Content
Vol.32,No.1,January 2012
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 10
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best mantelpieces 13
Support Group : If you literally can't bear your glasses, discuss the issue with Miranda Sinclair. She's tray savvy 16
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 23
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 29
Homeward Bound : These patterned fabrics evoke long-read stories and far-off places, reckons Maud Hewlings 30
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 36
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 38
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Annabel Freyberg 110
Exhibition Diary : Dickens's mean streets, Sutherland's haunted future, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 112
Workshops of My World : Why doesn't Britain make anything any more? asks an exasperated Terence Conran at 132
Interiors
Ottoman Umpire : Capturing the best of Istanbul's historical decor in a newly builtyali, or timber-framed house, on the Bosphorus involves research and fine judgements, says its decorator, John Stefanidis 40
Pets Permitting : With the bantams blood tested, the livestock cleared by customs, Davina Webb moved to the Tarn, where her rambling ancient farmhouse is now sheep-shape, learns Tim Beddow
Buried In Black And White : Pine cones symbolising everlasting life and skulls embodying physical decay offer a polarised vision of death in a Baroque crypt in Porto. Marie-France Boyer descends 68
Urbane Jungle : With its Calder-style mobile, cow hide and Venetian cushions, Roberta Bergero's retreat in Argentina's Parana delta is the richest of cultural stews, says Philippe Keyvan Safavi 74
House Of Correction : Victorian legal life - has it ever been better captured than in Presteigne's Shire Hall in old Radnorshire, a judges' lodging and courtroom? Alex Ramsay delivers his verdict 98
Art & Antiques
The Well of Loveliness : The Barker-Mills' west London mansion, with its Judd boxes and Barber Osgerby furniture, revolves round an ever-changing stair shaft. Adrian Dannatt is touched by the void 58
The Inn Crowd : The idea of Romantic solitude drew artists to the forests outside Paris - but in an auberge at Barbizon they clustered, to dine, carouse and 'daub' their dorms. Text: Jean-Louis Gaillemin 84
Dolly Mixtures : Beachwear, ski suit, 'On a Cruise' . . . whatever outfit Nana, a cultivated nanny (now 98), made for her charges she copied in miniature for their dolls, discovers Marie-France Boyer 92
Vol.32,No.2,February 2012
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 22
Antennae Roundup : Our election of the best furnishing braids 25
Opening Lines : Knocking; on heaven's door? Open it with one ot Maud Hewlings's divine handles 28
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 39
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 50
Skin To Skin : If wild things make your heart sing, lie in wa for real and faux hides from 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 Annabel Freyberg 128
Exhibition Diary : O'Casey the magus, Ugandan relations, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 130
The Biblio Files : Could a bookseller ever be a thug? Dealer David Batterham has heard tell of a tew 148
Interiors
Sparks In The Desert : Rusty metal sculptures framing the New Mexico mountains announce Larry Sparks'si ranch, built by him from salvage. Americans trash so much. It's a sin,' he tells Susan Heege 76
The Beaton Track : Equestrian paintings, exposed beams and Georgian panelling highlight the anglophilia in this remote Argentine homestead, once a haunt of the beau monde. Text: Ana Cardinale 86
Skye Light : Exposed to the elements, yet warm and snug, this Hebridean croft was built for a Buddhist, yet apes a Presbyterian vernacular style... Huntley Hedworth picks apart the paradoxes 106
Art & Antiques
Jamb Packed : Faced with all of Will Fisher's worldly goods, even Christie's said'no more stuff'. Charlotte Edwards has a pre-auction viewing in the antique dealer's 1780 London town house 66
Monkey Business : Making music and delivering post, painted macaques go ape in a chinoiserie winter garden in Brussels. It was all almost lost to a decorator's howler, says Barbara Stoeltie 98
Out Of The Darkness : Britain can make it! Wendy Bray's exuberant postwar fabrics wave V-signs at rationing and utility design - perhaps, she muses, that's why they work for today's austere times 114
Nouveau Rich : A Mucha-influenced decorator stencilled Secessionist sophistication onto the walls of a provincial French inn. But its proprietor is as no-nonsense as they come, finds Tim Beddow 120
Vol.32,No.3,March 2012
Antennae
What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 16
Antennae Roundup
Our selection from London Design Week 27
Design Week Fabrics
Jessica Hayns and Maud Hewlings choose the best new fabrics at London Design Week 34
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 53
Serious Pursuits
Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 63
Counter Intuitive : Picking out some top-class kitchen furniture
Miranda Sinclair turns the tables 66
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 74
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 76
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Annabel Freyberg 150
Exhibition Diary : Mondrian's alter ego?, maharajas and more, dot to dots, plus Charlotte Edwards’s listings 154
Journal Of An Estate Agent : Advised against going into architecture by his father, Matt Gibberd decided to sell it instead 176
Inreriors
Crystal Blaze : When half-timbered Wick burst into flame, it was just an unfortunate footnote in this Worcestershire manor house's scintillating history. Celia Lyttelton gazes into its past 78
Steeped In Tradition : After researching ancient Tunisian weaving techniques, Mariem Besbes began making fabrics imbued with her homeland's heritage. Marie-France Boyer unravels her story 88
Launch Pad : Tooled up with enough tricks and gizmos to make Batman blanch, actor Hosh Ibrahim's Maida Vale man-den could quite easily house a superhero. Text: Matt Gibberd 98
A Pavilion For Posterity : When novelist Umberto Pasti asked local craftsmen to fix up the derelict structure in his Tangier garden, he ended up creating a cottage industry, as he explains here 104
The Ascetic Movement : What artist Sue Skeen likes about rural life is its inconvenience. And she finds spartan houses -like her Suffolk bungalow - calming. Ros Byam Shaw meets a contrarian in the countryside 122
Ever Increasing Circles : Everyone from genteel tea dancers to hardcore clubbers has strutted their stuff in Vienna's Volksgarten. Michael Huey trips the light fantastic with its gifted architects 130
Casa Nostra : The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and associates have restored the glorious Palazzo Margherita in his hometown of Bernalda. Tim Beddowpays his respects 138
Art & Antiques
When Worlds Collide : Like Moore, Matisse and Dufy before him, painter Howard Hodgkin has turned his talents to textiles. 'I'm not pompous about what I do,' he explains to Charlotte Edwards 20
Freud On Paper : Whether two-minute wonders or the work of many sessions, Lucian Freud's drawings are at the root of his entire oeuvre. Ahead of a new exhibition, William Feaver gives them their due 116
Vol.32,No.4,April 2012
Antennae - What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 28
The Silk Route - A 17th-century Puritan house with a Rainbow Room? Sophie Barling turns sleuth in Wiltshire 34
Antennae Roundup - Our selection of the best blankets and quilts 43
On The Trail Of The Lonesome - PINE East Coast robber barons 'roughed it' in luxury log cabins, learns Damian Thompson 50
Books - Reading on art, architecture and design 61
Life Lines - For heavyweight fabrics, those built for endurance, canvass Miranda Sinclair
78
Classical Revival - The designs of Deco taste-maker Andre Arbu are back, reports Timothy Brittain-Catlin 92
Serious Pursuits - Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 109
Holding Patterns - From striped Cornishware to crystal, Maud Hewlings has bowls to bowl you over with 114
Ahead Of The Curve - Baroque chick Jessica Hayns gives the best furniture from Milan straight As 124
Network - Merchandise and events worldwide 146
Address Book - Suppliers in this issue 150
Inspiration - How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Annabel Freyberg 226
Exhibition Diary - Didactic dice, signs of hard times, life stilled, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 230
Journal of An Architect - Modernism's colour is white, right? Wrong, says (a puce) Timothy Brittain-Catlin 252
Interiors
Bungalow Brill - In Emma Campbell's colonial 'shack' outside Nairobi, touches of Cawdor Castle, Mayfair club, Native American and hippie chic add up to Swahili style at its suavest, reckons Tim Beddow 158
The Art Of Diplomacy - With its Sicilian stage set, dramatic Venetian mirrors and commedia dell' arte chairs, the Italian Embassy in Paris is sprinkled with theatrical stardust, says Valerie Lapierre 166
East In The Valley - Mid-century design guru Russel Wright combined Japanese purity and a feel for the forest in his rural studio in the Hudson River valley. Carol Newman goes back to nature 182
The Talented Mr Ricky - Picture a mermaid's grotto in Belle Epoque Paris and begin to grasp how decorator Ricky Clifton and model Agyness Deyn made mad music together in New York. Text: Eric Boman 192
A Peach of A Perch - Plump pigeons preened for the pot would always pick one of Gerry Peachey's palaces. Cross his palm with pounds, and he might build you a dovecote too, says Ros Byam Shaw 204
Debaig Society
De Stijl colours, tongue and groove, and lovely lakeside views harmonise in a singular 1970s settlement on France's wild Atlantic coast. Laure Verniere goes back to the Landes 210
Art & Antiques - 'The Sun is God' Turner may never have lashed himself to a ship's mast to paint the stormy sea, but his watercolour sketches still throb with weather. David Blayney Brown braves the spray 176
The Cosmic Convento - Emily Young sculpts colossal travertine heads in this convent in the Etruscan hinterland. Stones of another kind - Rolling ones - have also left their mark, as Lee Marshall reports 218
Vol.32,No.5,May 2012
Antennae - What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 18
Antennae Roundup - Our selection of the best pots and planters 27
Go Books - Reading on art, architecture and design 33
Serious Pursuits - Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 47
Current Affairs - If you're interested in wall lights, now's the time to get ensconced, says Miranda Sinclair 52
Streamlined For Dispatch - Art Deco reached America's boonies, as these postcards attest. Text; Timothy Brittain-Catlin 58
Parallel Universe - Thin stripes versus thick stripes. . . Maud Hewlings orchestrates a battle of the bands 66
Network - Merchandise and events worldwide 161
Address Book - Suppliers in this issue 162
Inspiration - How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Maria Yiannikkou 236
Exhibition Diary - Restoration rumpy-pumpy, on the road with Piper, phis Charlotte Edwards's listings 240
Journal of An Art Critic - Picasso one week, Zoffany the next -Brian Sewell takes a long, hard look at his life 260
The World of Kitchens And Bathrooms From Moroccan tiles - in Sweden! - to Roman baths - in California! - we put our planet on a last spin cycle, tossing in teak sinks, space-age cookers and much more 77
Gilt-Edged Security - The 'golden parlour' and ancient patchworks draw some to Levens Hall, Cumbria, but most remember the 17th-century topiary -works of shear penins. siphs Helena Attlee 166
Reuse Redux - Maybe it's the Hungarian stable-door bedhead or the antique spades on the landing, but this Welsh cottage could only belong to salvage gurus the Baileys. Ros Byam Shaw calls by 188
The Reel Deal - ViennesejuteshopDieroff,foundedin 1880, sells everything from cane for chairs and twine tor sausages to rope for Japanese bondage. Where's the moral fibre? jokes Michael Huey 198
Beyond The Green Gate While restoring his hilltop house in France, Frank Brenninkmeyer turned up painted 17th-century hunting scenes under plaster. He explains why the chase gave him such a thrill 204
Curves on The Creek - Barragan meets Le Corbusier in a sculptural house of many colours outside Melbourne. Not bad for a 'brick dunny' - the owners' commission - as Karen McCartney reports 220
Complex Creation - A hammam in Cairo, built in a 14th-century palace, throbs with colour thanks to stained glass in the ceiling that aids the visitor's purification. Text: Arnaud de Boistesselin 228
Art & Antiques
A New Leaf - With its teardrop window, apple-themed flooring and psychedel ic worktop, the childlike house of a Finnish installation artist seems straight out of Hansel and Gretel, says Jo Caird 178
The Lady of The Camp During World War 1, a young duchess employed medical innovations, fresh air and flowers to tend to the wounded in France. Her work is captured in paintings seen by Ruth Guilding 216
Vol.32,No.6,June 2012
Antennae - What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 16
Antennae Roundup - Our selection of the best outdoor furniture 21
Books - Reading on art, architecture and design 35
Packed To The Rafters - From bottomless ottomans to chunky trunks, Maud Hewlings has some treats in store 46
Serious Pursuits - Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 55
Shed Some Light - Translucent fabrics offer mystery without the murk. Sheer bliss, gushes Miranda Sinclair 68
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 112
Address Book - Suppliers in this issue 114
Inspiration - How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Maria Yiannikkou 190
Exhibition Diary - Worth its weight, Katz and the cocktail set, swag on tour, plus Charlotte Edwards s listings 194
Journal of A Food Historian - Roasted toes and chilblains were the lot of the Iudor 'spitboy', as Marc Meltonville explains 216
Interiors
LA VIE EN ROSE stripy lamps, sacred cows and silvered imbrellas grace La Maison Rose, a chic boutique offering French flavours in south india. Marie-France Boyer goes for a browse 130
Head Above Water Once the living quarters of royal pages, a legency boathouse in Windsor Great Park las had a minimalist makeover in the Pawson nould, as Timothy Brittain-Catlin reports 146
Monk's House - From Virginia's hand-covered Shakespearcs to Leonard's garden, the Wbolfs' intimate life is preserved in an East Sussex cottage. Caroline Zoob house-sat there for the National Trust 156
A Roving Eye Giants of 20th-century design - Sottsass, Saarinen and Fornasetti among them - jostle for space in a dealer's dinky flat in Brussels. Barbara Stoeltie salutes a romantic roamer 166
Degrees of Dizziness - Medical students in Renaissance Padua had to be made of stern stuff- the city's spiralling anatomical theatre would make anyone's head spin, says a firmly anchored Lee Marshall 180
Art and Antiques
Rhyme And Resin - To make his beautifully faceted one-off pots, Phil Cuttance breaks the mould - or, rather, rejigs it, as Charlotte Edwards reports 26
Punch Lines
Victorian pugilists put up their dukes on naive fairground signs. Featherweight Sophie Barling gives a blow-by-blow account 62
House of Windsors - Where to air stickbacks, comb-backs and other rare chairs? Why, at a fine country seat near their birthplace, answers Ruth Guilding 120
Crowd Controller - Up for auction are items from the late Stephen Long's antique shop. He 'piled it high' there and in his home, recalls Annabel Freyberg 140
A School Of Fish Can museum-quality'yellow and green' pots really be found in Tunisian ironmongers' shops? Marie-France Boyer is on the lookout 174
Vol.32,No.7,July 2012
Milan Antennae - Nathalie Wilson selects the best designs from this year's furniture fair 14
Antennae Roundup - Our selection of the best coffee tables 17
Books - Reading on art, architecture and design 21
Office Culture - Deciding on desks, chairs and lamps to employ, liranda Sinclair takes up their references 28
Serious Pursuits - Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 34
Setting The Tone - Block-printed fabrics with patterns in just one colour drive Maud Hewlings sew crazy 38
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 Maria Yiannikkou 114
Exhibition Diary - Partner at the Parthenon, building the lilies, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 116
Journal of A Blogger - The history of Spitalfields contained in a paper bag? A local chronicler unpacks the idea 136
Interiors
High And Low - In a former homeless refuge in Paris, the two old friends behind Veritable bazaar' Astier de Villatte welcome in the waifs and strays of the inanimate world, as Ana Cardinale reports 50
Poet At The Abyss – In Harar, Ethiopia, stands a timber-framed ndian-style mansion long associated with Arthur Rimbaud. Clo'e Floirat traces how the :ult poet turned gunrunner in the Muslim city 60
Wendy's House - North Norfolk wasn't posh when Wendy Nicholls bought her cottage - then, in fact, Colefax & Fowler's interiors guru 'didn't have a feather to fly with,' she tells Ros Byam Shaw 66
London's Calling - Whether a haven for political meetings, merry-go-rounds or growing marrows, the capital's squares let civic society breathe. Peer through the railings with Timothy Brittain-Catlin 76
Kings, Queens And Bishops - The bloody pages of English history are stacked in the bookcases of the Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth, under whose hammerbeam roof Pepys once shivered. Text: Ruth Guilding 80
Comfort In Constraint - You need a map to find the loo, there's no entrance hall and the rent is sky-high - but, says Michael Huey, one Italian architect loves not being free to change her Florentine flat 88
Rescued Remedies - Want to be fit as a fiddle in FinlandTWhatever cure you require - be it beeswax bandages, star anise or a course of leeches - stop by at the-old apothecary in Turku, urges Sophie Barling 104
Art & Antiques
Form As Fantasy - To see a goat's skull in a bounache vase requires a particular genius, and in Picasso's Provencal pots the master reawakened his gift for metamorphosis, argues Patrick Mauries 98
Vol.32,No.8,August 2012
Antennae - What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 8
Antennae Roundup Our selection of the best folding chairs 11
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 15
Parachute Regiment Airy thoughts about furnishing fabrics? Go for silk, says down-to-earth Maud Hewlings 18
Serious Pursuits - Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 25
Hot To Handle If your meals are tarnished by feeble flatware, try this sizzling silver, says Miranda Sinclair 26
Address Book - Suppliers in this issue 31
Network - Merchandise and events worldwide 32
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects n this issue, by Maria Yiannikkou 100
Exhibition Diary Behold the Bard, the monsters of Munch, jlus Charlotte Edwards ‘s listings 102
Journal of A Classics Don - How to escape final-exam hell? Mary Beard recommends a day trip to the Louvre 120
Interiors 34
Shaftesbury's Avenue - Nick Ashley-Cooper was a sought-after DJ in New York when he unexpectedly became 12th earl of his dynasty. Tim Beddow reports on a seamless mix into his new life at St Giles House 34
Lessons In Lebanese - Mother-of-pearl wardrobes, tile 'carpets' and rough stone walls show that decorator Christophe Gollut has learned the language of Arab design, as Mario de Castro discovers 52
The Call of The Wild - Down the coast from the Miami millionaires in Punta del Este, a fisherman's house - named after the rudimentary raft Kon-Tiki - has turned its back on luxury. Text: Felisa Pinto 68
The Hunter-Gatherer - Deer stalker Enrique Cortines also designs furniture, and the trophies in his hacienda outside Seville are arty as well as antlered. Ana Dominguez's preconceptions are shot to pieces 78
Art & Antiques
Soft Machine - Dadaists Sophie Taeuber and Jean Arp went from scaring Swiss bourgeois to sculpting rounded forms in a self-designed house outside Paris. Catherine de Montalembert reports 44
Bauhaus Of Fun - Life at the seminal interwar art school was a strange mix of principled sobriety and surreal themed parties. Charlotte Edwards dons her hair shirt and beard of metal filings 62
The Life Aquatic - Channelling Jules Verne and Flash Gordon, one eccentric machine artist has brought the steampunk aesthetic to Marseilles. Marie-France Boyer peers through her spyhole 90
Vol.32,No.9,September 2012
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 14
Antennae Roundup : Our selection of the best mugs and cups 19
Chapel Of Ease : Praying for a fine upholstered sofa? Maud Hewlings invites you to pull up a pew 24
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 37
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 44
Leading Rolls : Velvets - cut fabrics or prints, plain or patterned - are the top of the pile, says Miranda Sinclair 50
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 58
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 60
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Maria Yiannikkou 132
Exhibition Diary : The falsies of history, Guston's hoods in the 'hood, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 136
Journal Of A Gardening Writer : Do the world's green-fingered share a common language, wonders Rory Stuart 156
Interiors
Shanghai Red, White And Blue : Using tricolore plastic, export porcelain and magic carpeting, an expat French painter has conjured a dreamy colonial vision of the East in a Chinese port, discovers Marie-France Boyer 64
Madeleine Moment : Amid the sleek panelling of a Paris flat, Franz Potisek has fashioned a fictive past from vintage wallpapers, faux chestnut and silk taffeta, as Valerie Lapierre reports 74
A Stable Upbringing : Bare-breasted caryatids, paintings by Coldstream and an Elizabethan tack room make Hanford, in Dorset, no ordinary girls' school. Tim Beddow does his homework 98
A Cute Angle : How would a specialist trained in centuries-old decorative techniques marble, gild and paint a Prouve lover's minimal Paris pad? Not as you'd predict, reckons Danielle Miller 108
Refreshment Provided : Seduced by chintz and cane, Henry Wilson finds the bungalows of a Himalayan tea estate, with the twinkling lights of Darjeeling in the distance, very much his cup of cha 116
Wild Goose Chase : Tycoon Howard Hughes struggled with his OCD while building the giant H-4 Hercules plane out of wood. So why did his government wash their hands of it? asks Tim Beddow 124
Art & Antiques
Touched By The Past : In an ancient Suffolk house, stripped back to its frame, two antique dealers commune with their country collections - from pigeon decoys to Regency pincushions. Text: Ros Byam Shaw 82
Hue And Cry : From one-legged soldiers to tiny sweeps - sales pitches filled London with noise. Scanning some 1804 prints, The Gentle Author queries how paved with gold the streets really were 92
Vol.32,No.10,October 2012
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 30
Past Masters : Sophie Barling pays tribute to craftsmen who are keeping bygone traditions alive 58
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 85
Circles of Trust You can rely on Maud Hewlings to select the perfect round tables 116
Primo Ponti : The new re-editions of Gio Ponti's furniture are first-rate, says Timothy Brittain-Catlin 128
Serious Pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 213
Network “ Merchandise and events worldwide 251
Address Book Suppliers in this issue 254
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Maria Yiannikkou 350
Exhibition Diary : No-nonsense Lear, bronzed bodies, Beaton at war, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 354
Journal Of An Auctioneer : In a bid for your attention, the deputy chairman of Sotheby's UK reflects on his lot 380
Autumn Shows
Antennae Roundup : Miranda Sinclair chooses her highlights from this year's Decorex and Focus design shows 45
Autumn Fabrics : The best of Decorex and Focus chosen for your Peru-sal by Jessica Hayns and Miranda Sinclair 136
First-Class Package : Nathalie Wilson addresses the guaranteed hits at the London Design Festival 182
Autumn Swatch : Allow Maud Hewlings to roll out the best wallpapers from Focus and Decorex 200
Interiors
Cocktail Hour : Jaime Parlade's decorating projects for illustrious families have always shown great flair. But his own home in Andalusia may be the cherry on top, reckons Ros Byam Shaw 264
Mass Appeal : When it came to redesigning a Parisian apartment, Claudio Silvestrin weighed in with slabs of stone and bronze.Matt Gibberd takes a stroll around the blocks 276
Life At The Top : Circus troupes are still resoundingly popular on India's Malabar coast. But to Western eyes, it's not always clear what makes performers a hit with the crowd, says Laure Verniere 284
Heady Brew : Are there grounds for detecting a radical flavour in the Neoclassical salons of Gaffe Pedrocchi, Padua's famed coffee house? Lee Marshall is stirred by the prospect 290
Surely Valentine : A distinct love of form pervades the house of ceramicist Valentine Schlegel in Montparnasse.Yvonne Brunhammer, who lives with her, tells it from the heart 302
Beyond Speculation : Younes Zrikem and Ghita Tazi were committed to using traditional methods and materials for their Moroccan home. Umberto Pasti is decidedly impressed 312
The Finishing Touch : As befits a master of minimalism, John Minshaw's design for a Georgian family home in Kent is the last word in understated elegance. Text: James McDonald 330
Chateau In The Shadows : You might think that every notable mansion in the Loire Valley had come to light by now. But the overlooked Chateau de Gizeux is well worth picking out, discovers Tim Beddow 340
Art & Antiques
Sewing The Seeds : The profits from Dhahabu Ngumbao Dadu's needlework make it possible for the seamstress to plough money into croplands in her native Kenya. Ruth Guilding picks up the thread 34
Homespun Heroics : Domestic interiors and rural life in the northeastern USA informed Andrew Wyeth's paintings - which now inspire James Welling's photographs, as he tells Morgan Falconer 106
Body Maps : A new exhibition by Adam Dant reorientates cities inhuman form - Paris as an ossuary, London's landmarks as internal organs. Charlotte Edwards admires his latest direction 192
World In A Nutshell : Ruth Brickland creates detailed miniatures from tales mythical and historical, and frames each of them in half a walnut shell. It's cracking stuff, enthuses Charlotte Edwards 324
Vol.32,No.11,November 2012
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 14
Antennae Roundup Our selection of the best chandeliers 23
Rambling Rose Rose de Borman's ceramics and prints fizz with modern-day folklore, says Annabel Freyberg 28
Wring Leaders : Don’t stand for any flannel –wrap yourself in one of Maud Hewling’s fluffy towels instead 36
Don't stand for any flannel - wrap yourself in one of Maud Hewlings's fluffy towels instead
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 47
Pilgrim's Way : Put in the legwork, and you'll find treasure in a Swiss valley. Charlotte Edwards takes a hike 64
Starch Art : In search of the finest printed linens, Miranda Sinclair goes back to her roots 68
Serious Pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 77
Notes From Underground : How far will you go to see Milan's finest furniture? Follow Jessica Hayns into the abyss 78
' Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 100
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 102
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Maria Yiannikkou 174
Exhibition Diary : Klein on the move, voodoo vision, the death of Henry IX, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 178
Journal Of A Ceramic Artist : Edmund de Waal finds a metaphor for time n the metronomic act of repetitive making 200
Interiors
A Talent To A Mews : Designer Jonathan Reed snapped up this one-ime bordello after jetting over it and realising : was 'like a Lutyens gatehouse'. Matt Gibberd xplains how the project has since taken wing 104
Norse Africa : Painter Maia Geheb met her husband when she picked him up on a Kenyan roadside. Now find out if their colonial-style new-build outside Nairobi went without a hitch. Text: Tim Beddow 114
Royal Vacation : First built as a billiard room for the portly Prince George, the 'Saloon Bottle' lies hidden at the top of a Brighton Pavilion dome. Cue some historical sleuthing, courtesy of Ruth Guilding 132
Viive La Difference : From its skyscape ceiling to its 18th-century Aubusson carpet, the Paris apartment of East Coast blueblood KK Auchincloss sings with her innate sense of style, says Karen Howes 140
Lucky Horseshoe : Fancy sharing your bedroom with 300 bats? But then, you need to be made of stern stuff to live in a minimally modernised Tudor hall house in Wales, as Helena Attlee reports 156
The Shellfish Gene : With its pebble walls, crescent banquettes and submarine mural, the Solmar fish restaurant in Lisbon surfed in on a wave of 1950s glamour. Rock lobster! cries Marie-France Boyer 168
Art & Antiques
Barnes Ennobled : A 19th-century entrepreneur - who wanted to bring Matisse (et al) to the masses? As his art foundation moves into Philadelphia, Carol Prisant gives Albert Barnes a metaphorical hug 122
Whistler's Happy Tune : Had he not been killed in action aged 39, what might Rex Whistler have gone on to achieve? Hugh and Mirabel Cecil weigh up his wartime paintings, stage sets and last jeux d'esprit 150
Vol.32,No.12,December 2012
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 24
Dress Circle : Arrayed in fine fabrics, these French fancies are the dernier cri of fashion, says Jessica Hayns 68
Serious Pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 79
Inside The Closet : Who needs Narnia when these wardrobes are so out of this world, says Miranda Sinclair 80
Shirt Division : Wearing her heart on her sleeves, Maud Hewlings falls for fine cottons and shirting 92
Designers By Themselves : Who has Bertrand Russell hanging next to Jimi Hendrix? Plaster reliefs of sailors on a door panel? A cayman on the mantelpiece? In our special supplement, 15 fashion VIPs let us peep into their private worlds 105
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 205
Address Book : Suppliers in this issue 210
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Maria Yiannikou 284
Exhibition Diary : Adams' camera sublime, the grace of Ayres, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 288
Diary Of A Fashion Historian : Harold Koda, the Met's director of costume, remembers the inimitable Diana Vreeland 308
Interiors
Cabin Crew : It gets mighty cold in Ralph Laurens cabin and barn, 3000m up on the vast Colorado Plateau. Even John Wayne would be huddling under the striped blankets, reckons Carol Prisant 214
Tailor Maid : Gio Ponti pieces perch on herringbone parquet - Italy meets France - in the Paris apartment of jeweller Delfina Delettrez, the latest talent in Fendi's fashion matriarchy. Text: Ana Cardinale 224
Parrot Fashion : Pierre Berge, of Yves Saint Laurent fame, is downsizing in downtown Tangier. Well, relatively speaking... Marian McEvoy meets a man of the world - and his menagerie 250
Pins And Needles : The French needle industry is so central to economic history it features on our £20 note. Valerie Lapierre is all a-tingle as she enters a seminal 19th-century factory in Normandy 260
Fashion Queens : That's Marie-Antoinette and Josephine Bonaparte, naturally, and their modish contributions to an Orientalist fantasy in Fontainebleau. Valerie Lapierre reports 266
Crumbs Of Comfort : All elm floors, slate sinks and distemper walls, the Welsh home of the Toast founders has been done up by an opera-singing, vegetarian beef farmer. Bravo, cries Helena Attlee 274
Art & Antiques
Kitchen Confessional : An oversize roller skate marks the entrance to Tony Hornecker's kooky east London home, part installation, part pop-up restaurant. Rupert Thomas regrets being over-dressed 232
Highballs And High Gloss : King of New York's 1970s club scene, Steven Greenberg had an office to match, filled with amazing Art Deco treasures. Carol Prisant curtseys as she nears that Ruhlmann desk... 240