Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Furlow Gatewood and a Well-Designed Life

One magazine lists Furlow Gatewood's age as 92. Another says he is 94. No matter how old he really is, this self-taught antiques dealer has created a home that demonstrates the art of living well. Veranda describes "Peacock House" as a "chic mix of grand and humble" - a combination many people strive to achieve and one that Mr. Gatewood appears to have mastered effortlessly and intuitively. My favorite photo in this post features an antique American quilt paired with a framed fragment of toile in a bedroom. New Orleans-based writer Julia Reed wrote the book, One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood (Rizzoli), which was published on April 22, 2014. The tome depicts the designs of a Southern gentleman who has worked with antiques dealer John Rosselli for decades. Take a look . . . 


"In the tiny bedroom in the Peacock House, framed pieces of old toile decorate the walls."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello.

"Before it became a full-fledged house with a bedroom, bath, kitchen, and back porch, the Peacock House began life as a winter plant repository with dirt floors."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello.

"The Barn, the first of Furlow Gatewood's 'follies,' was a longtime labor of love. The structure was on the brink of collapse in the 1950s. Pictured is the living room mantel."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello.

"Gatewood salvaged the Barn's center room shutters from a house being torn down in New Jersey."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Rodney Collins.

"Gatewood added this wing, comprised of a spacious hall, bedroom, and bath, to the Barn's original structure."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello.

"Gatewood purchased the Lumpkin House in Stewart County, Georgia, and moved it forty miles to Americus [Georgia]. Pictured is a view across the center hall to the living room."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello.

" 'There’s no shortage of gorgeous homes in the South. But there’s nothing quite like the abode of Furlow Gatewood. Over the past sixty years, the self-taught designer and avid collector has created an enclave of four treasure-filled houses on his family’s pastoral Americus, Georgia, property. And though he’s hardly a household name, his unique compound has become a source of inspiration to some of the South’s most influential tastemakers. 'It could easily be on a different planet—one where things of only the utmost beauty or interest or soul are allowed,' writes Garden and Gun contributor Julia Reed in the just-released One Man’s Folly—The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood.
Photo credit: Rizzoli via Garden and Gun website.

" 'Furlow Gatewood is one of the most talented and influential members of America's design community—and one that you have likely never heard of,' pens the incomparable Bunny Williams in the foreword of a new book One Man's Folly (by Julia Reed and published by Rizzoli) dedicated to the self-taught antiques expert. As a longtime associate of legendary New York antiques dealer John Rosselli, 94-year-old Gatewood has spent some sixty years scouring remote lands for finds. One of the many items that he always has his discerning eyes peeled for: blue-and-white porcelain.  Here, we admire his personal collection of chinoiserie pottery that enchantingly consumes his family enclave in small-town Georgia.
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello and Rodney Collins for One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood, Rizzoli.

Americus, Georgia, home of Furlow Gatewood.
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello and Rodney Collins for One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood, Rizzoli.

Americus, Georgia, home of Furlow Gatewood.
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello and Rodney Collins for One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood, Rizzoli.

Americus, Georgia, home of Furlow Gatewood.
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Paul Costello and Rodney Collins for One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood, Rizzoli.

"Plants don't normally have enchanting Gothic houses designed for them, nor do peacocks. But both certainly are treated to this service in Furlow Gatewood's universe—an unlikely compound of five houses and an array of outbuildings fanned across 11 acres in bucolic Americus, Georgia. A peacock on the south Georgia property."
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"A self-taught antiques expert and true Southern gentleman, Gatewood, at 92, still has an architectural imagination bubbling over with visions. He calls this structure the Peacock House, but he first built it as a greenhouse with dirt floors. This came about because he'd bought two intriguing Gothic columns at an Atlanta flea market, and they made his mind itch. 'There's not a lot to do around here, so I built a house with them,' he says with modesty. Phillip, an Italian greyhound, sits in front of a 17th-c. Italian table from John Rosselli. 19th-c. Dutch chandelier."
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"When the plants froze, he ceded the place to his 40 peacocks. But the birds would try to fly and crash into the rafters. Only then did he add a few rooms and call it a guesthouse—one that has yet to see its bedsheets mussed. Chair and candlesticks, John Rosselli."
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"The truth is, function doesn't much matter to Gatewood, who has worked closely with design-world maestro John Rosselli for more than four decades. Whitewashed plank floors and wall paneling leaven an eclectic mix of fine antiques. Antique French sofa, armchairs, demilune consoles, 19th-c. creamware lamps, and 1950s slipper chairs, John Rosselli."
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"His houses are follies—each has been an excuse to indulge his passions for vernacular Southern architecture, collecting antiques, and interior design. Peacock House is a typical Gatewood creation: He assembled a motley but sublime collection of architectural fragments, designed the house around them, and had a wondrously understanding builder bring it to life. 19th-c. chest, lamp, African antlers, and armchair, John Rosselli." 
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

" 'I like marrying things together,' he says, pointing out the egg-and-dart molding around the front door that came from a house on the Hudson River, now topped with a transom unearthed at a Georgia flea market. Round cabinet, William Doyle."
 Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

" 'Gatewood never went to architecture school, but he creates these buildings with fabulous style because he has this innate feeling for architecture,' says interior designer Bunny Williams, a close friend for decades and also Rosselli's wife. 'Then he furnishes them in the most delightful, eclectic way. He has a real flair that often eludes professionals.' For years Williams prodded Gatewood to do a book on his compound, and now he has; One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood (Rizzoli). An antique American quilt is paired with framed fragments of toile. Bed and English chair, John Rosselli. [Note: the bedside styling in this photo is different from the styling in the book photo that appears at the top of this post."]
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"Peacock House's interior has as much personality as its architecture. It's a chic mix of grand and humble. In the foyer, a 19th-century Dutch brass chandelier hangs above a 17th-century Italian table. In the living room, 1950s American slipper chairs fraternize with a Louis XIII sofa. It's old school yet completely freewheeling. There are no curtains to obscure the light. Cushions are made from fabric scraps Gatewood finds and gives to a woman a few miles down the road to sew up for him.Architectural fretwork, Michael Trapp. Pagoda and 19th-c. Swedish table, John Rosselli. Chairs, Treillage." 
Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"Gothic gingerbread trim adds whimsy to the exterior. Columns, Scott Antique Markets. Lantern, John Rosselli." 
 Renovation, interior design, and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee. 
Written by Max Kim-Bee.
"Country Flair" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (March - April 2014).

"The mid-19th-century house, transplanted from a small town southwest of Americus."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Treasures pop against white faux stone millwork. Mirrored sconces and vase, Rosselli. Antique console, hurricane shade, portrait and eglomise mirrors."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

" 'I was really anxious to finish this house,' Gatewood says, and he did it in just eighteen months with consummate, timeless style. It helped that many of the furnishings came from John Rosselli's bountiful inventory: the tables, consoles, wall brackets, mirrors, beds, even the imposing plaster Diana in the back hall. Gatewood found the goddess hidden in Rosselli's basement—there, most likely, because the deer accompanying her is missing its head. The Oriental rugs and antique delft were Gatewood's own . . . " 
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Candlesticks and console, all Rosselli. Grisaille wallpaper panel, tole urn and garden seat, all antiques. Tablecloth in vintage Fortuny fabric."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Furlow Gatewood added mirrored doors for sparkle. Octagonal table, consoles, chairs, gilt mirrors, hurricane shades, table lantern and Gatewood-designed tole leaf wall ornaments, Rosselli." 
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Symmetry brings order to an array of treasures. Mantel with niche by Gatewood. Dog painting. French daybed, trumeau mirror, lamps, Chinese porcelain birds, marble Gothic mantel ornaments. Louis xV side chair and fireplace fender, all antiques. Louis XVI-style ottoman, Rosselli. Georgian armchairs in cotton slipcovers. Sisal rug, Stark."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"The two spacious living rooms and the dining room are painted gray and white because they're 'very cooling,' Gatewood says. (He didn't mix that gorgeous gray himself and hastens to add, 'It came right out of the Benjamin Moore can!') Throughout the house, most of the seating was upholstered in subtle shades of white, cream and the occasional stripe, and every room is smartly punched up by his ubiquitous blue and white porcelain. A bed by architect David Adler inspired this one by Gatewood and Rosselli. Bed and mirror, both in camel bone and teak, and table, bench and barley-twist lamp, all Rosselli. Side chair, urn lamp, chest, Anglo-Indian campeche chair in Rosselli linen and clock, all antiques. Needlepoint rug, Stark."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"A bed by architect David Adler inspired this one by Gatewood and Rosselli. Bed and mirror, both in camel bone and teak, and table, bench and barley-twist lamp, all Rosselli. Side chair, urn lamp, chest, Anglo-Indian campeche chair in Rosselli linen and clock, all antiques. Needlepoint rug, Stark."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Slipper chair and tea table, Rosselli. Vintage rug. Antique bed and needlepoint art."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Gatewood layers pattern on pattern. Antique wicker. Ikat on cushions and batik on table, both vintage. Tablecloth and pillow in John Robshaw Textiles fabric. Spoonback chair and Gothic fragment, both antiques. Console, Rosselli. Indian dhurrie."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"Pigeonnier with Gothic arch, designed by Gatewood."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).

"If this grand cottage seems effortless and breezy, that's because it is. Nothing's overworked, nothing's over thought, nothing's overlooked. It's polished, relaxed and divine. Should that surprise us? No, this is what comes with maturity and taste. Not to mention talent. An allee of hydrangeas, including 'Nikko Blue,' creates a sense of occasion on the front drive to Gatewood's compound."
Renovation, interior design and landscape design by Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.
Written by Carol Prisant.
"Forever Charmed" produced by Carolyn Englefield.
Veranda (May - June 2011).
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Sunday, 27 April 2014

Pagodas

Pagodas. Designer Miles Redd likes them. Million Dollar Decorator Mary McDonald collects them. Tony Duquette, the late costume and set designer and decorator, created many of them. These multi-tiered structures with upward-tilting roofs are associated with chinoiserie (a fanciful European interpretation of Chinese styles that originated during the 17th- and 18th-centuries due to increased trade with East Asia), but this type of architecture was first introduced to China when Buddhism entered the country. Buddhism originated in India where the earliest pagodas were built to house religious relics. Pagodas now adorn tablesettings, wallcoverings, calling cards and beds - lending an air of whimsy and fantasy to a space . . .

"I set tables for fun — they're not too formal. That's how I live. I love to mix old and new, different cultures and multiple textures, and I like to play with color. I used contemporary Venetian glasses alongside dishes I designed with updated classical patterns . . . Instead of a single large flower arrangement, I grouped small containers of bouquets in the center of the table. And whenever I find great salt and pepper shakers, I buy them! Collect when you see things, not just when you need them." 
"Fiamma and Pagoda chargers, dinner plates, bowls, and canapé plates and faux-bamboo flatware: branca.com. Branca Stripe fabric, to the trade: fschumacher.com."
Design by Alessandra Branca.
Photography by Kana Okada.
House Beautiful (April 2014).

 "A dining room tablesetting mixes simple colored stemware, patterned china and small silver vases with parrot tulips."
Interior design by Meg Braff.
Photography by Simon Upton.
"Living Color" by Mimi Read.
House Beautiful (June 2007).


"Chinese pagodas from Leigh Chiu Designs add a fanciful touch."
Interior design by Nicolette Horn.
Photography by Margrethe Myhrer.
House Beautiful (October 2013).

"Designer Celerie Kemble’s hutch . . . [features] open shelves for display plus closed storage to keep less attractive necessities hidden . . . . The pagoda-style top and lattice front doors make it whimsical and feminine, but it’s the blue finish juxtaposed against the deep red wall that makes this vignette come alive."
Photo credit: Celerie Kemble, Kemble Interiors, via Canadian House and Home.
"The Hutch is Back" by Suzanne Dimma.
Canadian House and Home (December 4, 2009).

"Originally one of Paris's thousands of hôtels particuliers, the building was transformed into a pagoda in the 1920s after being purchased by an Asian art and antiques dealer. Today, its preserved interiors are home to an event space and art gallery."
Photo credit: Savills via Canadian House and Home. 
"Pagoda View in Paris" by Kristen Koch.
Canadian House and Home (August 5, 2013).

"Pastel hues let architectural details stand out. 'The Pagoda curtain shape feels so 1930s to me,' notes New York designer Miles Redd. If you have a large-scale room, amazing curtains can add the perfect touch."
Interior design by Miles Redd.

"A delicately detailed wallpaper is perfect for a guest room. 'This is a Pagoda bed made by Century Furniture for the Oscar de la Renta Home collection I work with,' notes New York designer Miles Redd. 'I love the Chinese influence.' An intricate settee with fur throw at the foot of a bed adds a sense of luxury."
Interior design by Miles Redd.

"Curtains in Home Couture's Lorraine flank a bamboo tripod from Emerson Antiques in Blue Hill, Maine. The Aesthetic Movement chair is upholstered in the same batik pattern used on the walls. A bird print ('Our low-maintenance pet,' Knott says) perches in the 19th-century French cage."
Maine summer house of designers John Knott and John Fondas.
Photography by Bjorn Wallander.
House Beautiful (April 2013).

"The dining room's coconut-shell chandelier, Home Couture's paisley Taj wallpaper, and soapstone pagodas cast an exotic spell on a Yankee crew of antique Hitchcock chairs. The resin mirror is a 20th-century gem by decorators Zajac and Callahan."
Maine summer house of designers John Knott and John Fondas.
Photography by Bjorn Wallander.
House Beautiful (April 2013).

"A four-foot-high pagoda in the dining room of a Brookville, New York, house 'is just here to make people smile,' says designer Andrew Raquet. The silver tea-leaf wallpaper is from Gracie."
Interior design by Andrew Raquet.
Photography by Jose Picayo.
House Beautiful (September 2010).

"A traditional four-poster ivory-painted chinoiserie-style tester bed from Mary McDonald, Inc., is a visual feast with open fretwork, faux bamboo in bas relief, and pagoda-style finials. A casual canopy and back curtain take the high style down a degree. Solid blue cotton curtains behind the headboard, plus shapely ivory valances repeated in blue on the inner curtains, bring beach-house informality to the stately bed."
Interior design by Kim Alexandriuk.
"Dramatic Bed Canopies and Draperies" written by Candace Ord Manroe.

Pagoda Calling Cards.
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"A pagoda-esque cedar birdfeeder lures birds to the yard."
East Hampton, New York, garden of landscape designer Craig Socia.
Photography by William P. Steele.
"Garden Getaway" by Elizabeth Roehrig.
Country Living (June 2006).

"[Tim] Street-Porter, who trained as an architect, modeled this garden pagoda after an English design. It serves as an idyllic location for outdoor dinners."
1740s Connecticut farmhouse owned by interior designer Annie Kelly and her husband, Tim Street-Porter.
Photography by Tim Street-Porter.
"Connecticut Farmhouse" by Liesl Schillinger.
Country Living (May 2009).

"Use fewer plants for a pared-down Japanese aesthetic. This entrance features a pagoda-inspired gate, built of reclaimed barn board and corrugated steel for the roof. A rustic twig lattice fence continues the Asian theme. Pea gravel and bonsai-type trees are reminiscent of an authentic zen garden and require minimal upkeep."
Photography by Donna Griffith.

"The library's sofa and bookcases are by Todd Hase Furniture."
Long Island, New York, home of Amy and Todd Hase.
Photography by Roger Davies.
Elle Decor (September 2010).

 " 'I often take one color and delve into it in different ways. A super-saturated color pops so vibrantly.' " For this festive table, [Heather] Christo used shades of red and pink. 'When you use an everyday item in mass quantities — like the gobs of red roses — it translates into luxury,' Christo says."
Interior design by Heather Christo.
Photography by John Granen.

 "An antique pagoda chair hits a quirky note."
Interior design by Christina Murphy.
Photography by Jonny Valiant.
"A Colorful Park Avenue Apartment" by Emily Evans Eerdmans.

"Lacquered walls and upholstered doors glamorize a stairwell nook. Antique lantern, John Rosselli. Vintage bench in Manuel Canovas velvet. Doors in Manuel Canovas toile. Floors, Ann Sacks."
Interior design by Ruthie Sommers.
Photography by Francesco Lagnese.
"Chic Chicago Townhouse" by Mimi Read.

"Pagoda-Print Powder Room: The wallpaper [Christopher Norman Collection, Telio] is a fun nod to designer Scott Yetman’s china collection. For the vanity, a fluted china sink was built into a chest, then topped with marble."
Interior design by Scott Yetman.
Photography by Monic Richard.
Canadian House and Home (November 2011).

"Mish’s Arden earrings, Chinoiserie pagoda brooch, Kate bracelet, and Ratu ring on display."
Jeweler Mish Tworkowski's boutique in downtown Manhattan.
Photography by Joshua McHugh.
Architectural Digest (December 2011).

"This is a 1960s mirror made by the late Tony Duquette, the marvelous costume and set designer and decorator. It's forged iron, painted in coral-colored paint, with iridescent mussel shells that Duquette glued on. Flanking it on the matching console are resin pagodas faux-painted to look like ivory — all by Duquette. Once I was touring Dawnridge, his house in L.A., and realized everything in it is like this mirror! It either looks like something that it's not, or else it's made of mundane objects that he somehow made whimsical and spectacular." - RICHARD MISHAAN, INTERIOR DESIGNER

 "A girl's room is the only pastel room, but acid green accents add a bold touch that connects it to the rest of the house. Walls are Benjamin's Moore's Peach Cooler."
Interior Design by Mary McDonald.
Photography by Tim Street-Porter.

 "There's something magical about pagodas that I can't resist, and I now have a good-sized collection. I love this particular lamp so much that I actually own four — two at home and two at the office. I bought the first pair when I worked for the antiques dealer Joel Chen. A few years later, I got the second pair because I wanted to see them in both places. I buy pairs of everything, so I guess the next logical step is to start buying pairs of pairs." - MARY MCDONALD
House Beautiful (June 2008).

"Gilded furniture contrasts elegantly with espresso walls. In her living room, Los Angeles-based designer Mary McDonald was inspired by China. The collection of vintage pagodas behind the sofa is particularly important to her: 'the original eighteenth-century versions were made of ivory, and many others are made of bone,' notes McDonald. 'I love how detailed they are, with little hanging bells and reticulated balconies with layers of faux millwork.' The clean-lined shape of the Chinese coffee table offsets the ornate formality of the room."
Interior design by Mary McDonald.
Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.
Source: Mary McDonald Interiors (2010 Rizzoli) by Mary McDonald.

"A pagoda lantern hung in a sitting area. 'Scavenging, [Tony Duquette] said of the objects he found and transformed, 'is my passion, instead of drinking or gambling.' ”
San Francisco house owned and decorated by Tony Duquette [1914 - 1999] and his wife Elizabeth.
Photography by Peter Vitale and Keith Morrison.
"Tony Duquette" text by Penelope Rowlands.
Architectural Digest (January 2000).

   "Michael and Dodo Cunningham-Reid, who bought 500 acres as a game sanctuary on the shores of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, erected a pagoda-like tower to live in. The eight-story structure is clad in cypress (April 1999)."
Photo credits: Simon Brown, Billy Cunningham, Herman How Man Wong, Massimo Listri, Jaime Ardiles-Arce, David O. Marlow, Derry Moore, Jonathan Pilkington, Peter Vitale, Terry Husebye, Matt Wargo, Jeff Goldberg/Esto Paul Warchol, Michele M. Penhall.
"Unconventional Homes"
Architectural Digest (October 2008).

" 'There's a lot going on in this room,' explains [designer David] Cafiero with a laugh. The lavishly patterned indigo wallpaper from Brunschwig and Fils commands the attention, cleverly disguising the room's architectural quirks like slapdash crown molding and a sloped ceiling. The owners haven't shied away from adding paintings and other patterns into the mix."
Wainscott, New York, weekend house of writers Tom Dolby and Drew Frist.
Interior design by David Cafiero.
Photography by Patrick Cline.
Art direction by Michelle Adams.
"A Storied Locale" written by Rumaan Alam.
Lonny (June - July 2010).   

"Blue and white porcelain was purely a Chinese export until 1712, when the French missionary Francois Xavier d’Entrecolles smuggled the formula out of the country. Artisans worldwide began making their own versions of the iconic pieces, like the pagoda-inspired tulip vases the Dutch designed or the Blue Onion china pattern that Germany company Meissen has been selling for more than 300 years."
From Stuff, a book by New York City interior designer Carey Maloney, published by Pointed Leaf Press.
Image copyright Aronson Antiquairs Amersterdam via Veranda website.
"Well-Read: Carey Maloney's Stuff" by Candace Braun Davison.

"Golden Pagoda Chinoiserie Table Lamp" offered by Shades of Light.
Photo via Shades of Light website.

"Peacock House's interior has as much personality as its architecture. It's a chic mix of grand and humble. In the foyer, a 19th-century Dutch brass chandelier hangs above a 17th-century Italian table. In the living room, 1950s American slipper chairs fraternize with a Louis XIII sofa. It's old school yet completely freewheeling. There are no curtains to obscure the light. Cushions are made from fabric scraps [Furlow] Gatewood finds and gives to a woman a few miles down the road to sew up for him. Architectural fretwork, Michael Trapp. Pagoda and 19th-c. Swedish table, John Rosselli. Chairs, Treillage."
Peacock House, the Americus, Georgia, home of antiques dealer Furlow Gatewood.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.

"Garden pagodas and 28-foot Phoenix sculpture, all made by [Tony] Duquette. Indian umbrellas. Fabric for tablecloths, Jim Thompson’s Tony Duquette Collection. Vintage plates, Fornasetti. Tole pagoda centerpieces, ginger jars and garden pots, all antiques."
Dawnridge, the former home of the late Tony Duquette and his wife Elizabeth, which Duquette's friend and protege Hutton Wilkinson bought.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.

Pagoda made by the late Tony Duquette.
Dawnridge, the former home of the late Tony Duquette and his wife Elizabeth, which Duquette's friend and protege Hutton Wilkinson bought.
Photography by Max Kim-Bee.

"Michael Taylor Designs chaise longues are placed by the pool; the beach-ball pillows were custom designed by [Mario] Buatta."
Southampton home of Wilbur L. Ross Jr. and Hilary Geary Ross.
Interior design by Mario Buatta.
Photography by Eric Piasecki.
Text by Christopher Mason.
"Master of Ceremonies" produced by Howard Christian.
Architectural Digest (July 2013). 
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