Salon deco -- Modern decor with a French twist
Sketchbook 2009
-- Home Accents Today, 1/1/2009
Elegant and style-laden modernism marks this throwback look, finished with a perfect pinch of French allure. Geometric motifs, exotic skins and textures, and streamlined forms live the high life of an earlier, golden age that is both lavish and contemporary at once. — Tracy Bulla
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Bailey Street's Boutique table luxes up a perfectly proportioned design with faux shagreen wrapping and silver bracket detail. |
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Simon Pearce's new Corinth vases put stylish modernism in the spotlight with a graceful, fluted form and minimal embellishment ($150 to $195). |
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From Vellum, exotic shagreen accents reference the Art Deco era with superlative chic as part of the Normandie Collection ($275 to $365). |
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Currey & Company gives a nod to ancient Egypt and the Deco movement with an obelisk-centric design, the Levant lamp in porcelain and brass ($560). |
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An utterly elegant shape distinguishes Middle Kingdom's new porcelain plates, creating art for the table with refreshing simplicity ($20 to $60). |
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Swirls of aqua and mocha form a pattern of stylized roses, echoing nature with a surreal twist, in the hand-tufted rug from KAS ($399, 5x8). |
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Desantis Designs debuts Procession from Thomas Glenn, an acrylic on canvas with abstract, modern appeal ($750 to $3,500). |
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From Haute House, the satin-covered Cloud chair recalls the luxury of an earlier age with tufted and channel detailing plus a voluminous, overscale seat ($1,840). |
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A geometric globe of individual iron spheres creates an illuminated form of jewelry with the new Bangle design from Corbett Lighting. |
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Debuting this month, the new Kelly Wearstler Collection for Sferra showcases the designer's signature glamorous, graphic style ($300 to $1600). |
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