Indholdsfortegnelse for September/October 2021 i Veranda

IRIS APFEL CONFESSES her preference for idiosyncratic imperfection in a conversation with designer Hutton Wilkinson in Home: A Celebration 1, a new book edited by Charlotte Moss featuring reflections from notable voices (including yours truly) on the meaning of home. When asked by Wilkinson what makes a house a home, Apfel, who is celebrating her 100th birthday August 29, responds with an eye toward a personal past. “Everybody has a history,” she says. “And I think you should have bits and pieces of where you were and what you did and what you bought.” Her steadfast commitment to individual style makes Apfel an ideal muse for this issue. Like so many of us, Apfel found comfort in her collections—antiques, jewelry, even Mickey Mouse ephemera, all acquired during a lifetime of…

Designer Pilgrimage While most travelers stayed home in January 2021, the intrepid Silvia Furmanovich sailed the Nile like an early explorer. The riches—gleaned only with her eye—from that winter’s journey now emerge in her latest jewelry collection, a 300-piece, masterful tribute to ancient Egypt. “I peeled back the layers,” she says of her visits to temples, from Siwa near the Libyan border to Luxor, “trying to design something that was not made before.” The pace of the journey afforded her an unanticipated luxury: time to think and design. “We planned the collection on the boat,” she says. “I came home, and everything was in my mind.”…

BREAKFAST AT BALTHAZAR Earrings with diamonds by Buccellati, $24,000; buccellati.com. • Diamond bracelet by Oscar Heyman, $38,000; oscarheyman.com. • Emerald and Diamond Link ring by Mindi Mond New York, $37,000; Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills, 310-275-4211. • Eco Fur sleeveless dress by Ports 1961, price upon request; ports1961.com. “LIFE IS A PARTY. DRESS LIKE IT.”—AUDREY HEPBURN DIAMONDS FOR THE DINER Col Emeraudes Pendant earrings and Plastron Emeraudes ring by Boucheron, prices upon request; boucheron.com. • Diamant Sculptural stud earring by Davidor, $17,500; davidor.com. • Plume de Chanel brooch by Chanel, price upon request; 800-550-0005. • Brocard crossover jacket, Brocard skirt, and Lavalliere tie-neck top by Maison Rabih Kayrouz, from $675; maisonrabihkayrouz.com. THE POWER COMMUTE Angelica Flair earrings with diamonds by David Yurman, $1,900; davidyurman.com. • Emerald and diamond necklace by…

GUTSY MOVE A capacious red leopard print overhead and a demure cheetah carpet underfoot in a New York penthouse by Hutton Wilkinson SUNSET ON THE SAVANNAH Against a vivid orange wall, Aerin Lauder’s leopard-print sofa is cloaked in contrast (so much for camouflage). BORDERLINE MAD At her former seaside home in Maine, Sister Parish’s imaginative trompe l’oeil paneling immerses leopard spots in chinoiserie-esque vines, cleverly resettling big cats into the cottage interior. SLEEPING TIGER… …hidden genius. In a sea of dulcet Tiffany blue, the velvet chaise and hide rug in Candace Shaw’s Montreal dressing room feel almost theatrical, like lounging beasts gleefully domesticated.…

JOY MOYLER: Where did you grow up? ESHA AHMED: I was born in Bangladesh. We came to New York when I was really little…so I consider myself a New Yorker. JM: Did your environment encourage a creative experience? How were you introduced to textiles? EA: My mother loved saris, and I would go with her to Jackson Heights to all the sari shops. They all knew her and would keep the really special stuff hidden in the back for her. That was my first introduction to textiles. I would overhear these women talking about the silk, the design, and that was definitely a connection with my mom, back to Bangladesh. JM: Did you play dress-up in her saris? EA: She had an amazing collection. Because it’s six yards of fabric,…

THE KIDS, it turns out, are alright. Not only are the kids alright, they’re commandeering the antiques arena long gripped by their baby boomer predecessors. Since the 1970s, the dealers, collectors, and tastemakers ruling the realm of Chippendale and chinoiserie have done so unchallenged by any up-and-comers. Perhaps it was the siren call of flat-pack furniture and corporate-branded home design, but as the new millennium bloomed, the collecting world didn’t. Dealers grew older, shops grew fewer, and an inevitable cultural calcification set in around the edges. Now, though, a crop of blazing new talents under 40—some from a background in decorative arts, some from conservation and restoration, some from fashion and media—have entered the zone with fresh ardor for the old and unique, a passion for provenance, and digital acumen…

ANYONE WHO’S WANDERED AN unfamiliar city knows the enchanting moment when you turn a corner and suddenly find yourself in a little pocket of otherworldly charm. On one such quiet street in the London neighborhood of Knightsbridge, an American couple laid claim to just that sort of scene: a charming rowhouse nestled in what their designer, Boston’s Gary McBournie, refers to as a “Mary Poppins neighborhood.” Pure magic. The four-story, white stucco house was built in 1840, on the heels of England’s elegant Regency period (think Jane Austen and Bridgerton). Yet as cinematic as it appeared from its street, “it was a disaster within,” says McBournie. Subjected to multiple changes over the years—“many of them not so nice,” he adds—“it had this knotty-pine, ‘ye olde English paneling’ thing going on,…

THE V LIST Page 15 Plaster moldings: Hyde Park Mouldings; hyde-park.com. French 19th-century Louis Philippe mirror: Lolo French Antiques; lolofrenchantiques.com. Rug: Roman Brantley Art & Antiques; 205-460-1224. Page 18 (Japan) Goblet: Ming Yuen-Schat for ABC Carpet & Home; abchome.com. Page 20 (Egypt) Raked Jerusalem Pearl field tile and Balkan Beige Limestone honed field tile: Artistic Tile; artistictile.com. ALWAYS LIGHT THE CANDLES… Page 27 Chocolate-domed caramel-toffee mousse: b. patisserie; bpatisserie.com. Croquembouche: Fillmore Bakeshop; fillmorebakeshop.com. Georgian-style dining chairs: Dennis & Leen; dennisandleen.com. MAISON DE MULRONEY Interior design and architecture: Les Ensembliers; ensembliers.com Throughout Floral supplier: Westmount Florist; west mountflorist.com. Pages 74–75 Wall paint: Wimborne White by Farrow & Ball; farrow-ball.com. Drapery fabric: Kravet; kravet.com. Pottery and sculpture: Empire Auctions; empireauctions.com. All sofas: Les Ensembliers; ensem bliers.com. Sofa fabric (pair): Kravet. Sofa fabric (central): Black Edition; blackedition.com. Throw pillow…

ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL REDUX Ebanista’s new hand-carved console reimagines a gilded triumph with scaled-down proportions for the 21st century. THE FIND Ebanista’s Giovanna console THE BACKSTORY Designer Melinda Pakzad faced an interior design challenge for a Tudor-style estate: an intimate living room that demanded spatial economy. “I knew I needed a petite console,” she says, “and necessity is the mother of invention.” The solution had such polish that Pakzad adapted it for her handmade furniture studio, Ebanista. Now, the Giovanna console, with its dainty proportions (just 18 inches deep and 48 inches wide), hardy alder wood construction, and resilient white onyx top, headlines the California maker’s new collection—and reinforces their command of the classics. THE INSPIRATION Giovanna’s design DNA—particularly its legs, apron, hand-carved base, and 22-karat gilding—are direct references to Italian…

At Stearns & Foster, we believe that exceptional design lives in the details. This is why we have spent every day of our 175-year legacy committed to refining the details that make Stearns & Foster distinct. From velvet trim to hand-tufted top layers, our mattresses are meticulously crafted to look as good as they feel. Use our tips to help you choose the perfect mattress to complete your bedroom sanctuary. Designer Spotlight Joy Cho @ohjoy Joy Cho, founder of celebrated lifestyle brand Oh Joy!, shares how to make the most of your bedroom. No bedroom is complete without… Cozy bedding, the perfect set of pj’s, and mood lighting. What helps you sleep better? I love tweaking the design of my space to foster sleep and comfort. Also, a calming spritz…

1700s: THE AGE OF ANTIQUES (AND ANTICS) It’s study abroad for the aristo set: To cultivate their taste (and have the time of their lives), young European nobles set off on the Grand Tour. And guess what they bring home as souvenirs? Hint: It isn’t Ikea. 1874: OSCAR WILDE’S TEAPOT MOMENT With a single aphorism (“I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china”), the poet captures the spirit of antiques-enamored aesthetes everywhere, inspiring even robber barons to become collectors. 1920s: SYRIE MAUGHAM RETHINKS ANTIQUES As Europe emerges from war, modernism and Deco are in and everything old is out—until British decorator Syrie Maugham begins pickling and painting antiques until they gleam brighter than the Bauhaus. 1934: ANTIQUES GET SERIOUS London’s Grosvenor House Art…

FMILY EERDMANS’S GALLERY was once a cult secret among New York’s design cognoscenti. Tucked beneath a landmarked 1838 townhouse in Greenwich Village, the art gallery-slash-interiors emporium was unmarked and ivy-hidden. That all changed this year. Up went a bold metal plaque (“EERDMANS”), and in waltzed a parade of chintz-masked patrons: Eerdmans had rented half the building, and now anyone jonesing for demilune consoles, whimsical oil sketches, or throw pillows painted to look like pugs can trip effortlessly into her taffeta-curtained world. The East 10th Street entrance also now leads, unusually, to Eerdmans’s living quarters. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the city’s upper crust decanted to Westchester, Palm Beach, and seemingly anywhere but Manhattan, Eerdmans and her husband, Andrew McKeon, moved from Brooklyn Heights to a suite…

PAINSTAKINGLY FORAGED, deconstructed, dried, reconstructed, and mounted, a pressed botanical demands a naturalist’s precision and an artist’s hand. That dualism fits Anne Blackwell Thompson like a pair of waders. The collector (of insects, tortoise shells, taxidermy) and artist found her garden path after apprenticing with renowned botanical artist Stuart Thornton. Her latest obsession: water lilies, which require changing blotting paper every six hours, day and night, for up to 10 days. “Like taking care of a newborn,” says the Virginia artist, whose relationships with notable public gardens yield lily pads of such scale and color that she can construct almost abstractly—in this case, an imagined tree of life from a watery kingdom. blackwellbotanicals.com WIN THIS ARTWORK! We’re giving away two of Thompson’s pressed lily pad botanicals. Visit sweepstakes.veranda.com (see page…

Designer Pilgrimage When Thomas Pheasant confessed to Japan-savvy friends that he longed to visit, they responded with a two-week travel itinerary just for him. The interior designer’s journey in late 2019, from Kyoto’s gardens to Tadao Ando’s Naoshima Island architecture, took his innate embrace of simplicity to a whole new level. “As soon as the door closed on the plane home, I furiously sketched for 14 hours,” he says. The result—his new shibui-infused collection for McGuire Furniture—draws the eye and mind to the pared-down sublime: a symphony of rooflines, a shrine’s mountain trail, and the fold of a kimono.…

AS MUCH AS I LOVE ARRANG ING flowers and creating a beautiful tabletop, my love of entertaining actually began under the table—specifically, hiding under a long farmhouse table, smelling gorgeous garlic and amazing food while I collected wine corks and eavesdropped on grownups’ lively dinner conversations. Every August when I was young, my parents attended big dinner parties with friends, mostly from Europe, and I lived for those evenings around—or rather, under—the table, listening to forks clink and stories of people living in far-off places. Now my husband and I enjoy re-creating that sort of enchantment for our friends and family in our Pacific Heights flat. We moved here from a larger house and thought this would be a short-term transition, but we’ve come to love the convenient location, water…

HADLEY’S “HIDE” RUGS “A lot of important people [can be associated] with a particular style, but you can’t do that with Albert [Hadley]. Except for those funny hooked zebra rugs,” said designer Thomas Jayne of his former boss, who famously had faux hides hand-dyed, hand-hooked, and shaped like the real thing. MARCH OF THE ANTELOPE “These are just snazzy neutrals,” says Amanda Lindroth of antelope-inspired carpets, “and particularly at home with dark, shiny woods.” IN PLAIN SIGHT Mary McDonald’s continuous, cleverly scaled leopard pattern blends wall with chair, employing the same cunning cover as it would in the wild. HAUTE HABITUÉ Tiger-print loyalist Lee Radziwill would applaud the adaptability of Melanie Turner’s next-gen sofa, now surrounded by white walls and modern artwork.…

The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair London • Sept. 28–Oct. 3, 2021 Held triennially, the Battersea Park show hosts decorative antiques and textile dealers from all over Europe and excellent hobnobbing with buyers from all corners of the globe. Antiques at the Garden Birmingham, AL • Sept. 30–Oct. 3, 2021 The show is a prime hunting ground for a next-gen crowd seeking intriguing provenance and a shot at more palatable prices. Mercanteinfiera Parma, Italy • Oct. 2–10, 2021 Collier Calandruccio dubs this biannual fair, flush with pieces from medievel to contemporary, “a dizzying art and furniture scene, to speak nothing of the cheese and wine.” The Winter Show New York, NY • Jan. 20–30, 2022 A can’t-miss star on burgeoning antiquarians’ calendars is Young Collectors Night at the Park Avenue…

FOR JOCELYN AND JEFFREY Kraus, it was, as the saying goes, all about location. And the right decorator. A few years ago, with their three adult children growing their own families and Jeff eyeing the day when he would scale back his role at Spectrum Retirement Communities (the company he cofounded), the Denver-based couple set out to fulfill a longtime desire for a pied-à-terre in New York City. “I have loved New York since I was a child,” says Jocey, as she prefers to be called. “And I’ve always had a particular fondness for the Flatiron Building and its neighborhood. It’s central, and I can walk everywhere: to the theater, to the West Village, to SoHo, and, of course, to a million restaurants.” So when the couple found a three-bedroom…