in and decorating for decorating’s sake.
We brought over Deborah Phillips, a deco-
rative artist at the Saint Joseph’s Arts Society
in San Francisco. She decamped to Vienna for
eight weeks and created painted backdrops that
enlivened this 14,000-square-foot space. The
palette was inspired by the colors in a Josef
Albers work, I-S LXXI b: a deep, bittersweet
chocolate for the living and dining rooms that
also references the original wood paneling;
and a saturated pink, like a strawberry, for the
music room. The patterns are inspired in part
by Gustav Klimt paintings. And we worked
with Vienna’s Dorotheum auction house to buy
Secessionist-era furniture with enough pedi-
gree and gravitas to fit in this setting.
The living room, with its Josef Hoffmann
armchairs, Austrian Biedermeier seating, and
artworks by Tina Barney and Pablo Picasso,
had to be comfortable: The Trainas have two
dogs (Honey and Tony) and two kids (Johnny,
12, and Delphina, 10), so they really live full
throttle. Once when I was there, they hosted 15
U.S. Marines for a barbecue meal in the living

The master bedroom’s

canopy, headboard,
armchair, ottoman,
and curtains are in a
Quadrille toile.
Coleen & Company
sconces hang over
19th-century
Regency chests. The
bed is dressed in
Léron Linens, and the
bed skirt and canopy
lining are in a Qua-
drille stripe. The pho-
tographs (from left)
are by William
Eggleston and Diane
Arbus. ABOVE: Fam-
ily photographs and
mementos fill an 18th-
century secretary.

E L L E D E C O R 129
 room. And I’ve also been there when it’s a dog
on the sofa and a kid doing homework.
In the dining room, there is a mix of
18th-century furnishings including mahog-
any chairs and demilunes from the English
firm Gillow & Co. The antique Biedermeier
dining table belonged to Trevor’s father and
was shipped to Vienna from San Francisco.
That David Hockney painting is such a major
blue-chip piece of art, but from a purely dec-
orative standpoint, it’s also so fun and happy.
The space that has historically been labeled the
music room today functions more like a den:
It’s a cozy spot where you can have conversa-
tions on a more intimate scale, especially with
the grouping of the Italian modern sofa and
early-20th-century velvet Austrian chairs. And
Ambassador Trevor I took a space off the library and reenvisioned it
Traina with Alexis as a bar room, with a midcentury bar and bar-
and their dogs, Tony stools. The Trainas and I have a great history
(left) and Honey, in of creating wonderful lounges in their homes.
the foyer. The 1938
rug is by Ivan da Silva I did one in their house in San Francisco based
Bruhns for André on a Damien Hirst painting, and we called it
Arbus, the chandelier the Hirst Bar. It became iconic overnight, and
is vintage Lobmeyr,
and both photographs
flanking the doorway
are by Diane Arbus.
“
I want people
who visit to go,
The dining room’s
18th-century
mahogany sideboard
and pair of urns ‘Oh my God, this is
and pedestals are
by Gillow & Co. The
painting is David
Hockney’s Yosemite II.
wonderful.
KEN FULK
’”
suddenly everyone in town was texting me,
“How do I get invited to the Hirst Bar?”
There’s a Wes Anderson quality to this house.
We arrived in a place that was somewhat staid
and, like magicians, we kept opening these bags
of tricks and watching it all blossom. Take the
master bedroom: The space was old-fashioned,
but we made it exciting with that crazy Qua-
drille Independence toile and all the pink and
the blue. Or look at the guest bedroom: It’s in a
1970 addition that frankly didn’t have the bones
of the rest of the house. The solution was to
have Deborah paint the walls in those genius
stripes, against which the Anne Collier photo-
graph of model Cheryl Tiegs now really pops.
With this whole project, I wanted to live up
to expectations. We were trying to demon-
strate through design an idea of what our
country represents abroad and communicate
positive things about us as Americans. To me,
that was a higher calling. I want people who
visit to go, “Oh my God, this is wonderful—just
absolutely fabulous and happy and uplifting
and joyous.” ◾
The dining room’s Bie-
dermeier table, which
belonged to the ambas-
sador’s father, John
Traina, is topped with
Saint-Louis crystal gob-
lets, Oneida silver, Flora
Danica porcelain plates
by Royal Copenhagen,
and napkin rings by Deb-
orah Rhodes. The Gillow
& Co. mahogany chairs
and demilune tables, gilt
mirrors, and Japanese
screen are all antiques
from the State Depart-
ment collection. For
details, see Resources.

E L L E D E C O R 131
The living room of Nancy
and Bruce Newberg’s
house in Brentwood,
California, which was
designed by Kathryn M.
Ireland and architect
Ron Radziner of Marmol
Radziner. The sofas,
cocktail table, and tie-
dyed pillows are by Ireland
for the Perfect Room. The
1950s armchairs are from
Obsolete, the circa-1940
Swedish floor lamp is from
Galerie Half, the curtains
are of an Otis Textiles
fabric, and the ceramic
artwork over the fireplace
is by Bruno Gambone.

132 E L L E D E C O R
ABOUT
FACEFOR A LONGTIME CLIENT
IN LOS ANGELES, DESIGNER
KATHRYN M. IRELAND
DITCHES HER MORE-IS-MORE
APPROACH TO CRAFT A CHICLY
MINIMALIST HOME THAT IS
PARED TO PERFECTION.
BY K ATE BET TS
PRODUCED BY DAVID M. MURPHY
PHOTOGR APHS BY TREVOR TONDRO
In the dining room,
vintage chairs from Lief
pull up to a trestle table
by Ireland for the Perfect
Room. The pendants
are by Alison Berger, the
vase is by Mud Australia,
and the photograph is by
Florian Maier-Aichen.

N
ANCY AND BRUCE NEWBERG
had been eyeing the property
near their family’s Los Angeles
home for several years before
the for sale sign finally went up.
With views out over the Pacific
Ocean and the Santa Monica
Mountains, it was the perfect site
for their dream project, a house
that would redefine Southern
California style—which is to say, a home that would marry
the more minimalist aesthetic Nancy had seen on trips to
Europe with the handcrafted feel of historic L.A. homes
by such iconic local architects as Wallace Neff and George
Washington Smith.
“It was a new chapter for us,” says Newberg, a jew-
elry designer whose delicate Art Deco–inspired oxidized
silver–and-diamond pieces are a favorite of celebrities like
Reese Witherspoon. “Our kids were out of the house, and I
was envisioning something much more pared-down—what I
like to call an adult home, where we could entertain friends
and host our kids when they are in town.”
For years, Newberg had worked with Los Angeles–based
interior designer Kathryn M. Ireland, whose signature
paisley prints and bold colors filled her family’s first home.
But that was a very different, darker space with many bed-
rooms. “And we have both evolved in our taste,” says Ire-
land, a native of England who is known for her restorations
of Spanish Colonial homes in Ojai, Santa Monica, and Palos
Verdes Estates. “Nancy still wanted fabulous textiles and
beautiful steel-framed windows and doors to allow lots of
light into the space, but she was ready for a simpler, almost
monastic kind of interior.”
She arranged for Newberg to visit the Belgian château
and Kanaal gallery of designer Axel Vervoordt. Newberg
was instantly taken with the elegance and simplicity of Ver-
voordt’s influential style. “That was her ‘aha!’ moment,” says
Ireland. “And then I had to channel myself into that style.”
Another revelation came when Newberg and Ireland
were searching for the right architect to help realize this
dream. Driving around the neighborhood, Ireland spotted
a recent Marmol Radziner project, which then triggered an
idea: Why not enlist the modernist architect Ron Radziner
to execute their vision? They would combine Radziner’s

134 E L L E D E C O R
 The guesthouse overlooks the
swimming pool. The planters
are by Inner Gardens, and the
floor lantern is by Formations.

In the library, a 1968 FontanaArte

pendant from Galerie Half hangs
over a table by Ireland for the Perfect
Room. The Minotti chairs are in a
Rogers & Goffigon mohair, and the
curtains are of a Kathryn M. Ireland
linen from John Rosselli & Associates.
The brass candleholders are by Ilse
Crawford, the picture lights are by
Vaughan, and the room is painted in
a color by Ireland for C2 Paint.

Nancy Newberg (left) with

Radziner and Ireland.
The Hans J. Wegner chairs
are from Carl Hansen.
 “She was ready
for a simpler, almost
monastic kind of
interior.
KATHRYN M . IRELAND
”
signature streamlined style with Spanish Colo-
nial details such as plaster walls and tiled roofs
to create a light-filled structure with large rooms,
indoors and out, for entertaining. A creamy, nat-
ural interior palette punctuated with subtle blues
and greens would join the modernist architecture
and the exterior landscape.
One thing Ireland knew for certain was that
anything minimalistic had to be of the highest
quality. “John Pawson once told me that, and I’ve
always believed that it’s better to make things
locally,” she says. She tapped several Los Angeles
artisans for furniture, lanterns, ceramics, fabrics,
and rugs. Christopher Farr designed many of the
rugs, and the pottery was custom made by a pro-
fessor of ceramics at the University of California,
Los Angeles, whom Ireland had discovered at the
Santa Monica flea market. Larger pieces, such as
the cherry-and–brass inlay library table and the
wrought-iron canopy bed, come from Ireland’s
newest resource—and latest project—the Perfect
Room, a website she launched last fall offering
users complete rooms designed by such A-List dec-
orators as Jeffrey Bilhuber, Jeffrey Alan Marks, and
Martyn Lawrence Bullard. Users of the site can
browse rooms by designer and buy curated design
ABOVE: In the packages that range from floor plans and mood
master bedroom, the
boards to accessories or even entire spaces.
wrought-iron bed
is by Ireland for the Ireland and Newberg traveled together to Stock-
Perfect Room, and holm, France, and Italy, shopping the flea markets
the bed-curtains are of Paris and the antiques fair in Parma for art-
of an Otis Textiles
linen-silk sheer. works, ceramics, and furniture. They also relied
The rug is by Stark, on their favorite local dealers such as Obsolete,
and the lamps are where they found the French haberdashery table
from Hollywood at in the front hallway, and Galerie Half, where they
Home. RIGHT: In
Nancy’s dressing bought a 1940s Swedish floor lamp and the 1968
room, the bench is brass FontanaArte ceiling pendant in the library.
from Therien and Ireland added touches of color to the creamy
the mirror is custom.
The Japanese paper
palette, from the tie-dyed pillows in the living
pendant is from room, which were handmade in Suffolk, England,
Rewire, and the rug is to the atmospheric greenish-blue palette of the
by Holland & Sherry. library. “You do need some color,” she says. “Even
if it’s just pops.”
Landscape designer Stephen Block of Inner Gar-
dens brought in mature olive and oak trees, lend-
ing a sense of history to the house. “People are
still not sure if the house is new or not,” Newberg
says, “which is just what I wanted.” ◾
 The master bath’s
tub and fittings are
by Waterworks.
The vintage Italian
pendant is from
Blackman Cruz,
the Roman shade
is of a Kathryn M.
Ireland linen, and the
flooring is Carrara
marble. For details,
see Resources.

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SUMMERS
IN SANDS
POINT
WENDY GOODMAN RECALLS
THE LONG ISLAND HOME
THAT SPARKED HER LIFELONG
LOVE OF DESIGN. BECAUSE
NO PHOTOS REMAIN, SHE
TURNED TO HER FRIEND, ARTIST
MAIRA KALMAN, TO CONJURE
THE SPLENDORS OF THE
LEGENDARY HARRIMAN HOUSE.
I
T WAS C A M ELOT B EF O R E C A M ELOT. SA N DS P O I N T,
just a 40-minute drive from New York City on a good
day, so close and yet a world away on the Cow Neck
Peninsula in Nassau County, surrounded by water and
bordered by sandy beaches. It’s where Guggenheims,
Vanderbilts, and Goulds bought land and built cas-
tles—and, some say, it was the model for East Egg in
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby. But there was also a
more down-to-earth aspect to life in Sands Point—one
in which politicians, writers, artists, and theater pro-
fessionals took retreat in the private oases provided by
their hosts. That’s the Sands Point I remember from
my childhood summers there, spent in a bathing suit
at our two-story shingled house next door to Marie
and W. Averell Harriman’s compound overlooking the
Long Island Sound.
It was the 1950s, a time as far away from the present
as can be imagined, when as governor of New York State
from 1955 to 1959, Averell had a state trooper as his security
detail, and that was all. My sister Tonne and I would sit at
the end of our driveway waiting for the arrival of Pam and
Alida Morgan, our summer “sisters,” who would come for
two weeks every year to visit their grandparents, the Har-
rimans. Tonne and I had the ritual down: We’d sit on the
hot tar surface, oblivious to the heat and discomfort, at the
exact point where we could see the car that had been sent
to pick up our friends at the airport as it cleared the trees in
the bend of the road.
The arrival of Pam and Alida was the highlight of our
summer. Averell had sold our father two acres of beachfront
property next door to his in 1954. His property stretched
all the way from the main road to the beach and along the
coast up to the Herbert Bayard Swope house on the point.
138 E L L E D E C O R
(The press baron’s 25-room Lands End, where he held lavish
all-nighters, was the alleged model for Gatsby’s parties.)
Our parents had built a modest home with a screened-in
porch and a playroom with doors opening onto the lawn.
This led to the beach where Tonne and I spent most of our
time with our younger brother, Ed, and sister Stacy.
From the window of time we spent with Pam and Alida,
we learned that they led unimaginably exotic lives. They
called their maternal grandmother grand-mère, as they were
born in Paris and spoke French before they learned English.
Averell, their step-grandfather, was known to them as Ave.
Their time in Sands Point was bookended by a trip to the
Adirondacks to see an army of cousins we deeply resented,
as we never wanted the girls to leave. But once the car
rounded that bend, nothing else mattered; together, we
became the inseparable four musketeers and had the run
of the Harriman house. Through a swinging door off the
living room, we’d race to the forbidden kitchen quarters,
where Jeanne the cook would have made a fresh batch of her
meringues just for us. But manners were always on call; we
had to ask permission from Jeanne to enter her realm. And
nothing tasted quite as delicious as the super-salty Fritos
we’d poach from glass bowls on the bar of the porch where
the grown-ups had cocktails, followed by dinner over a mir-
rored table that ran the length of the room.
The daily ritual of saying a proper good morning to
Mrs. Harriman, who would not emerge from her bedroom
until early afternoon, meant that we were allowed into her
sanctuary. From the sitting room, you could see to the end
of the corridor, where her bedroom was cordoned off not
by a door but an upholstered fabric screen. Its presence
teased you into thinking that you might spy the chamber
behind it if you stood at a certain angle, but of course that
would never happen unless you came all the way around
the screen. It was a clever design device, a courtesy to her
guests, who instead of a closed door would see the lovely
pomegranate-patterned fabric panels illuminated by the
natural light off the Long Island Sound—such was the
degree of her thoughtfulness. The screen also established
her personal space in the midst of a house where friends
constantly filled the compound’s guest wing to capacity.
The bedroom was her haven—and the most beautiful,
unpretentious, and luxurious one I had ever seen. It wasn’t
lavish, but it was perfection, filled with the salt air that
blew through sheer curtains beneath formal drapes. The
space was designed by George Stacey, the decorator—“Ave
calls him Secretary of the Interior,” Alida told me—who
also designed the family’s New York townhouse on East
81st Street, where the treasury of their paintings lived,
most of which now reside in the National Gallery of Art, in
Washington, D.C.
The curtains, the screen, and the upholstered headboard
were all done in the same blue-and-white print, which Alida
muses could have been from Clarence House, as there are
no photographs of the home to reference, none at all. Mem-
ory is the only way to conjure up images of the silky ele-
gance of this room.
Averell had a separate, much smaller bedroom next door
to Marie’s in an arrangement that was de rigueur in so
many households back in the 1950s, especially as Averell
Artist Maira Kalman illustrates Marie Harriman’s 1950s Sands Point bedroom, a symphony of blue and white,
from details remembered by the author, Wendy Goodman, whose childhood summer home was next door.
worked late nights. But Mrs. Harriman’s bedroom was all
the more impressive because she presided in it from her bed
in a quilted satin bed jacket, her black hair immaculate, her
lipstick always fresh. That was her uniform, if you will,
working from her command post where she read mail,
planned menus, and made calls from a big white telephone
on the bed next to a white wicker breakfast tray, placed over
her legs, with large pockets on either side holding the day’s
newspapers and magazines. Her two wirehaired dachs-
hunds, Dini and Gary Cooper, were always nearby in their
regular spots on the blue-and-white floral D. Porthault bed-
ding, and occasionally Averell’s white Labrador, Brumie,
would wander in and plunk down on the cotton rag rug that
felt so good under bare feet.
Mrs. Harriman had a deep, rich voice that greeted but
never indulged us. She treated us not like adults, but not
how other grown-ups we knew treated children. I wished
we could amuse her and make her laugh. In my childhood
mind, I understood that her bedroom was more glamorous
“
It was my first
glimpse into the world
of grown-ups.”
than any place I had ever before experienced. The glamour
came from the idea of retreat—that a room could be yours
alone for you to savor, or to share, but by invitation only.
It was my first glimpse into the world of grown-ups, where
glamour and privacy ruled as one.
The private road that led to the Harrimans’ estate had
two entrances. Each took you on a different path through
a magnificent forest of old trees down to the water. One
entrance had massive, old wrought-iron gates, and the other
had a few mailboxes marking the drive. The latter was the
one guests and dignitaries took to the Harriman residence,
and had you not known its exact location, you might have
driven past the single-story bungalow partially hidden by
boxwood and rose hip bushes. But the site was extraordi-
nary, and the drive down from this unassuming entry had a
point at which you almost had to stop the car to catch your
breath and take in the majesty of the view. From here, one
could look beyond the rolling lawn that descended to the
beach and see Long Island Sound dotted with sailboats. The
paved surface of the road then changed over to sand-colored
pebbles that made a distinct crunching sound as cars passed
over them. No one was going to make a noiseless entrance
as they approached the house, not even on foot.
The original house built on this sprawling waterfront prop-
erty started out as a kind of way station—a convenient spot
where Averell could change his clothes after a game of polo at
the nearby Meadow Brook Club. Peter Duchin, son of band-
leader Eddy Duchin, who was raised by Marie and Averell
after his mother’s death in 1962, told me this story: “After Ave
built the house, he had a yacht, The Spindrift. Every morning,
he would wake up, walk to the pier in his bathrobe, and board
the yacht, be shaved and dressed by his valet, read the papers,
and be deposited at his office on Wall Street.”
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By the time Averell was elected governor in 1954, a guest
wing, tennis court, and saltwater swimming pool had
been added to the property, plus what looked like a child’s
playhouse near the caretaker’s quarters but was actually
a one-room security station for the state troopers on duty
24/7 to protect him. There was also a small screened-in
pavilion beside the pool. We called it the Bug House. It
was large enough to hold three white-painted iron chaise
longues topped with comfy cushions upholstered in a green
sailcloth and giant collapsible hoods that could be raised to
shield the seats’ inhabitants from the sun.
The long rectangular saltwater pool, embedded in
the lush carpet of lawn near one side of the house, was
recessed in a white-painted cement border with drains to
capture the runoff. When you were in the pool gazing out
on the sound, the effect was not unlike what is now known
as an infinity pool. Back then, however, I’m pretty sure it
was just a happy coincidence: The pool had to be close to
the beach because a big pipe conveyed salt water from the
sound directly into it.
The social life of Sands Point happened around that
pool, and the best part of the day was being allowed to
walk across the vast lawn and jump into that exotic body of
water. A great ceremony was made of the arrival of Marie
Harriman’s mother, Beulah (Pam and Alida called her
Gram Norton), and her sister, Rose, who had flaming-red
hair that contrasted with Gram’s frothy nimbus of silver
waves. We would watch, transfixed, as they would tuck
their respective coifs under white bathing caps before tak-
ing turns doing swan dives off the diving board into the
pool. The two were well into their 90s when these feats
occurred. Pam and Alida wore proper matching bathing
suits with skirts that Tonne and I, clad in our unisex bath-
ing trunks, thought very fancy.
Pam and Alida would venture into the Bug House to greet
their grand-mère while we waited outside—well aware that
the door had to be opened and closed very quickly or else
the whole point of the shelter would be lost, if so much
as a single annoying insect succeeded in entering. Mrs.
Harriman’s best friends, Ginny Chambers and Madeline
Sherwood (who was married to the great playwright Rob-
ert Emmet Sherwood), would spend hours in the Bug House
reading and filling out crossword puzzles. But the men
rarely ventured inside, as they were all too busy playing
very serious rounds of croquet on the stretch of lawn off to
the left of the pool near the tennis court.
The men’s attire for these fiercely competitive games was
baggy linen shorts and no shirts. Robert Sherwood would
usually opt out, preferring to sit on the dock in a wooden
rocking chair instead. “Occasionally, if the tide was right,”
Duchin recalls, “I would go fishing for stripers with Mr.
Philips, the caretaker, who would row as I would trail a
spinner with a sandworm attached.”
Time spent in Sands Point meant the freedom of days
under the sun by the water, and as if that wasn’t wonder-
ful enough, we anticipated the arrival of our summer sisters
with excitement and joy every year for at least a decade. It is
no wonder that Pam and Alida have gone on to become life-
long friends, and that Peter Duchin continues, to this day, to
act as our spirit guide. ◾
The Harriman property had a long rectangular pool fed with fresh salt water from Long Island Sound,
a tennis court, and a screened Bug House for insect-free outdoor lounging.
In the entry of a 1910s
Chicago mansion that
was renovated by
Alessandra Branca with
HBRA Architects, a
George IV table holds
bronze architectural
models and a Greek
Revival vase. The 1950s
pendant is French,
and the flooring
combines bluestone
and French limestone.
OPPOSITE: Branca in the
home’s gallery, where
18th-century French
urns rest on 19th-century
Swedish columns.

142 E L L E D E C O R
GRAND TOUR
DE FORCE
A 1910 S MANSION ON LAKE MICHIGAN GETS A MAGNIFICENT
REDO—FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING—AT THE HANDS OF CHICAGO
DESIGNER AND ED A-LISTER ALESSANDRA BRANCA.
BY NANCY HASS PRODUCED BY CYNTHIA FR ANK PHOTOGR APHS BY SIMON UPTON
 T
HE WIN D WHIPS ACROSS CHIC AG O’S
Lake Shore Drive no matter the sea-
son. But within the 1910s mansion on
Lake Michigan that decorator Alessan-
dra Branca recently completed for a
client after five years of construction,
all is calm. Or more than just calm—
serene. Under her guidance, the four-
story Georgian edifice has become a
neoclassical refuge bathed in super-
A Queen Anne saturated color and rich textures—the
mirror hangs over perfect place for its owner, a man-
a custom marble- about-town, to sip a Campari on a balmy June afternoon or
and-bronze console
nurse a cognac late into a December night. “You want to
in the vestibule.
The 18th-century feel both wrapped in solitude and ready to go out into the
lion’s-head door world,” says Branca, who is based in the Windy City but
knocker is Venetian. was raised in Rome, a fact that is writ large on the project,
with its mixture of references to Italy’s past and present.
“You want to feel comforted and also energized.”
The living room’s custom sofas
are in a Holland & Sherry silk The house, which has been in the owner’s family for
velvet, the cocktail table has many years, has an Edith Wharton–esque majesty. Branca,
a 17th-century Siena mar- who first came to Chicago for college (where she met her
ble top, and the mantel is
husband of 42 years, a native of the city, and decided to
early-19th-century French.
The room is paneled in hand- stay), has an international client roster, but she says it was “a
scraped, gilded walnut. profound gift” to work on a project within walking distance
of her own elegant townhouse on Lake Michigan, especially
one so architecturally significant. “So many grand homes
here have been replaced by gleaming towers,” she says.
“When you are able to bring into the present a house with
such a past, it’s an enlivening experience.”
The client’s family had for years used Colefax and
Fowler, the legendary London firm, to decorate their homes,
and while Branca admired the way they had done up the
house in the 1980s—“a bit Swedish, with lots of chintz and
sherbet colors”—her client, who had recently taken it over,
wanted it to better reflect his own style. He is an aficio-
nado of Greek and Roman architecture, as well as a lover
of all things Italian, who spends a month and a half of the
summer at Lake Como. “He and I are so much on the same
wavelength,” she says. “I think of him more as a patron than
as a client.”
There is good reason for her to celebrate his enthusi-
asm and commitment: The gut renovation, in collabora-
tion with HBRA Architects, was among the most elaborate
she had ever attempted. With her client’s encouragement,
every surface of the 4,000-square-foot house, which is very
long but only 20 feet wide, was minutely thought out, then
embellished with craftsmanship that evoked the Renais-
sance in all its handwrought glory. One example: The
intricate brick-domed ceiling in the wine room was crafted
in Paris by an artisan who had once worked on a renovation

144 E L L E D E C O R
 The dining table is custom, the chairs are
Regency, and the 1875 chandelier has
Wedgwood porcelain mounted on it. The walls
are inset with panels of hand-painted and
decoupaged classical designs, and the table is
set with Baccarat stemware and Puiforcat silver.
 The master bed
and upholstered
walls are in a
custom Fortuny
damask, the day-
bed is Regency,
the circa-1820
bedside tables
are Italian, and
the 19th-century
rug is Persian.
of Notre-Dame, then airfreighted to Chicago in two large In the master bath,
the handle on the
pieces. Another: When the client decided he wanted a bath- glass shower door
room reminiscent of the lapis lazuli pool at Hearst Castle, is by Nanz, and the
in California, Branca searched for nine months to find the custom mosaic tiles
perfect stones. In the dining room, the walls are inspired are of lapis lazuli.
by a book of illustrations beloved by the client, a pictorial
exploration of ancient Greek vases by Sir William Hamil-
ton, the 18th-century diplomat who once played violin with
a young Mozart and was the protagonist of Susan Sontag’s
1992 historical novel The Volcano Lover. Artisans re-created
the images with gouache and watercolor on parchment that
was eventually decoupaged onto the walls in a painstaking
process that took nearly three and a half years. “It makes
all the difference if you have a client as willing to go to the
ends of the earth as you are,” Branca says.
The furnishings are a richly toned mélange of 18th- and
19th-century antiques, many of which nod to Greek and
Roman times; they are set off by elaborately patterned
fabrics, floors of Bosporus marble, and walnut paneling.

“ifItthemakes all the difference

client is willing to go
to the ends of the earth.”
ALESSANDRA BRANCA

(“No mahogany, because we don’t have that wood in Italy,”

Branca says.) Tall windows sport custom Fortuny valances,
while fauteuils are upholstered in a deep green gauffraged
silk velvet.
Branca is as fluent in the language of color as she is in
English and Italian, and the hues of the home are the tan-
gerines, midnight blues, and plum-tomato reds one might
glimpse through the windows of palazzos near the Piazza
Navona. “You can see Caravaggio’s colors in my references,
and Fiorentino’s,” she says, referring to Rosso Fiorentino,
the 16th-century Florentine Mannerist painter whose work
adorns the Château de Fontainebleau in France. Because
she wanted to bring those robust shades to Chicago, where
she knew the light was different, she had the pigments
hand-mixed in Rome and transported back to the U.S. to be
gently tweaked.
While the house has many touches that evoke an earlier
era, Branca balks at being considered a mere revivalist or
re-creator of history. What lifts her environments above
simple homage is her unerring sense of when pattern or
color is in danger of becoming too stifling or reverential;
she knows exactly when it is time to introduce a witty 20th-
century reference, such as the four-panel living room screen
done by Fornasetti in 1955, a clean stripe on a wall, or an
uncurtained window letting in the sun. It is this contrast,
The copper tub in the master
which comes from an instinctual place deep within Branca’s bath is from Catchpole & Rye.
globe-trotting imagination, that distinguishes her work. “I The 19th-century chandelier
have one underlying belief that extends through every proj- is Russian, and the artworks
are 18th-century intaglios.
ect, from the Bahamas to London to New York to here,” she For details, see Resources.
says. “Every home should be arms wide open.” ◾

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 FROM LE F T: Everyday Objects
Reed sterling silver flowerpot, $1,475;
Krakoff. Modern Bamboo crystal high-
ball glass, $50 each; Color Block
teacup and saucer, $80 for set;
No. 727 Tiffany Tea exclusive
black tea and floral blend, price
upon request; Everyday Objects
sterling silver coffee can, $1,550;
Color Block napkin ring, $180 for
four; Color Block dessert plate,
$55 each; Bamboo five-piece
silver flatware set, $780; Everyday
Objects sterling silver bird’s nest
with Tiffany Blue porcelain eggs,
$10,000; Color Block sugar bowl,
$90; Elsa Peretti glass fishbowl,
$900; Color Block cake stand,
$220 each; Everyday Objects
walnut tic-tac-toe set with ster-
ling silver and amazonite, $1,200;
Everyday Objects beech honey
stick, $230; Flora & Fauna lidded
pot, $625; Color Block salt-and-
pepper shakers, $205; Color
Z O D I AC TA B L E S C A P E Block teapot, $210; Iris sterling
silver watering can, $50,000.

SUMMER
BE LOW RIGHT: Color Block
weekend tote, $975; Flora &
Fauna rattan-and-leather tray,
$1,550; crystal martini glass,
$25 each; Diamond Point bottle

TABLE 101
opener, $350; Diamond Point
bar spoon, $625; Diamond Point
cocktail mixer, $575; Everyday
Objects terra-cotta flowerpot,
$100 for three.
THE KEY TO AN A-LIST AFFAIR? Cakes, Tiffany & Co. Blue
TIFFANY & CO. CHINA AND SILVER Box Café. Table, Kali + Tee
mango-wood with iron base,
AND MASKING TAPE (YES, REALLY), ftsny.com.
SAYS THE COMPANY’S CHIEF ARTISTIC
OFFICER, REED KRAKOFF.
BY DAVID SCOROPOSKI
PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON
PHOTOGR APH BY EVA AN KHER A J

I
F YO U ’VE EVER AT TEN D ED A SE ATED D IN NER PART Y O NLY
to spend the evening swiping through your phone, then your
host for the night was clearly not a Gemini (May 21–June 21).
An air sign ruled by Mercury, Gemini is symbolized by the
figure of twins; while that may account for a propensity for
indecision, it also makes for an extremely social and curi-
ous zodiac sign. A table dreamed up for a Gemini-centric
affair would look something like the one that Reed Kra-
koff, the chief artistic officer of Tiffany & Co., created here
using pieces from the brand’s home and accessories collec-
tions as well as artfully applied masking tape. The sterling
silver watering can and flowerpot hold floral branches and
lemons, appealing to the sign’s versatile nature, while the
color-blocked bone china dishes and tea service are perfectly rep-
PORTR AIT: INEZ AND VINOODH,
COURTESY OF TIFFANY & CO.

resentative of its binary essence. The glass fishbowl and sterling

silver bird’s nest are also ideal conversation starters. “At Tiffany,
we believe that something can be luxurious without being overly
formal,” says Krakoff of the vivacious setting. “I wanted to design
a livable space that evokes whimsicality and fun, a dynamic
scene.” Feel free to leave your phone at home. All pieces available
at tiffany.com. —Vanessa Lawrence ◾

148 E L L E D E C O R
NORTH BY NORTHEAST
BRITISH DECORATOR RITA KONIG MAKES MAGIC IN HER VICTORIAN
FARMHOUSE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE.
BY SADIE STEIN PHOTOGR APHS BY DYL AN THOM AS
The drawing room in the country home of decorator Rita Konig in
northeastern England. The 19th-century sofa in the foreground
is upholstered in a fabric by Konig’s mother, Nina Campbell, the
vintage cocktail tables are from Colefax and Fowler, and the
mahogany side table is in the Chippendale style. The antique
Ziegler Mahal rug is from Robert Kime, and the walls are in Invisible
Green by Edward Bulmer. OPPOSITE: The Victorian farmhouse.

E L L E D E C O R 151
In the kitchen’s dining area, the
19th-century Italian table is
from TallBoy Interiors, and the
dining chairs are antiques. The
curtains are of a Lee Jofa stripe,
and the artichoke lithograph is
by Sarah Graham. The walls are
in Edward Bulmer’s Lilac Pink.
The kitchen’s white-enamel
stove is by Aga, and the star
pendant is from Pooky.
R
I TA KO N I G, D A U G H T E R
of the pioneering female
decorator Nina Campbell,
grew up amid lush and
comfortable interiors and
observed firsthand the
hard work that goes into
creating them. But while
Konig clearly learned the
nuts and bolts of design
from a n i mpeccable
source, from the moment
she founded her interior
design firm two decades
ago, she forged her own
distinctive style: a bit quirky, highly livable,
and, most of all, happy.
Based in London, Konig has built her thriv-
ing practice with both residential and com-
mercial projects that take her all over the
world; she recently decorated the interiors
of the buzzy Hotel 850 in West Hollywood
(see E L L E DECOR March 2019). If she has
earned a wider following along the way, it is
in part because she communicates her taste
so well: both through her Instagram account
(59,000 followers and growing) and in the col-
umns she has penned for such publications as
British Vogue, Domino, and the Wall Street
Journal. In all of them, she comes across as an
über-stylish, highly authoritative friend.
In recent months, said followers have been
able to join Konig as she and her husband,
biographer Philip Eade, have renovated North
Farm, their farmhouse in County Durham in
northeast England. “We wanted to be sure this
felt like a real, lovely country house,” she says.
“And completely different than a city home.”
Konig has offered her fans a window into the
challenges of renovating a historic home on a
working farm—one that has seven bedrooms
and five baths—and transforming it into a
E L L E D E C O R 153
In the library, the Nina Campbell sofa is
covered in a Tissus d’Hélène corduroy,
and the vintage armchairs are in a
Nina Campbell green velvet (left) and a
Lewis & Wood fabric. The curtains are
of a Claremont twill with Nina Campbell
braided trim, and the artworks include a
1970s Neil Forster portrait of Campbell’s
late Yorkshire terriers, which Konig
discovered at a junk shop in Wales.
comfortable family home for the couple and
their five-year-old daughter, Margot. The
rambling, “mostly Victorian” golden stone
structure is surrounded by rolling pastures
and has been in Eade’s family for generations.
The property even includes an archaeological
discovery: An entire medieval village is buried
here. “I had to make Pinterest boards to show
Philip that I wasn’t going to do anything overly
elaborate or too decorated,” Konig says.
While the result is indeed a dream of an
English country getaway, it’s also quintes-
sentially Konig: a mixture of high style with
unfussy restraint, touches of whimsy, clas-
sic English references, and plenty of color. In
the spirit of the property, Konig installed a
traditional-style kitchen by Plain English and a
large and practical stone-floored mudroom to
stand up to plenty of wet boots.
The interiors are rustic but polished. Of the
sage-walled sitting room, with its eclectic mix
of geometrics and florals, Konig says: “I wanted
it to be a bit mismatched, with the feeling that
something came together naturally. At a cer-
tain point, I did wonder, Have I gone too far?”

“a place
We wanted
where
friends and family
really like to be.
RITA KONIG
”
The small library—which Konig calls the
TV room—was less ad hoc. “The concept was
to fit as many people as comfortably possible
to watch a movie or football game,” she says.
“I really liked the combination of the delicate,
small-print wallpaper with the more robust
upholstery fabrics like corduroy, quilted cotton,
wool, and velvet.”
There are certain things in the house that
her fans will recognize instantly as Konig
trademarks: bright crystal match strikes, vivid
lacquered drinks trays, scalloped D. Porthault
linens, and, of course, her signature blend of
classic and modern patterns. Above all, though,
it’s the feeling of comfort that pervades the
house: the deep, down-filled sofas that invite
curling up with a book; the tempting, crisp
beds; the generous, weathered farmhouse
table; and the pink—but not sugary—little girl’s
dream that is Margot’s room. “At the end of the
day,” Konig says, “we wanted a place where
friends and family really like to be.” ◾

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 In a guest room, Ikea beds are topped with vintage
D. Porthault linens, the antique Cotswolds chair belonged
to Konig’s father, the pendant is by Antoinette Poisson,
the Roman shade is of a Titley and Marr print, and the
wallpaper is by Nina Campbell. RIGHT: The walls in the
daughter’s bath are covered in a Pierre Frey wallpaper.

The Charles Beckley head-

board in a guest room is
covered in a Raoul Textiles
fabric; the 19th-century chest
is French, the Pooky lamps
have shades in a Colefax and
Fowler fabric, and the walls
are in Edward Bulmer’s Cuisse
de Nymphe Emue.

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 The master bedroom’s
four-poster William
Yeoward bed is topped
with a vintage quilt from
Katherine Poole. The
Regency bench is in a
Claremont check, and the
curtains are of a Nicole
Fabre Designs floral. For
details, see Resources.
RESOURCES
Items pictured but not listed are
from private collections.
TALENT
PAGE 66: Benjamin Soleimani,
Mansour Modern, mansourmodern
.com. Kerry Joyce, kerryjoyce.com.
TALENT
PAGES 68–70: Alexa Hampton, alexa
hampton.com. Juan Montoya, Juan
Montoya Design, juanmontoyadesign
.com. Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson,
Drake/Anderson, drakeanderson.com.
Ishka Designs, ishkadesigns.com.
TRUTH IN DECORATING
PAGES 72–76: Genevieve Gorder,
genevievegorder.com. Christian Dunbar,
Christian Dunbar Designs, christian
dunbardesigns.com.
SHOWCASE
PAGE 84: Wallpaper: Flat Vernacular,
flatvernacular.com.
PAGE 86: Wallpapers: Texturae,
artemest.com.
BRILLIANT BRITISH TALENT
PAGES 100–104: Wallpapers:
de Gournay, degournay.com.
BRILLIANT BRITISH TALENT
Interior design: Luke Edward Hall,
lukeedwardhall.com.
PAGE 106: Plates: Richard
Ginori, richardginori1735.com.
PAGE 108: Ceramics: Richard Ginori.
Lamp: Pooky, pooky.com. Wallpaper:
Trustworth Studios, trustworth
.com. PAGE 110: Mirror: FontanaArte,
fontanaarte.com. Cushions and wall
hanging: Luke Edward Hall for the Rug
Company, therugcompany.com. Vase:
Luke Edward Hall. Wallpaper: Twigs,
twigswallpaperandfabric.com.
DANIEL’S KITCHENS
PAGES 114–116: Daniel Boulud of
Restaurant Daniel, danielnyc.com.
Bowl: Vietri, vietri.com. Tumbler:
Il Buco Vita, ilbuco.com.
A GREAT ESCAPE
Interior design: Lisa Perry. Consultant:
Benjamin Paulin, Paulin Paulin Paulin,
paulinpaulinpaulin.com. Architecture:
Francine and Pascal Goujon, PPF
Goujon Architectes, ppfgoujon.net.
PAGES 118–119: Floor lamps:
Harter Galerie, hartergalerie.fr.
PAGES 120–121: Swivel chair and otto-
man: Karuselli, kauppakeskuskaruselli
.fi. Lamp: Vibia, vibia.com. Cooktop:
Gaggenau, gaggenau.com. Hood:
Gutmann, gutmann-exklusiv.de.
PAGES 122–123: Bathtub: Agape,
agapedesign.it. Artwork: Callum
Innes, calluminnes.com. Headboard:
Minotti, minotti.com. Dresser: B&B
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Italia, bebitalia.com. Pendants:
Flos, flos.com. Chaise: Paola Lenti,
paolalenti.it. Table: Kettal, kettal.com.
A NEUE HOUSE
Interior design: Ken Fulk, kenfulk.com.
PAGES 124–125: Sofa fabric: Carlucci
di Chivasso, carlucci.jab.de. Arm-
chairs and coffee table: Dorotheum,
dorotheum.com. Wall painting: Deb-
orah Phillips, deborahphillips.com.
Dress: Mary Katrantzou, mary
katrantzou.com. Chair fabric:
Jab Anstoetz, jab.de. Lamp: Jon-
athan Adler, jonathanadler.com.
PAGES 126–127: Tablecloth: Sue
Fisher King, suefisherking.com. China:
Herend, herendusa.com. Armchairs
fabric: Jab Anstoetz. Carpet: Stark,
starkcarpet.com. Photograph:
William Eggleston, egglestontrust
.com. PAGES 128–129: Wall paint-
ing: Deborah Phillips. Bed linens:
Schweitzer Linen, schweitzerlinen
.com. Canopy, canopy lining, head-
board, bedskirt, armchair, ottoman,
and curtains fabrics: Quadrille,
quadrillefabrics.com. Sconces: Coleen
& Company, coleenandcompany
.com. Bed linens: Léron, leron.com.
Photograph: William Eggleston.
PAGES 130–131: Chandelier: J. & L.
Lobmeyr, lobmeyr.at. Painting: David
Hockney, hockney.com. Goblets:
Saint-Louis, saint-louis.com. Silver:
Oneida, oneida.com. Porcelain plates:
Royal Copenhagen, royalcopenhagen
.com. Napkin rings: Deborah Rhodes,
deborahrhodes.com.
ABOUT FACE
Interior design: Kathryn M. Ireland,
kathrynireland.com. Architecture:
Ron Radziner, Marmol Radziner,
marmol-radziner.com.
PAGES 132–133: Sofas, cocktail table,
and pillows: The Perfect Room, the
perfectroom.com. Armchairs: Obso-
lete, obsoleteinc.com. Floor lamp:
Galerie Half, galeriehalf.com. Curtains
fabric: Otis Textiles, otistextiles.com.
PAGES 134–135: Dining chairs:
Lief, liefalmont.com. Dining table:
The Perfect Room. Pendants: Alison
Berger, alisonbergerglassworks.com.
Vase: Mud Australia, mudaustralia
.com. Chairs: Carl Hansen & Son,
carlhansen.com. Planters: Inner
Gardens, innergardens.com. Floor
lantern: Formations, formationsusa
.com. Pendant: Galerie Half. Table: The
Perfect Room. Chairs: Minotti, minotti
.com. Chairs fabric: Rogers & Goffigon,
rogersandgoffigon.com. Curtains
fabric: John Rosselli & Associates,
johnrosselli.com. Candleholders:
Ilse Crawford, studioilse.com. Picture
lights: Vaughan, vaughandesigns
.com. Paint: C2 Paint, c2paint.com.
PAGES 136–137: Bed: The Perfect NORTH BY NORTHEAST
Room. Bed-curtains: Otis Textiles. Interior design: Rita Konig,
Rug: Stark, starkcarpet.com. ritakonig.com.
Lamps: Hollywood at Home, PAGES 150–151: Sofa fabric: Nina
hollywoodathome.com. Bench: Campbell, ninacampbell.com. Cock-
Therien, therienantiques.com. tail tables: Colefax and Fowler, colefax
Paper pendant: Rewire, rewirela .com. Rug: Robert Kime, robertkime
.com. Rug: Holland & Sherry, .com. Paint: Edward Bulmer Natural
hollandandsherry.com. Bathtub Paint, edwardbulmerpaint.co.uk.
and fittings: Waterworks, waterworks PAGES 152–153: Dining table: TallBoy
.com. Pendant: Blackman Cruz, Interiors, tallboyinteriors.co.uk. Cur-
blackmancruz.com. Shade fabric: tains fabric: Lee Jofa, leejofa.com. Art-
Kathryn M. Ireland, kathrynireland work: Sarah Graham, sarahgrahamart
.com. .com. Paint: Edward Bulmer. Stove:
Aga, aga-ranges.com. Pendant: Pooky,
pooky.com. PAGES 154–155: Sofa: Nina
Campbell. Sofa fabric: Tissus d’Hélène,
tissusdhelene.co.uk. Armchair fab-
rics: Nina Campbell; Lewis & Wood,
lewisandwood.co.uk. Curtains fabric:
Claremont, claremontfurnishing
.com. Curtains trim: Nina Campbell.
PAGES 156–157: Beds: Ikea, ikea.com.
Bed linens: D. Porthault, dporthault
paris.com. Pendant: Antoinette Pois-
son, antoinettepoisson.com. Shade
GRAND TOUR DE FORCE fabric: Titley and Marr, titleyandmarr
Interior design: Alessandra Branca, .co.uk. Wallpaper: Nina Camp-
Branca Inc., branca.com. Architecture: bell. Bathroom wallpaper: Pierre
HBRA Architects, hbra-arch.com. Frey, pierrefrey.com. Headboard:
PAGES 144–145: Sofas fabric: Holland Charles H. Beckley, chbeckley.com.
& Sherry, hollandandsherry.com. Headboard fabric: Raoul Textiles,
Stemware: Baccarat, us.baccarat raoultextiles.com. Lamps: Pooky.
.com. Silver: Puiforcat, puiforcat.com. Lampshades: Colefax and Fowler.
PAGES 146–147: Master bed fabric Paint: Edward Bulmer. Master bed:
and wallcovering: Fortuny, fortuny William Yeoward, williamyeoward
.com. Shower door handle: Nanz, .com. Bench fabric: Claremont. Cur-
nanz.com. Tub: Catchpole & Rye, tains fabric: Nicole Fabre Designs,
catchpoleandrye.com. nicolefabredesigns.com.
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STYLE / DESIGN/ CULTURE

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1. ROCK CRYSTAL COLLECTION BY HAMMERTON
STUDIO Artisan blown glass captures the raw
beauty of rock quartz crystal in these wall and
ceiling lights from Hammerton Lighting. An LED
illuminates the spectacular shape and texture
of each glass shade without the distraction of a
filament bulb. hammertonstudio.com
2. KERRY JOYCE TEXTILES The new SCRIBE
fabric is inspired by the origins of language and
letterforms. It is one of six new designs that
are part of the Heather Rosenman Collection
for Kerry Joyce Textiles and is printed on the
finest Irish Linen. Available in seven colors.
kerryjoycetextiles.com
3. HIGH-POLISHED ALICE SINK Introducing the
stunning angular Alice sink (SK423), shown in high-
polished silicon bronze. Available in a variety of
bronze finish options and can be undermounted
or set as a vessel. rockymountainhardware.com

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NOT FOR SALE
Wallcovering, Phillip Jeffries
Flight in Peacock on

Light Marshmallow Manila Hemp.

Expectations
THIS BESPOKE PLASTER-
DIPPED CHANDELIER MELDS
DICKENSIAN STYLE WITH
A SILHOUETTE THAT FEELS
STRIKINGLY MODERN.
PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON
PHOTOGR APH BY EVA AN KHER A J
ST YLED BY JJ CHAN

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.

Made in New Orleans, this dramatic chandelier looks like a preserved artifact from a 19th-century home, dripping with the candle
wax of a bygone era. But appearances can be deceiving. In fact, this one-of-a-kind, steel-framed chandelier has been hand-dipped in
plaster to achieve its Miss Havisham look. The work of Julie Neill, a decorator turned furniture designer who recently debuted a new
lighting collection for Visual Comfort, the statement piece treads a fine line between old-world and new, marrying a traditional sil-
houette with a contemporary surface treatment. Neill, who is known for the bespoke lighting she creates in her studio in the Big Easy,
is especially fond of plaster. “It’s a material that doesn’t need any embellishment,” she says. And while this chandelier has a pre-Edison
vibe, it can conveniently be illuminated at the flip of a switch—no matches necessary. —Samantha Swenson
44″ dia. x 64″ h.; julieneill.com
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