Accent Furniture Portfolio: Bridging the Gap

At times the divide between traditional tastes and contemporary vision can seem miles wide, but these sharp transitional styles suddenly make the distance seem a lot shorter. Thanks to the pairing of modern fabrics and finishes with classic design elements, customers' inner conservative and innovative modernist can finally reconcile their differences.

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Enduring details like rolled arms, turned feet and nailhead trim find fresh appeal when updated in the stylized leaf-patterned fabric on ACG Green's Biltmore arm chair ($800).

Arteriors Home tops a unique painted iron frame with antique mirrored panels for a look that is at once modern and instantly classic ($500).

Thanks to its petite size and universal style, Currey & Company's antique mirrored side table reflects a strong sense of style in virtually any setting.

When upholstered in an intricate maze of overlapping lines, Barclay Butera's Kingston Host chair makes the transition from traditional to timeless.