We knew we would be wowed when we visited Versailles given the images we had seen of the lavish architecture and décor. But we were surprised when the two buildings on a much more comfortable scale to the human form, the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon, rose to the top of our favorites list.
Every time New Ravenna releases new mosaics, we become even greater fans. This month, it’s Femme & Function, a collection of handcrafted mosaics created in celebration of the innovation and artistry of women throughout history. The artistry involved in creating designs as fluid as these is astounding and our hats are off to the craftspeople,
Timothy Corrigan is in the midst of a renovation of his 18th-century Château de la Chevallerie, located in Alençon, the town that was tapped by Louis XIV to become the lacemaking capital of France. The château with its lovely 18th-century paneled rooms and parquet de Versailles wood floors, was the inspiration for the Chateau Collection, hair-on-hide
Authors Aaron Betsky and Gideon Fink Shapiro begin their book 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright, published by Rizzoli, with a chapter titled “Break the box.” They wrote, “Our buildings are boxes that contain and sometimes even imprison us…Frank Lloyd Wright believed that we need to break those boxes. He suggested that the rooms and
We’re truly jazzed by the concept behind Herdthinner, a new clothing line which takes contemporary art from the wall and puts it on the body. The brand was founded by Eric Weinberg, who once owned a contemporary art gallery in Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami, when our EIC was on the vibrant art scene there
Just after receiving an email laying out the plans that the organizers of Salone del Mobile have put in place for its September show, a press release landed in our inbox that declared international tourism is back in Italy for Summer 2021. The desire to “get back to normal” oozes from all of the communiques
When the term luxury bedding is mentioned, it’s pretty common that formal linens with embroidery and heavy ornamentation come to mind. Bella Notte, a Novato, California-based manufacturer, is out to change that, one lovely product at a time. The brand makes washable bed linens that carry the unusual juxtaposition of fitting into both luxury and
It is impossible to walk the streets of Paris and not feel steeped in history, whether the representation of it is Neoclassical, Baroque, or Art Nouveau. An example of the ornamentation that crops up at every turn is the Pont Alexandre III above, a Beaux-Arts style bridge dotted with Art Nouveau lamps, playful cherubs and
Jackie von Tobel, shown signing one of her whimsical creations at Left Bank Art during Atlanta Winter Market, said, “Pink is always in style.” The statement was in response to our comment that we were seeing so many shades of the color, some pale and pretty; others dusky hues of deep rose (and everything in
Timing, as they say, is everything. Though this Design Diary entry on a new furniture collection by the current Earl Spencer could have been written in October of last year, we believe there’s a reason it isn’t being composed until this week. We’ve become obsessed with a hat, and not just any hat, but a