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World of Interiors - London Conde Nast Publications Ltd. - 2015-135,152,184,280,271,228,140,123,160p. - Vol.34-36,No.1-12,Jan.-Dec.,2014-2015 .

Content 2015
Vol.35,No.1 Jan. 2015
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 14
Antennae Roundup Our selection of the best tassel fringes 17
Halls Of Fame Aided by Fornasetti, Loos and Hoffmann, Miranda Sinclair makes a grand entrance 22
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 27
Into The Woods Following the trail of patterned-velvet fabrics, Max Egger takes a root-and-branch approach 32
Serious Pursuits Auctions, Antique Fairs and Diverting Activities 39
Network Merchandise and Events Worldwide 40
Address Book Suppliers in This Issue 42
Inspiration How to Recreate Some of the Design Effects In This Issue, By Augusta Pownall 114
Exhibition Diary Blake's Heaven, the Horror of Hiroshima, Plus Sophie Barling's Listings 116
Journal Of A Museum Curator How The Horniman's Keeper Of Musical Instruments Conducts Her Working Life 136
INTERIORS
Tailored for Tango fashion designer Soledad Twombly brings a touch of the pampas to her palazzo in Rome. 'Placing one strong, precious thing in a vast space' is key, she tells Isabel de Estrada 44
A churchillian Legacy Mary Soames, Daughter Of Britain's Wartime Leader, Balanced Public Service With Familial Warmth. Home Was In Holland Park, Where Emma Soames Recalls Her Mother's Finest Hours 54
Sound Surrounds There's No Dead Air In The World War I Radio Station In Austria That The De Ganays Turned Into A Home - Such Is The Frequency Of Arty Vistas. Michael Huey Joins The Duo's Network 78
Golden Handshake Orientalist Fantasies Are Reflected By 'Exotic' Western Elements In This Georgian Palace Of The 1860s. That's Apt For This Mirror-Filled Marvel, Decides Joseph Alexander Smith
Poetry In Commotion Casablanca Has Swallowed Up Its Colonial Past - Younes Zrikem's Flat, In An Old French Insurance Office, Is A Confident Blend Of The Arabic And The Modern, Says Umberto Pasti 104
ART & ANTIQUES
Rainbow Coalition The World's Finest Pastels - Once Bought By Redon, Whistler And Sisley - Are Still Made In An Old Workshop Outside Paris. Valeyie Lapierre Flits From Volcanic Orange To Imperial Purple 64
Time's Table The Fate Of A 1620s Marble Table With A Patterned Pietra-Dure Top Closely Matched That Of Its Owner, Sir Thomas Howard. Ruth Guilding Chronicles His Fall From Grace 72
First-Class Compartment Upstairs At Wilton House, The 18th Earl Of Pembroke Goes Hunting For His Boyhood Model Railway, Built By The Butler - While Ruth Guilding Tries Not To Get Above Her Station 98
Vol.35,No.2,Feburary 2015
Antennae : What’s new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 22
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best full-length mirrors 31
Moveable Feasts : Unfitted s t o r age keeps your kitchen individual, says Max Egger-it’s an open-and-shut case 34
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 45
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 50
Seed Capital : Give your interior the green shoots of recovery, using Miranda Sinclair's floral-sprig fabrics 52
Network: Merchandise and events worldwide 62
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 66
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 132
Exhibition Diary : Treasure at t'mill, the mavens of minimalism, plus Sophie Barling's listings 134
Journal Of An Artist : Jeremy Deller curates the common ground between William Morris and Andy Warhol 152
Interiors
The Opportunist Knox : An Irish 'backwoodsman's palace of swaggering masculinity', Prehen House - built in the 1740s and restored in the 1960s - is a paean to Protestantism in its pomp, says Michael Umney 70
Cloister In The Clouds : With its undulating glass walls, light cannons, and concrete altars, Le Corbusier's monastery in Beaujolais has all a thoroughly Modern Dominican could desire. Text: Philippe Seuillet 80
Bella Vita : Thanks in large part to salvage supremo Maria Speake, Bella Freud's flat in London (once a party pad for Kate Moss et al) retains its status as a cauldron of cool - as the owner writes here 88
Points To View : Filled with her blazing Ottoman-style fabrics, Idarica Gazzoni's wedge-shaped house in Patmos winds its way up to flat roofs and, learns Ros Byam Shaw, an Aegean panorama 98
Immaculate Conception : This Henri Garelli-designed Palladian villa sprang fully formed from the virgin Corsican garrigue. Intimacy and sophistication are his creed's cornerstones, says Marie-France Boyer 122
Art & Antiques
A Hammer Blow Venetian developers are rubbing their hands together, as the marble workshop Dall'Era, housed in a historic palace, goes under. Tim Beddow finds himself in a mournful vein 108
Ban The Bolt! : A Shostakovich ballet of 1931 - an industrial satire complete with Constructivist costumes - fell foul of Stalin's ideology. Muriel Zagha asks why he threw a spanner in the works 116
Vol.35,No.3,March 2015
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 18
The Sandings Of Time : Flowery commodes that are new but also rich in history? Damian Thompson investigates 99
Shape Makers : Plastic furniture makes fantastic eye candy. Miranda Sinclair's picks will keep you sweet 40
Books :Reading on art, architecture and design 51
Design Week Fabrics : Jessica Hayns and Max Egger choose the best new fabrics at London Design Week 60
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 79
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 82
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 84
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 158
Exhibition Diary : Sargent's singular sketches, ode to Yates, Rhoades show, plus Sophie Barling's listings162
Journal Of A Stonemason : At Canterbury Cathedral, Heather Newton maintains mullions a millennium old 184
Interiors
Presidential Address : In designing a plush pied-a-terre for his client, a high-level strategic advisor, Jonathan Reed knew he could count on her support. Ros Byam Shaw is impressed by the state of their union 86
Hanging Judge : From Surrealist eyes to Persian tulips, Georgia Bettoja uses her vast collection of vintage fabrics to make dazzling draperies that adorn her Roman flat. Text: Marella Caracciolo 96
The Princess And The Pagoda : The oldest 'Chinese' pavilion in the Czech Republic, dated 1780, is brought vividly to life in the drawings of a contemporary princess. Michael Huey chaperones a contradance 106
An Englishman's Home : A c1808 stucco house replaced the inner bailey of a Cornish castle, and here the Bannermans have created a herbaceous heaven. Ruth Guilding scents roses amid the ramparts 114
Rectangle Amid Rocks : What could Planet of the Apes have to do with a pristine beach-side club in Peru? Javier Artadi tells Ana Cardinale how science fiction shapes his geometrically pure desert architecture 136
Mr Parr's Patterns : Within a tiny terraced house on a Cambridge backstreet lies an ornamental feast of Arts and Crafts decoration, painted over 39 years by its dedicated owner. Jane Phillimore reports 142
Art & Antiques
Virgins And Sorceresses : A key collection of Victorian paintings currently hangs in Lord Leighton's Holland Park jewel box of a home. It sheds light on the sexual anxieties of the age, says Ruth Guilding 126
Mashed-Up Moderns : A homage to Bloomsbury Group values or a conceptual-art prank? As Jessica Lack learns, the duo that devised the Grantchester Pottery bring others on board for their serious games 152
Vol.35,No.4,April 2015
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 38
Digital Dexterity : Indian miniaturism achieved by high-tech trickery is Iksel’s shtick, says Ros Byam Shaw 48
Antennae Roundup Our pick of the best waste bins 61
Bottom's Bliss : Braying for the best blankets, quilts and throws? Max Egger has done the donkey work 72
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 87
Roll Models Count the ways you love your walls, with Miranda Sinclair's pick of geometric papers 128
Serious Pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 141
Scenic Routes : Jessica Hayns takes a tour of Lombardy to display furniture from the Milan fair 146
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 170
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 177
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 254
Exhibition Diary : Pacific Diebenkorn, Underwood milked, charter fight, plus Sophie Barling's listings 258
Journal of An Innovations Expert Charles Leadbeater seeks cheap solutions to big problems, from HI V to drought 280
Interiors
Club Meds : Discover a 17th-century cure for bed-wetting or play a game of 'Operation' in the Wellcome Collection's reading room. Some design surgery has made it, er, welcoming. Text: Wendy Moore 118
Mister Madoo : Mid-century artist Robert Dash left behind a once-in-a-blue-moon place in Long Island to match his original personality. So why has he been eclipsed, wonders Kendell Cronstrom 186
Barn And Bred : Architect Niall Maxwell's transformation of a north Norfolk piggery into a modern yet rustic home proves to Dominic Bradbury that you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear 200
Eyrie On The Arno : In her riverside flat in Florence, entrepreneur Sue Townsend surrounds herself with rare antiques and rescue dogs. 'She would hate to drown in the ordinary,' discovers Tim Beddow 210
Rhythm In Blues : Donkeys, polar bears, dromedaries and bats are among the imaginary menagerie in designer Agnes Emery's new Marrakesh home. She tells how she created creature comforts in a hot city 222
Jewels In The Crown : Paris's Mineralogy Museum, housed in an 18th-century hotel, is seen by many as a fossil, an old crock full of rocks. But it's actually a 'tool for the future', argues Valdrie Lapierre 232
All Things Considered : The stuff in fashion designer Johnson Hartig's 'old Hollywood' home - so diverse, so densely displayed - is a testament to curatorial confidence, as Rawdon Messenger reports 238
Blessed Bard : Chairs won at eisteddfods - centuries-old Welsh poetry competitions - take pride of place in the farmhouse of Hedd Wyn, a great talent killed in the trenches. Text: Helena Attlee 248
Art & Antiques
The New Seekers : Victorian inventors staked their claims with everything from artificial leeches to inflatable-bust corsets. Stephen Patience shows how 'clever' ideas can fall through the gap in the market 110
Twinkling Of The Tsars : Both universal yet profoundly Russian, the Hermitage Museum grew out of the Romanovs' treasures. Martin Gayford chooses highlights from the three million items in its collections 194
Vol.35,No.5,May 2015
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 20
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best stools 27
The Fine Prints : Exotica and Englishness mix in these Morris-style patterned fabrics, finds Jessica Hayns 34
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 51
To Boldly Glow : Max Egger has brought back these beauties from the outer shores of the lighting galaxy 60
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 73
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 173
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 174
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 248
Exhibition Diary : The Antiguan duke, Sainsbury's Bacon, plus Sophie Barling's listings 252
Journal Of An Arts Impresario : The burning of a'temple' in Derry has brought the community to heal 272
Special
The World of Kitchens And Bathrooms : Sculptural sinks, tip-top taps and a copper bath fit for Croesus... Mattia Bonetti's luxury loo in Switzerland and delft to die for in Lille... Whatever makes you gush, you'll find it in these plumb-tastic pages 77
Interiors
Hothouse Effects : Whether it's peacocks, palms or a thing for hot pink, Matthew Williamson's flat airs his totally tropical taste. He tells Sophie Barling about his love of'doing stuff with nothing' 178
Positively medieval : Rope stair rails, flagged floors, patchwork quilts. . . landscape designer Arne Maynard's Medieval Welsh home has a 'Hardy-esque poetic simplicity', discovers Ros Byam Shaw 190
By Accident And Design : Civil servant Hugh Lee produced some 600 3D artworks, slowly turning the family home in Richmond into a living gallery. Emma J. Page explains why he never sold a piece 200
Pick-Up Sticks : In his banana-coloured Skoda 'extreme carpenter' Peter Chippendale hares round the Sussex lanes in search of wood to salvage. Martin Hemming visits his (£14) workshop 206
Work's Wonders : A vivid mural in an old vocational school in Asturias depicts workers making offerings to the local patron saint. It's the star of a new cafe' with a Catholic feel, as Ana Dommguez reports 212
Master Of Ceremonies : Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto has created a traditional tea house in Manhattan - dotted with exquisite works from his art collection. Morgan Falconer finds peace on a tatami mat 218
Trash To Treasure : A Corsican artist combs the beach for plastic, turning it into sculptures of endangered species. His modest home is as salty as a mermaid's, reckons Marie-France Boyer 228
The Artful Loggia : The frescoes in a 16th-century villa in northern Italy's lakeland celebrate the alliance of two families - a marriage made in a heavenly place, adjudges Helena Attlee 238
Vol 35,No.6,June2015
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 14
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best coat hooks 23
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 33
Perching power :Statement tables and chairs for outdoor use are rare birds, observes Max Egger 48
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 57
Orange Dip : We've been tangoed - Miranda Sinclair's flamboyant fabrics float our boat 58
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 120
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 1 24
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 202
Exhibition Diary : Rowntrees pick 'n' mix, Australia open, Carol/Carlo, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 206
Return Of The Natives George Monbiot wants to reinstate rainforests, and in them wolves and wildcats 228
Special
The World Of Arts & Antiques :From a patchwork show of Sonia Delaunay to a pair of princely porcelain vases, our annual supplement will have you running from auction house to museum to art fair 71
Interiors
Gingerbread House : Cedar shingles and spice, and all interior things nice, make up architect Laura Dewe Mathews's Hackney home. Matt Gibberd sees how she keeps the wolf from the door 140
Piers Of The Realm : Baroque pillars - monuments to the 17th-century mansion Hamstead Marshall - recall a flighty courtier and rocky love story. Roger White leaves no stone unturned 150
Peacock Tales Artist Darren Waterston's filthy Lucre reinterprets Whistler's opulent Peacock Room as a diseased ruin. Jonathan Griffin eyes up the installation alongside the original 156
Terrain In Spain : Adopting a 'radical vernacular'accent, Ana Corbero and her husband remodelled their Andalusian villa. Celia Lyttelton says the inspiration came mainly from the plains 164
House Of The Setting Sun : Overlooking ancient ruins, the fading Hotel Palmyra in Lebanon remains a magical oasis. From Kaiser Wilhelm to Nina Simone, Mario de Castro looks up the VIPs who stayed there 176
Class Of 2000BC... The'style classrooms'of one Austrian school - Egyptian, Byzantine, Renaissance et al -were all its students needed to study up on the past. Michael Huey takes the register 192
Art & Antiques
Master Of The Hunt Antique dealer Edward Hurst tracked down his Dorset house while at a meet in its top yard. Tim Beddow follows the trail of unusual treasures and objets within 130
From Maquis To Mansion Just as the fairy godmother created a carriage from a pumpkin, Studio Peregalli conjured a Neoclassical villa from Corsican shrubbery. Marie-France Boyer follows a flick of a wand 182
Vol 35,No.7,July 2015
Milan Antennae Nathalie Wilson selects the best designs from this year's furniture fair 16
Antennae Roundup Our selection of the best trolleys 19,
Chart Toppers : Whether it's 'Tokyo Rose' or 'Mister Toad', paint perfectionist Max Egger names names 24
Books : Reading on art,architecture and design 31
Serious Pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 36
Tempting Fete Choosing napkins and tablecloths is no picnic, but Miranda Sinclair lays on a lovely spread 40
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 46
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 48
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 118
Exhibition Diary Richardson's 'swift successive nows', a homage to Hepworth, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 120
Journal of A Committee : CHAIRMAN Sir Hayden Phillips's body puts the brakes on great artworks leaving Britain 140
Interiors
Deep Blue Yonder
One in a long line of architects to the pope, Giulio Barluzzi was ideally suited to turning a ruined church on the Amalfi coast into a family summerhouse, as Ana Cardinale pontificates 50
Travel Lodge With its Swahili furniture and saffron floor, Barbara Spagnol's Monferrato bolthole would be unusual enough - without the railway car she brought on site. Lee Marshall makes tracks 60
On With The Show In Wisconsin, far from the limelight, two giants of mid-century Broadway created a theatrical enclave for themselves and their starry friends. Jeremy Musson applauds its preservation 74
Keys To Success The Dannatts' Wessex house was a shrine to high culture, grand pianos and first editions jostling with Modernist art. Adrian Dannatt lauds his uncle's 'concentrated observation' 84
Twitter Follower : A scion of the C&C Milano fabric house, Nicolo Baldissera has feathered a vivid nest in Tangier's labyrinthine medina. It's a perch high above the port, discovers Marie-France Boyer 98
All In Accord Blending ironstone ware and Americana with a Marie Antoinette-themed guest room requires a sure eye. By common consent, Hudson Valley denizen Ron Sharkey has it. Text: Kevin Guyer 108
Art & Antiques
Oliver's Hoard : Be it a Hellenistic earring, a dervish begging bowl or an alabaster dodo, rich stories underpin dealer Oliver Hoare's collection - not to forget a deep scholarly passion, says Christopher Gibbs 68
Masgot's Mascots Powerful stone figures - from Napoleon to a mermaid - dot this central French hamlet, the work of an untutored French farmer (d. 1890). Marie-France Boyer chips away at the myth 92
Vol 35,No.8,August 2015
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 10
Antennae Roundup Our selection of the best striped rugs 13
Whirl Class : If you want to get a grip on the best chests of drawers, Max Egger is your handles messiah 16
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 23
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 27
Big Busyness Big-patterned fabrics turn homes into giants' habitats. Miranda Sinclair says super-size me 28
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 34
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 36
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 104
Exhibition Diary Dadd and his demons, centuries of stuff, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 106
Journal of A Conservator A restorer of monuments has to work among the public. There's the rub, says Lucy Branch 124
Interiors
The Silent Treatment After a jam with Madonna enraged their old neighbours, classical pianists the Labeque sisters soundproofed their new flat in Rome. It's worked like a prayer, says Marella Caracciolo 38
Fortune's Friend The Medieval tapestry and 1970s Italian marble table in Philip Talboys's Rochester dining room show the breadth of the retired lawyer's enthusiasms, as Tim Beddow reports 48
A Taste Of Tbilisi The Pur Pur restaurant, with its sari hangings and parchment shades, epitomises Georgia's location on an East/West crossroads. Joseph Alexander Smith navigates his way to a table 58
Lofty Conversion High above Westminster Abbey's nave, the triforium, an architectural 'mantelpiece', stores effigies, gargoyles and sacred relics. Ruth Guilding surveys the cache in the attic 64
Quartier Jewel Designer India Mahdavi has assembled a who's who of modern furniture in her jazzily geometric Paris flat - including her own. It's septieme heaven, discovers Ana Cardinale 78
Forest Clearing : Curator Michael Shulan's rugged Connecticut home is filled with historic curiosities, from an ancient Remington to a print of a haloed Napoleon. Carol Newman takes dictation 96
Art & Antiques
Innocent Abroad : Joseph Cornell's box collages - with their parrots, Pierrots and pyramids - have a touch of the Victorian scrapbook. Jonathan Griffin airs a Surrealism with 'healthier possibilities' 74
The Glass Menagerie : The Simon Marq stained-glass atelier, a collaborator of everyone from Marc Chagall to Metz Cathedral, is 375 years old. That must shatter some record, reckons Valerie Lapierre 88
Vol 35,No.9,Septmber 2015
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by
Nathalie Wilson 22
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best household linens 27
Large Measures What unites the snappiest men's tailoring fabrics? Max Egger can discern a pattern 32
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 41
Serious pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 48
Occasional treats These side tables are supporting actors that steal the scene, reckons Miranda Sinclair 52
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 62
Address book : Suppliers in this issue 64
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 136
Exhibition diary Female focus, the'sweet feilds' of Constable country, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 140
Journal of an architectural ambassador Scott Lauer, founder of Open House New York, recalls how the spark was lit 160
Interiors
Bequest on the brink : The Surrey'stately cottage' inherited by Bamber Gascoigne was the antithesis of'Palladian, posh and self-important' - and, says Ruth Guilding, not just because it was falling down 68
Curves off the cuff : Oscar Niemeyer's cultural complex in Asturias began life as a classic'back of the envelope'job. But the Brazilian's curving design is anything but stationary, says Ana Dominguez Siemens 80
Rogue's galerie : In a glass-roofed arcade in Paris, Philippe Starck has made merry with mad hats and Medieval glass, turning a venerable engraver's into a talked-about cafe. Text: Valerie Lapierre 96
Seven's heaven : A tobacco-drying tower and a clutch of cottages were the basis for Benedikt Bolza's family home on his parents' rambling Perugian estate. Tim Beddow sees a pipe dream realized 104
Trellis by the till : Once the king's bathroom, then later a gift shop, this clandestine chamber in the Brighton Pavilion features witty murals by a mid-century maestro, as Timothy Brittain-Catlin reports 120
Up Mexico way : The adventure-loving couple behind Casamidy go off-grid in their remote casita built by ranch hands. A holiday home five hours from the airport has its upsides, hears Ros Byam Shaw 126
In search of lost time Magical childhood memories of Madagascar, Brittany and Provence inform the d^cor of collage artist Emmanuel Pierre. He juxtaposes snippets of his past, says Marie-France Boyer 86
Haarlem renaissance The complex tiles of the Alhambra fuelled MC Escher's interest in tessellation - just as the new physics underlay his odd perspectives. Stephen Patience works out the man behind the maths 114
Vol.35,No.12,December 2015
Antennae : What's new in travelling style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 24
Antennae roundup : Our selection of the best little luxuries for life on the road 31
Costume dramatist : Western lovers of Turkish fancy dress had their very own portraitist, says Briony Llewellyn 40
Books Damian Thompson's Christmas round-up 53
Bauhaus below the border Anni and Josef Albers saw'the Modern' in pre-Columbian cultures. Text: Charles Darwent 66
Immobile home : The Lady in the Van is now a film - Alan Bennett recalls the abode fixed for years in his driveway 74
Serious pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 83
Out and about : Need to be navigated through hardy outdoor fabrics? Miranda Sinclair leads the way 84
Out of the book : From African to Nordic styles, Max Egger unpacks a world's worth of furniture 98
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 109
Address book Suppliers in this issue114
Dress parade National costumes inspire Jessica Hayns to a decorator's carnival of cultures 136
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 192
Exhibition diary : Calder's world in motion, Melville on the Med, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 196
Journal of a photographer : Magnum man Chris Steele-Perkins portrays all of London's nationalities in their own homes 216
Interiors
Italian job? : his 'third-millennium interpretation' of the Georgian tradition is, curiously, a steel-and-glass cube nestled high in the Chiltems. Lee Marshall indulges in some worldly time travel 118
Journey's end : A suburban churchyard seems a banal resting place for Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton - though his mausoleum, styled like a desert tent, is anything but, as Tim Beddow reports 144
Moveable feasts : Globetrotting collector Victoria Press filled her Grand Canal palazzo with the city's finest crafts. 'To save Venice, you need to save the Venetians,' her daughter explains to Marella Caracciolo 150
Hidden dragon : Billboards, smoking and traffic lights are banned in Bhutan, and at this farmhouse high up in the Himalayan kingdom, the rest of the world feels very far away. Text: Robin Muir 160
Majesty in motion : Nineteenth-century monarchs travelled in splendour, as this dainty model of Napoleon Ill's train carriage shows. Finding it in a fabric house's archive, Marie-France Boyer goes loco 176
Destination unknown : Straw Christs and papier-machd devils vie for wall space in the Mexican casa of Deborah Turbeville, a jet-setting photographer who probed fashion's dark side. Text: Robin Muir 1 82
Art & Antiques
Window on the world : The late Julian Barrow took an easel on foreign trips, hanging the finished work in his grand Chelsea studios, formerly occupied by Sargent and Whistler. Peter York enjoys the views 128
Light trip fantastic : The European Space Agency offered art photographer Edgar Martins unparalleled access to its research stations and astronaut training centres. Stephen Patience sees stars 168
Vol.36,No 1,January 2016
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 8
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best products sold by museums and galleries 11
Rock solid Good for your posture, good for your soul -these chairs, um, rock! cries Miranda Sinclair 14
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 21
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 24
The new wavy Watered fabrics, or moires, bring iridescence to your interior. Max Egger says they're swell 26
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 32
Address book Suppliers in this issue 34
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 106
Exhibition diary The nice KKK, Anne Hardy's madding crowd, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 108
Journal of an architectural colourist As John Hinton explains, period authenticity often calls for a degree of artifice 128
Interiors
Force of destiny All but wiped out in the Spanish C jvil War, the land-owning Morales family now have an apt monument - a theatrical palacio near Seville. Celia Lyttelton meets the scion responsible 36
The house that yu built The rough-hewn pottery created by Yu Kobayashi in her live/work space in Japan feels akin to the furniture she's made from beach debris. Text: Timothy Brittain-Catlin 48
Stilts life Girondais shrimps and Arcachon oysters are just some of the delicacies served up in this riverside camlet. Laure Verniere meets the art historian owner enjoying his shellfish isolation 64
Plenty more fisher Will Fisher of Jamb did up a house in London after selling off all his stock. 'There's nothing worse than giving an antique dealer a load of bloody money,' he tells Charlotte Edwards 70
Peak of the slump Oregon's mountain-perching Timberline Lodge is a testament to FDR's New Deal -and the region's craft skills. Tim Beddow celebrates a pioneer of progressive policy 80
Twice upon a time The most romantic house in England'? That's what the Gibsons felt when they saw this Gofhick folly at Stourhead in Wol 30 years ago. Tim Beddow traces a chequered love story 96
Art & antiques
Rich and strange Romilly Saumarez Smith turns mudlarks' finds - Tudor pins, pilgrims' mirror cases and so on- into jewellery freighted with the past. Ruth Guilding eyes her 'dark goblin-hoard' 58
Men, monsters and merriment A star of the V&A's new Europe galleries, this 4m-long painting of the opulent Ommegang pageant is a vivid slice of 17th-century Brussels well worth processing past, says Susan Owens 90
Vol.36,No 2,February 2016
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 20
Mineralism : For metallic fabrics you need to dig deep -Miranda Sinclair is a mine of information 34
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 45
Serious Pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 50
Winning Streaks
Want to beautify your stairs or corridors? Max Egger won't do a runner - he does several 52
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 62
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 66
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 132
Exhibition Diary Modern bedfellows, Procktor - Slade's number one, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 134
Journal Of A Blue Plaques Committee Member Rosemary Hill explains which VI Ps make it into the charmed circle 152
Interiors Lionel jadot imagined an impassioned botanist when designing part of this four-floor regenct town house in Knightsbridge. Ros Byam Shaw warms to the Belgian’s tall tales. 80
Storey Craft
Pizzazz In Shiraz In the 19th-century palace of an Iranian dignitary, Persian patronage meets Madame de Pompadour - squared. Marie-France Boyer sees Rococo run riot through Eastern eyes 90
Vestige Interest With its tulip tree brought from America in 1609 and a crinkle-crankle wall built by Napoleonic prisoners, Deans Court in Dorset pulses with the past, as Ros Byam Shaw reports 98
Holy Alliance The theatrical swagger of Roman Baroque in a drab church in rural France? Thanks to a bequest, two brothers in the 1740s made their pipe dream a reality, discovers Tim Beddow 114
Hello Crewel World Bailing from the Big Apple, Bill Jacklin and Janet Russo have wrapped themselves in the comfort blanket of Rhode Island. Carol Prisant studies the material evidence of their new life 122
Art & Antiques
Call of The Wild From 1912 on, a cluster of cabins on the lip of a Norwegian lake became a living Arts and Crafts laboratory for Nikolai Astrup and his clan. Tove Karstad Haugsbe goes back to the land 70
The Swim of Things Agostino Iacurci wants the huge murals he paints on Rome's buildings 'to be a bit like a neighbour whom no-one has met but everyone talks about'. Aliette Boshier is a fly on the wall 108
Vol.36,No 3,March 2016
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 20
Antennae roundup Our selection from London Design Week 33
Support group : Trying to cope with a difficult passage? Trust in one of Miranda Sinclair's console tables 40
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 49
Design week fabrics Jessica Hayns and Max Egger choose the best new fabrics at London Design Week 58
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 75
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 78
Address book Suppliers in this issue 80
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 154
Exhibition diary : The PRB up north, a yen for the West, die like an Egyptian, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 158
Solar energy : The Argentine polymath Xul Solar brought Modernism to his native land and a paintbox of hues to his stilted home in the Parana delta. Teresa Tedin Uruburu finds her senses flooded 92
Venice in firs Whipped into shape in 1926 by the Franchetti family, Castel Gardena is a city slicker of a palace, one that dominates its remote setting in the Dolomites, as Lee Marshall reports 102
Debo's design for living China chicken centrepieces and a 'Jailhouse Rock' phone ringtone were just two of the distinctive touches that Deborah Devonshire brought to Chatsworth. Text: Ruth Guilding 114
Fast track to favour Secessionist architect Otto Wagner balanced modernity and tradition in his station for the emperor on Vienna's commuter line - a clever platform for his career, reckons Michael Huey 120
Brushes with greatness Feathery trees, coral branches and Chinese silk-makers form painted backdrops in the house of antique collector Diana Robinson. It's a series of masterstrokes, says Ros Byam Shaw 128
Life is a cabaret A tightrope walker, a trombone player, a performing pig and more tow their circus through France in a 1940s Dutch caravan. Roll up, roll up, cries Marie-France Boyer 146
Art & Antiques
Journal of an entomologist : A mealworm macchiato to go? Sarah Beynon on the buzz surrounding her new insect eatery 180
Interiors
Solo show : A fashion/art curator has lined her ex-factory space with a rich collection of contemporary artworks - a personal 'Pitt Rivers Museum for the 20th century', suggests Matt Gibberd 82
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All unravelling : Recent RCA graduate Georgia Kemball explores the 'sentimentality of the threadbare' in handmade crafts with a storyline. She's ready for the fray, learns Damian Thompson 26
Trunk call : Toting jewellery, cigars or couture, grand tourists from Russian counts to maharajas have commissioned a chic malle from Louis Vuitton. Tim Beddow unlocks its Paris archive 140
Vol.36,No.4,April 2016
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 34
Mr & Ms Aligned : Emma and Sunny Todd juggle day jobs, family lite and their print venture, finds Helena Attlee 44
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best lampshades 55
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 65
Double Agents : The quality of these mirrors, whether gilded or plastic, stares Max Egger in the face 92
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 119
Perennial Favourites : Weeding out all that's wintry, Miranda Sinclair sows the seeds of some floral fabrics 134
Moor's Utopia : At an Arab-tinged palace near Bologna, Jessica Hayns lays out Milan's finest furniture 146
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 170
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 176
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 254
Exhibition Diary : A Swede in the lead, Purbeck painters, foreign focus, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 258
Journal of A Mudlark : Steve 'Mud God' Brooker fits the pieces washed up by the Thames into London's historic jigsaw 280
Interiors
Scott's Miscellany : Fleeing vilification, Norman Scott found refuge amid church carvings, Victorian quilts and Connecticut clocks in a Dartmoor longhouse. Dinah Hall mucks in with his menagerie 186
Frames of Reference : Suffused with mid-century Hollywood razzmatazz, Miles Redd's Manhattan flat has star quality. At the premiere of its unveiling, the decorator ushers you across the red carpet 202
Small Wonder : Fans of Modern Italian furniture will love Claudio Loria's pied-a-terre in Milan, three dinky platforms in one room. Marie-France Boyer cheers the dealer from the terraces 214
Shogun Wedding : In 1720, an upper-caste samurai house was dismantled, moved and reassembled on a tropical island off Japan. Under its overhanging eaves, Augusta Pownall paces the tatami rooms 220
Sex On A Stalk : Orchids, which Proust likened to harlots, piqued the passions of Victorian plantsmen - and McBean's nursery, still going strong today, was on hand to feed the fire, learns Tim Beddow 228
Leaps And Bindings : Magg Bros'venerable Berkeley Square location may now be no more, but aptly enough, these printed pages preserve the bookseller's Georgian home for ever. Ruth Guilding pens the postscript 234
It's All Greek : The Book of Revelation was written on Patmos in the Aegean, where Melina Blaxland-Horne has rescued an ancestor's home. As Tim Beddow discovers, she's evangelical about authenticity 244
Art & Antiques
A Painter's Progress : Hans Feibusch, a Jewish refugee during the war, became the C of E's go-to guy for its church murals. In an Eastbourne crypt, one based on Bunyan is in jeopardy. Text: Simon Martin 110
Japan To A Tee : Embroidered with bamboo or printed with polka dots, kimonos have been worn by samurai warriors and Youtube sensations. Muriel Zagha unpacks the cultural baggage 124
Mixed Blessing : In the Enlightenment magnet of 1690s Delft, an amateur artist hand-painted a colour chart of over 2,000 shades - ideal, says Sophie Barling, for depicting the bounty of the Dutch empire 196
Vol.36,No.5,May 2016
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 16
Illusions of grand years : The panels Lady Diana Cooper ordered are now for sale, says her son John Julius Norwich 22
Antennae Roundup Our selection of the best poufs and ottomans 27
Seeing Stars Ensconce yourself while Miranda Sinclair fans the flames of your candlestick desires 30
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 49
Lucky Stripes : If you're partial to a bit of silk, watch as Max Egger conducts a battle of the bands 58
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 69
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 165
Address book Suppliers in this issue 166
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 240
Exhibition Diary : Flavour Flavin, the significance of Sicily, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 244
Journal of a floristry historian Trained arranger Felicity Hall says that the profession is no bed of roses 264
Special
The world of kitchens and bathrooms In our special supplement, soak up a Modernist villa as sleek as an ocean liner, simmer down in a tree-house kitchen with a fine Devon prospect - and enjoy some frothy tap-dancing, tub-thumping fun 73
Interiors
Corridor of power For added grandeur, the owners of this Madrid apartment, a royal neighbour, burnished Christophe Gollut's decor. Perhaps one can gild a lily after all, suggests Ros Byam Shaw 170
Ahead of the flatpack The home of Nairobi resident and Nordic design pioneer Per Geheb is a shrine to flea-market flanerie - now, finds Tim Beddow, he's dismantling his colonial prefab and moving 182
Hunter's Stew If you're tempted to declare open season on the Musee de la Chasse, know that this quirky 'home museum' in Paris defies expectations. Call off the dogs, cries Marie-France Boyer 194
Paris Match A homage to Pierre Chareau's Modernist Maison de Verre, iconic glass bricks and all, has landed in Primrose Hill - but with a hi-tech boost, as Matt Gibberd discovers 202
Signs of a time Junk-shop jetsam - from stuffed fish to French bistro clocks - fills an octogenarian artist's house in London. It's a memory bank that wards off loneliness, learns John Pearson 212
Midnight becomes him From a Japanese lacquer cabinet to black loo paper, architect David Mann has a liking for liquorice tones... But in his Hudson villa there's no monochrome mania. Text: Carol Prisant 222
Grand walls of China : The late 18th-century Oriental murals in Ferdinand I's Neapolitan palace are filled with details of, er, southern Italian life. Authenticity's loss is our gain, concludes Lee Marshall 232
Art and antiques
Sultans of bling Anne Steinmann's paintings of ornate Cairo living rooms and Corbusian kitchens feature two- and three-dimensional elements. Can Muriel Zagha tell what's 'op' and what's pop-up? 190
Vol.36,No.6,June 2016
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 18
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best door furniture 27
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 37
Splash Hits Historic patterns made modern? Miranda Sinclair gives us a toile or two by the beach 52
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 65
Shelf life Give your cupboard love - this range of vessels covers soup to nuts, says Max Egger 66
Art and antiques guide Welcome to our biddable supplement, a gallery of Strand photographs, Chinese sconces - plus a dark dose of Dubuffet. We also air the artiest retail and serve up the season's fairs in full 75
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 152
Address book Suppliers in this issue 156
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 234
Exhibition diary Land art ahoy!, flowers of femininity, the nude seekers, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 238
Journal of an underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor promotes marine ecology with his statues on the seabed 260
Interiors
Pompadour's proteges There's nothing fishy about Antoinette Poisson, name aside. Indeed, two of its founders cover their Paris flat with the selfsame 18th-century-style wallpapers they sell. Text: Valerie Lapierre 162
Visions of Byzantium David Winfield's conservation work at a 13th-century church in Turkey filled a hole in history - and revealed how Medieval muralists actually worked. Antony Eastmond reports 172
Common threads Specially commissioned ribbons snake through the Magowans'west London terrace house -a homage to former occupants, a family of Edwardian drapers. Text: Dominic Bradbury 178
Marchioness in mourning Despite its Burgundy location, the chateau of Cormatin was the height of Paris fashion in the 1620s, says Marie-France Boyer, complete with a gilded study and a chamber of curiosities 188
The making of bacon Before 1933, when he devoted himself fully to painting, Francis Bacon dabbled in interior design. Rebecca Daniels links his furniture to the framing devices of his intense artworks 200
Back at the ranch Despite its modern silhouette, basic materials built this Uruguayan loft house by the coast. Though close to upmarket resorts, it's 'more pampas than pampering', says Lee Marshall 206
A fine balance A cocktail of Edwardian and Indian flavours - neon paisleys, tented ceilings and pierced screens - whet appetites in this Jaipur bar. Henry Wilson meets its maker/shaker 216
Cream Of Caramel Lined with fine brown parcel paper, this bijou London flat, decorated by James McWhirter, comes ready gift-wrapped. It's classic Colefax, says Tim Beddow, adapted for present times 224
Vol.36,No.7,July 2016
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 10
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best napkins 13
IVY League Scallop-shell sconces and other wall lights make up Miranda Sinclair's exclusive fraternity 18
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 25
Serious Pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 28
Eye Candy Furnishings giving you the needle? Max Egger sugars the pill with embroidered fabrics 32
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 40
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 42
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 114
Exhibition diary Painters' hang-ups, Heilmann's chatty Modernism, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 116
Journal Of A Gastrophysicist Taste begins in our minds not our mouths, says experimental psychologist Charles Spence 136
Interiors
Domesday Descent One long room in a stable block on Exmoor houses the Wolseleys' ancestral relics - but, says Sophie Barling, the thriving community near at hand gives them a renewed relevance 44
Niche Appeal
With ornate doors and plaster alcoves, this Zanzibari beach house is an Arab/African blend. Add a Palestinian and a dash of Dutch to make a high-bred hybrid. Text: Tim Beddow 54
La Vie Parisienne Did Napoleon III have 'small man syndrome'? Modest though tenor Philippe Dorthe's rooms are, their air of 19th -century opera has Valerie Lapierre discerning imperial ambitions 64
Border Control In Paris, a black cornice marshals Morris-y murals and wallpapered doors... Decoratively daring, Annabel Karrim Kassar stays on the right side of the line, reckons Tim Beddow 80
Icing on the cake An Italian count will display his 20th-century art collection against Neoclassical plasterwork in a smart St James's town house. Downstairs, discovers Tim Auld, Wilde's fate was sealed 90
sandwiches and skirmishes Bohemian life in Oslo once revolved round its Grand Cafe - witness Per Krohg's fine mural in situ. There Munch and Ibsen also made a scene, as Martin Gayford reports 96
The Test Of Time Despite the cool contemporary stuff in Jamie Gray's 1905 upstate retreat, Matter's main man has kept its clapboard front and stovepipe simplicity. Text: Ana Domfnguez Siemens 104
Art & antiques
Trade secrets A Birmingham printer's scrapbook filled with engraved business cards advertises more than forgotten professions, says Alex Ramsay: the elegance of Regency penmanship 74
Vol.36,No.8,Aug.2016
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 8
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best hi-fi equipment 11
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 15
Bubble & Streak : Textures, stripes and spots: Miranda Sinclair offers a hot line to the finest glassware 18
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 27
Green Credentials? Foliage-print fabrics are perennial favourites, so hedge your bets with Max Egger's picks 28
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 34
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 36
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 104
Exhibition Diary : Understanding O'Keeffe, London's burning.plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 106
Journal of a gas lamp manager Some 1,300 non-electric lamps shed light on London's pavements and its past, says Iain Bell
Interiors
Touches of Amalfi A cliff-top villa on the Tyrrhenian sea counts Hollywood royalty and a glamorous ceramicist among its former residents. Cleverly restored, it's quite the production, says Ana Cardinale 38
Jung romantics For 55 years, psychotherapist Julian David has been tending to the tumbledown Devon farmhouse he bought with his new bride. Ros Byam Shaw analyses their creative urge 48
Buddy Move Fiona Lewis swapped LA's bright lights for no electricity in a dilapidated French farmhouse. Unfazed by unforeseen plot twists, the actress learned to improvise. Text: Tim Beddow 64
Whole In One : Francesco Carraro was that rare collector who only bought what he loved. His Venice rooms speak of a man for whom style and substance were one and the same, finds Sophie Barling 74
In Praise Of Folly : Created by a young baron with a vast fortune, Bedfordshire's Swiss Garden, with its fairytale cabins, is whimsy made wooden. Just don't expect anything Swiss, says Matthew Dennison 84
London Underground : David Bieda's red-brick town house stands as a symbol of Soho's history. But Leana Pooley digs out a more intimate tale of Georgian London - in the servants' hidden cesspit 94
Art & Antiques
Walls of wonder : Once part of a huge private treasury, five cabinets of creatures pinned, pickled and stuffed are now on show for all to see in Paris. Marie-France Boyer finds her curiosity piqued 58
Vol.36,No.9,Sep.2016
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 20
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best beds and mattresses 25
Back Story : Upholstered armchairs have a proper skeleton, says Max Egger, and you'll feel it in your bones 30
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 41
Winning Formulas : Geometric fabrics offer order, and Miranda Sinclair shares the sum of her knowledge 48
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 58
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 62
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 66
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 136
Exhibition Diary : Eye and I, the eclipsing of Jeremy Moon, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 140
Journal of a Bloomsbury collector : David Herbert’s passion for the Omega set has culminated in an exhibition 164
Interiors
Liner Notes : Patrick Kinmonth and Tessa Traeger's 1930s flat is full to the gunwales with choice objects, from Poole pots to Craigie Aitchison paintings. Robin Muir likes the cut of its jib 68
Sacred Histories : Despite the best efforts of Henry VIII, a 12th-century religious settlement in Sussex lives on. For its odd corbels, buttery and inglenook hearth, Ruth Guilding gives prior approval 78
Fascinating Rhythm : In this fine-tuned Notting Hill villa, architect Tom Bartlett of Waldo Works hit just the right note for his classical music-loving clients. Bethan Ryder makes a song and dance about it 102
…And Called Them Macaronis : After World War I, Italian charcoal makers migrated to southwest France - now a local group has rekindled their tough life in the forest. Tim Beddow adds fuel to the fire 112
Basic Instinct : Plaster gargoyles, a meadow mural and a home-forged spiral staircase seem ripe for a fairy tale - but it's the family home of a noble French primitive, as Marie -France Boyer reports 126
Art & Antiques
Tempted By Innocence : Christopher Wood's subject matter may have seemed naive - bathers, boats and bedrooms -but a darkness lurked beneath. So was this interwar artist a phony? asks Charles Darwent 88
Republic In The Round : How Americans view their past has been shaped in part by Daniel Chester French, 19th-century sculptor extraordinaire. Michael Gotkin visits his studio in Massachusetts 94
Spring Fever : Paris department store, Printemps, matched graduate designers to traditional ateliers, bringing affordable pottery to the masses. Marie-France Boyer applauds its feats of clay 118
Vol.36,No.10,Oct.2016
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 42
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 91
Stamp collection The reissuing of Barron and Larcher's textiles has been delivered first class, says Jean Vacher 110
Table talk Tables to dine for? Chairman of the board Max Egger gets the deciding vote 146
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 167
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 311
Address book 314
Suppliers in this issue
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 406
Exhibition diary Lights fantastic, culture of the Cold War, the crafted book, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 410
Journal of a bench How a Gerrit Rietveld bench made it from the Dutchman's flat to Frieze... Text: Anna Brady 436
Autumn shows
Antennae roundup Miranda Sinclair chooses her highlights from this year's Decorex and Focus design shows 67
Autumn swatch It's a stick-up job! Masked crusader Max Egger goes to Gotham to air the best new wallpapers 124
Autumn fabrics Jessica Hayns and Maud Hewlings get in pole position to showthe best of Decorex and Focus 172
Special
The world of london design From Polish pompoms and Pollocky papers to a motionless ocean and an ark of the dark... We deliver a new supplement devoted to the LDF, with a map, highlights of the shows and more 227
Interiors
In Fine Feather In her Stockwell home, dressmaker Maude Smith has conceived a rus in urbe, with Charleston chintzes and hanging hops. Add bird life, and Sophie Barling is all aflutter 324
cross purposes John Minshaw's pure interior-design style -seen here in his flat near Hyde Park - is thanks in part to potters Lucie Rie and Hans Coper. But he's reinvented the wheel, says Ros Byam Shaw 334
Holy ordure Nothing is wasted in India - in Rajasthan even cattle manure is used as fuel. Watching the locals store the cowpats in decorated bitoras, Laure Verniere discusses the turd way 344
Journeys in geometry Mathematics meets the multicoloured motifs of tribal cultures in Lucas Rise's eye-popping pieces. As Ana Cardinale discovers, in his house in Argentina, solid furniture turns psychedelic 350
Bakst to the future What happened when a kooky heiress lured the Ballets Russes designer to revamp her pile in Baltimore? A dose of Russian peasant motifs with dance given a stage. Text: Carol Prisant 360
Forget me not Better known for their eponymous castle near York, the Howards also have a place in Wiltshire - one made over in subtly surprising ways by a late friend, Laura Jeffreys. Text: Ros Byam Shaw 378
Sanctum By The Spinney Flush with Tarka the Otter prize money, Henry Williamson built a writer's cabin in remotest Devon.'Mazed as a brish' to locals, he honed his naturalist's eye here, says Ruth Guilding 390
Out of this world Living in this Scottish Jacobean Revival house is like dealing with a bolshy teenager, reckon the owners. But now, as an art and sculpture park, it's maturing fast, says Christopher Simon Sykes 396
Art & antiques
The manor reborn Glaze junkie Kate Malone has been grappling with 'legout Rothschild' for a Waddesdon show. Grace McCloud chats with the ceramicist kilnside at her Islington mews house/studio 52
Magnum opus English embroidery was highly prized in the Middle Ages. Indeed, argues Sophie Barling, every cope, bishop's stocking and seal bag holds trade history and cultural riches in its stitches 136
Illuminating a legend When dealer Peter Woodward heard about a sale of Maison Charles's grand stock, he leaped on the Eurostar. That's even before a hidden cache resurfaced, says Timothy Brittain-Catlin 156
Braidy bunch Humble materials from the souk, from metallic braids and ribbons to detergent packets, adorn Francois Gilles's collection of tote bags. Look out Chanel, warns Marie-France Boyer 372
Vol.36,No.11,Nov.2016
Cover Arch Deacon - Two Piece by Richard f Deacon sits in a panel in Alex Cochrane's family home in Kensington. What else did the architect ordain? See page 110. Photograph: Simon Upton
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 22
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best wardrobes 27
Injiri time Weft with added heft is a Gujarati weaving tradition, as Grace McCloud discovers 36
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 45
Dolly mixture Put childish fabrics behind you, instructs Maud Hewlings, and adopt textured linens 54
Trim pickings
Are you a passementerie person? Max Egger is eager to promote the fringe benefits 64
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 75
Fruits of the forest Jessica Hayns sees the Milan furniture fair's finest offerings become babes in the wood 76
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 98
Address book Suppliers in this issue 100
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 170
Exhibition diary The teething of Nash, art strata, Victoria chez Napoleon, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 174
Journal of a Picasso Muse Sylvette David, now Lydia Corbett, caught the eye of the Spaniard - and her life changed 196
Interiors
A head for heights Creating a family-friendly habitat from a lofty Kensington mansion is no mean feat - happily, architect Alex Cochrane was up to the task. Elfreda Pownall applauds his vaulted ambition 110
Shell life
The very material that threatens the sea turtle's existence - plastic - is used in consciousness-raising artworks at a refuge for the reptiles in Kenya. Tim Beddow reports 120
New dogs, old tricks Three generations of an artistic family live and work together in a huge house in Scotland - but anyone looking for conflict is barking up the wrong tree, discovers Ruth Guilding 130
London bloomer Now Hackney's E5 Bakehouse has acquired 50 employees in five years, there's little left to prove. Founder Ben Mackinnon explains to Sophie Barling why he loves the daily grind 142
Eurasian steps The grand panelled entrance halls of Tbilisi's mansions reflected the cosmopolitanism of Georgian elites - and that of Stalin's doctor is no exception, learns Joseph Alexander Smith 148
The art of less In his converted coach house in Hackney, gallerist Stuart Shave has rejected 'polished minimalism' for something even less varnished. Kate Jacobs succumbs to the hard cell 162
Art & antiques
Frisian seasons In his modest living room, a Dutch milkman (with a love of jazzy ties) painted frescoes of rural life, spring through winter. Marie-France Boyer ushers them past your eyes 102
Rebel Rebels
David Bowie declared 1980s Postmodernists the Memphis Group hunky dory. As part of the musical chameleon's collection goes up for sale, Stephen Patience picks out the pin-ups 154
Vol.36,No.12,Dec.2016
Antennae Who's been inspired by designs from the ; near and distant past? asks Nathalie Wilson 28
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best archive designs 51
Books Damian Thompson's Christmas roundup 63
In with the old Jessica Hayns has plundered JVofs vaults to celebrate 35 years of distinctive decoration 72
History of the blues As we did in issue no.1, Max Egger celebrates the loveliest blue-and-white china around 82
Completely off the wall The 'art on furniture' of 1960s group Danad is being reissued. Kate Jacobs investigates 94
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 107
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 111
Address book Suppliers in this issue 116
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 204
'Exhibition diary Pasmore's passages, Islamic magic, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 208
Journal of a bottle collector Matthew Slocombe spent much of his boyhood knee-deep in Victorian cesspits...228
Interiors
Time and tide For six decades the artist Mary Fedden has lived in a little warehouse by the Thames -primitive but life-affirming, says Christopher Andreae. First published: June 2007 36
Golden treasury Leaving her flat above Colefax & Fowler, Nancy Lancaster is wistful. As she packs up her treasures, she tops up Nicholas Haslam's gin and tonic. First published: September 1982 120
United front The his 'n'hers houses that Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo commissioned in Mexico City add up to a double portrait in 3D. Text: Timothy Brittain-Catlin. First published: June 2005 126
The wood life With no heating or water, the 18th-century pine-lined house of a farming clan opens Marie-France Boyer's eyes to the hardship of rural France. First published: May 1996 132
A Prussian PompeII A Roman general on campaign was just one decorative fantasy realised by Schinkel at a princely palace in Potsdam. Text: Michael Huey. First published: December 1991 124
Electric eye Rare is the man whose passions include Baroque music, TV shopping channels and Minimalist art. Meet collector Mark R., says Sarah Howell. First published: January 1999 148
Our man in tangier Antique dealer Christopher Gibbs overlooks the Strait of Gibraltar in an atmospheric house with its own fascinating provenance. Text: Umberto Pasti. First published: March 2000 154
Cold comfort Every year near the Arctic Circle, 4,000 tons of frozen water are sculpted into the Ice Hotel. Peter Grant snuggles into his reindeer hide. First published: October 1998 160
Deco undimmed In her Paris flat, an interwar Lady Havisham preserved luxurious fittings and furniture in pristine condition - by keeping the world out. Bibi Gex reports. First published: March 1999 170
Natty tread Tackling the problem of discarded tyres that litter Tanzania, an artist has put the dead rubber to domestic use, as Daniel Dickinson discovered. First published: October 2005 176
Cast of thousands In a Paddington bedsit, plaster-cast master Peter Hone holds court in Soanean splendour. Alistair McAlpine pops by for a Mad Hatter's tea party. First published: September 1994 180
Celestial empire The exiled King Ferdinand's Chinese Palace in Palermo promoted his divine right to rule as monarchies were tumbling. Text: Lorenza Bianda Pasquinelli. First published: June 2000 186
Mid-century modified Peter Shire has jazzed up his parents' Modernist home in LA with hot hues and his own cartoonish furniture. Text: Jonathan Griffin. First published: December 2011 192
Chronicle on the common A 'very superior mongrel', Southside House has annals littered with illustrious names, from Anne Boleyn to Tsar Nicholas. Text: Dinah Hall. First published: October 1986 198
Art & antiques
Minton condition A pioneer of bone china, the Stoke firm held its earliest designs for cups and saucers in a leather pattern book. Sarah Howell cocks her pinky. First published: July/August 1989 138
Flight of imagination Having worked alongside Picasso in Vallauris, Guidette Carbonell found a niche with her mythical 'harpies'. Text: Marie-France Boyer. First published: October 2007 166

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