Content
Vol.38,No.1,January 2018
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 10
Antennae roundup : Our selection of the best chests of drawers 13
Hot Tip! Finding the ideal vessel for your chosen cuppa is no mug's game, as Miranda Sinclair proves 16
Books : Reading on art, architecture and design 23
Serious pursuits : Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 26
A twist in the yarn : These embroi red fabrics face the future, says Max Egger: hello, crewel world 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 Augusta Pownall 110
Exhibition diary : Cavalier's crowning glories, Pole's portals, plus Charlotte Edwards 's listings 112
Journal of an engineer Peter James, a specialist in historic structures, has re.written how the pyramids were built 132
Interiors
Folly a deux : The Stoelties love doing up a quirky building - and this turreted Flemish gatehouse of 1824 was just too tempting . Now, writes Barbara Stoeltie, they have a'dacha' with dash 40
Easel access
Mum's the world : The sketchbooks of a teenage draughtsman,son of a Victorian canal manager, offer Amicia de Moubray a mooring in the domestic realm of 19th-century Staffordshire 88
Easel access : Midcentury American painter Milton Avery, an introvert with a work ethic, reach ed out to the world through his art, as his preserved New York flat- and Morgan Falconer – attest 50
Creation storeys : From a rustic pergola to an Art Nouveau partition, surprises abound in the live-in studio of this Milanese art director. Lee Marshall follows the flow of a 'creative volcano' 58
Split decision : At Isy Ettedgui's flat in Mayfair,perched above her upmarket leather shop, the sharp urban look is offset by the earthy textures of her African childhood, as Tim Beddow reports 68
Twitch switch : A shlep to the Isle of Sheppey now has an added draw- staying in a luxury shepherd's hut in the midst of a nature reserve . Kate Jacobs separates the geese from the godwits 94
Counter culture : German artist Regine Bartsch has breathed new
life into a relic of old Ireland, an ironmonger's shop/house in Kerry. Sophie Barling finds she's just the latest in a line of female custodians 102
Art & antiques
Mum's The World : The sketchbooks of a teenage draughtsman,
son of a Victorian canal manager, offer Amicia de Moubray a mooring in the domestic realm of 19th-century Staffordshire 88
From the archive
Electoral rolls : Delftware meets chinoiserie in the jewel –like Pagodenburg, a Bavarian elector 's consolation prize to himself in the wake of military defeat. Text: Angela Arnim. First published :May 1982 78
Vol.38,No.2,February 2018
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 18
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best planters 21
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 31
On the dot Spotty, spattered and splodgy fabrics have Miranda Sinclair putting on her polka face 36
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 46
Dark destroyers : 'Twas on a dim and foggy night when Max Egger lit up his lanterns, globes and stars 48
Network : Merchandise and events worldwide 58
Address book : Suppliers in this issue 62
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 132
Exhibition diary : Gursky goes large, our nation's syncopation, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 134
Journal of a kettle's yard ACOLYTE Art historian Stephen Bann recalls the early years of Jim Ede's 'house museum' 152
Interiors
Prime vocation Ather Brooklyn brownstone, would-have-been lawyer, now decorator, Michelle Smith broke all her own rules -while maintaining her habit of enraging plumbers, as Augusta Pownall learns 66
Queen anne revival : In a Cornish manor, Lyn Le Grice's stencilling,
natural pigment washes and other paint effects complement her late husband, Jeremy's, brooding seascapes, as Ruth Guilding reports 76
Village peephole : Artist Kitty North watches the world go by in Arncliffe, gaining inspiration for her oils and acrylics from the landscape beyond. Here, she's 'one step closer to God', learns Grace McCloud 86
Love amid the ruins Thanks to Pompeii, noble rot was in vogue in 18th-century Europe. This 'ancient', crumbling colonnade near Naples, built for a queen, was thus surfing the zeitgeist, says Aliette Boshier 94
Totem recall : A warren of attic rooms in Paris is the suitably surreal setting for Nicolas Lefebvre's vertical assemblages, fertility symbols for the 21st century. Valerie Lapierre does a poll of poles 100
Love's labours : Leaving uproar behind them, Max Ernst and Leonora Carrington ran away to rural France, turning their house into a Surrealist canvas. Then, writes Joanna Moorhead, war intruded 116
Bearnaise source : The Good Life, self-sufficiency aided by hens, cattle andpotager, is a reality chez Gaillard. The HQ is a classic oustau, with Pyrenean peaks looming beyond .Text: Catherine Ardouin 122
From the archive
Renaissance redux : Stagecraft played a big part in Tony Walford's restoration of an ancient Umbrian manor. Get too precious and you'd kill it, he tells Elspeth Thompson . First published : October 1993 106
Vol.38,No.3,March 2018
Antennae
What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 20
Antennae roundup
Our selection from London Design Week 33
Design week fabrics
Jessica Hayns and Max Egger proclaim some heaven-sent fabrics from their plush pulpit 40
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 57
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 67
Set squares How do the latest dining chairs measure up?
Miranda Sinclair's graph plots a pretty picture 70
Addre ss book Suppliers in this issue 75
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 76
Inspiration
How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 150
Exhibition diary
Bock in the stocks, the Woolf pack, art's handmaid, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 154
Journal of a crowdfunder
The co-founder of a French start-up explains how a crumbling castle was saved by web users 176
Interior s
Gilt-edge guns
Peopled with 'robber barons', the Seventh Regiment spared no expense incornrrilssioning its armory on Park Avenue .As Carol Prisant discovers, the design bangs a belligerent drum 24
Knight fever
Frederick Stibbert, one of Florence's richest men in the 19th century, built up a superb collection of arms and armour. Marella Caracciolo pierces the museum/villa's defences 78
Coils of the past
Rope was once Bridport's prime industry­ and they made miles of the stuff in designer Tony Heaton's converted house. Brigid Keenan, visiting Devon, untangles its knotty history 90
Fetes and fortunes
It's not everyone who gets to do up a Double­Decker Rocket, so roll up, roll up to meet fairground restorer Katie Morgan in her Gloucestershire shed. Text: Amanda Russell 98
Beige at bay
Rattan, bamboo and wicker are Carlos Mota's obsession .And at his funky Caribbean pad, the Venezuelan interior designer explainS how he gives the natural fibres a tropical twist 112
Cyber scribe
In the 1960s,Miguel Angel Vidal was a pioneer in employing both plastics and computers in his art.Ana Dominguez Siemens visits his Buenos Aires studio, a shrine to the trailblazer 122
Filaments of the imagination
This Stockholm villa, all terrazzo floors,Wegner chairs and Josef Frank fabrics, hymns Nordic Mid-century Modernism. Marie- France Boyer enjoys numerous lightbulb moments 130
The argan grinders
Mystical motifs from the hand of a Moroccan villager 'tattoo' the walls of this traditional house by the Atlas mountains .Marie- France Boyer meets the Berber widow responsible 140
From the archiv e
Nomad 's land
Dame Freya Stark's haven was a flat high above the Lombardy plains. As Grey Gowrie explains, home has a particular resonance for restless travellers. First published: May 1983 104
Vol.38,No.4,April 2018
Antennae : What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 34
Antennae roundup : Our selection of the best curtain accessories 49
Hand of the free : Brooklyn resident Wayne Pate is an artist with a name that's spread, says Ros Byam Shaw 54
Greater scapes : Scenic fabrics turn your own four walls into the world's four corners, says Miranda Sinclair 62
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 75
Napery japery If kitchen towel makes you howl, you'll find this linen more than winning, says Max Egger 102
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 115
Palace of varieties : A Piedmont palazzo is the stage for the Milan
fair's star furniture .Take a bow, Jessica Hayns 120
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 146
Address book Suppliers in this issue 152
Inspiration : How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 230
Exhibition diary : Sheeler and Co, Shiota's webs, creative in conflict, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 234
Journal of a burial-ground : Recorder A charity is recording churchyard treasures, both natural and man-made 256
Interiors
His real highness : Charles I's Cabinet Room, where he displayed miniatures and other more personal artworks, is no more, but a picture closet at Ham House likely aped that of the king, says Susan Owens 38
A binding cause : Nonagenarian bookbinder Bernard Middleton has saved tomes from the Blitz and Florentine floods. Surrounded by the myriad tools of his trade,Sophie Barling sews up a page turner 94
Shades of bray : Apart from not being allowed to use navy blue, decorator Adam Bray was given carte blanche, colour-wise, at his clients'Netting Hill flat. The results appeal to Sophie Barling's palate 162
Dressed to express : For both Hollywood and Windsor royalty, Murray's Cabaret Club was the place to be in mid -century Soho. Tim Beddow celebrates its flamboyant costumes and cavern-like interior 172
Ambassador's reception : Serried ranks ofWalpoles - illustrious past residents - hang in the Palladian Wolterton Hall in Norfolk. The new owners are imaginatively mixing old and new, as Ruth Guilding reports 178
Thirsty works : Not all Corsicans named Napoleon waged war
- one of them brought pleasure to the world via his citrussy'Mattei' liqueurs. His original shop in Bastia is a local institution, finds Valerie Lapierre 190
Peaky blinder : A snaking lantern-lined pathway and ingenious waterways slope away from a striking new-build in the Swiss lakes - the work of garden designer Fernando Caruncho. Elfreda Pownall reports 204
Vial bodies : Auguste Rodin combined antique vessels and plaster models of the human form to create puzzling, poetic assemblages. Benedicte Garnier unveils these secrets from the sculptor's atelier 214
Faithful rendition : Translator Bernard Turle undertook a Proustian return to Provence, to the family home of his childhood. Deciding what to keep has been relatively tricky, learns Marie- France Boyer 220
From the archive
A statesman's pleasure dome : Straddling continents, this 18th-centuryyalz on the Bosphorus has been touched by Bavaria, Venice and China. Brian Sewell glosses its fluid meanings. First published: September 1986 196
Vol.38,No.5,May 2018
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 20
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best sofas 23
Marbled marvels Rosi de Ruig's lampshades come with a whiff of Jaipur spice, finds Sophie Barling 28
Taken in hand Craft pottery brings humanity to your habitat. Miranda Sinclair loves the throws of creativity 32
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 41
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 49
Dandy's candy Velvet stripes are whip-smart and plush to the touch, says top of the fops Max Egger 54
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 Monet's castles in the air, tazze to dazzle, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 244
Journal of a fashion auctioneer Vintage-couture hunter Kerry Taylor puts designer apparel under the gavel 264
Special
The world of kitchens and Bathrooms If you want ocelot fur on your loo seat,like Jeanne Lanvin, or hand-pumped dishwater, as in our Michigan farm kitchen, take a plunge in our guide.Oh, and it's got 3D tiles, badger brushes and Mondrian fridges too 69
Interiors
Gathering of the clan : Be it vintage cameras, ceramics or Mao's Little Red Books, Hugo Tillman has got his family's collecting gene.In the photographer's Holloway tram shed, Laura Freeman does the inventory 178
Woven by numbers? Master of tapestry Jean Lurcat didn't want for wall space- his thousand-year-old chateau in Saint-Cere was a fitting foil for the weaver's huge mystical works, says Marie-France Boyer 194
Blistering barnacles On top of sailor's valentines, mirrors and wall brackets, Tess Morley has aired her decorative­ shell skills at a 1740 grotto at Goodwood. It's
a banquet of bivalves, writes Elfreda Pownall 204
Prophet at the margins In the Deep South, Eddie Owens Martin used mythological erudition, hot hues and street­ hustling skills to create a kingdom for a race of aliens. Jonathan Griffin touches down 210
Revolutionary road How to keep a Connecticut saltbox spartan while subtly updating it? Paint the antique furniture white, says decorator Stephen Sills. Carol Prisant, initially blanching, is won over 218
Eire apparent The distinctly unFrench -sounding O'Byrnes have lived in this chateau on the Tarn for 190 years. Four siblings remain, plotting a course through perilous times. Text: Tim Beddow 228
Art and antiques
At Francois Halard's 18th-centurytown house in Arles, the photographer has pointed a Polaroid camera at his own prize possessions . Marie-France Boyer gives the prints a fair shake 188
Vol.38,No.6,June 2018
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design,chosen by Nathalie Wilson 16
Antenna e roundup Our selection of the best picture frames 21
Down to busyness Small-scale fabrics, be they quatrefoils or stars, excite the eyes, says Miranda Sinclair 26
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 33
Repast masters : Chow down, break bread or dine in style - Max Egger's got a table for however you eat 48
Art and antiques guide : What happened: when Bawden resurrected his old linocuts; when Pablo met Cecil; when the art dealer Kasmin showed us his etchings? Wolpresents the results, and more, for your pleasure .Plus art anniversaries and fair fare...57
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 135
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 142
Address book Suppliers in this issue 146
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 222
Exhibition diary : A silence around Lamb, Bul's hits, kin across continents, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 226
Journal of an architect The International Terminal at Waterloo was my big breakthrough, says Sir Nicholas Grimshaw 248
Interiors
Madly,Steeply : It took Terry Dwan and Antonio Citterio 18 years to turn a rubbish-strewn hillside above Portofino into a weekend paradiso .Elfreda Pownall charts the mountain they had to climb 150
Diamonds in the rough : East Berlin's gentrification passed by Ward Hooper's flat - despite the mid-century design treasures he's filled it with .It's a Communist­ era throwback, discovers Ben Fergusson 160
Practice perfected A beacon of warmth among the brass plaques and'ologists of Harley Street, Jonathan Reed's new home shows off expertise of the interior-design kind .Text: Sophie Barling 166
Beau selector Catering to the capital's plutocracy, the redone members' club Annabel's, with its Picasso, Pegasus and pink-onyx bar, has raised the bar on bling, as Nicholas Coleridge reports 186
Et in arcadia ego The late CyTwombly's Italian palazzo north of Rome still displays his archaeological fragments .His son, Alessandro, tells Marella Caracciolo why he cannot make art there 198
Vanitas project Despite being Goldsmiths alumni, like the earlier YBAs, Clare Woods and Des Hughes inhabit no white cube but an eerie,moody­ hued home in Hereford ,finds Simon Martin 206
Fantasia on a fjord Plank walls enclose chandeliers in the lakeside home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg - an urbe in rus that matches his music,say Thomas Heimstad and Sigurd Sandmo 216
From the archive
Jilt Complex Karl Junker (b. 1850),waiting in vain for his wife-to-be to return to his German town, poured his grief into the 'family home'. Text: Barbara Stoeltie.First published :Feb 1995 176
Vol.38,No.7,July 2018
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and designchosen by Nathalie Wilson 14
Back to black Patterned fabrics with a jet ground are the dernier cri of sophistication, says Max Egger 16
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best furniture on wheels 23
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 27
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 30
Shining knights These floor lamps, from Memphis masts to torcheres, set st dards, says Miranda Sinclair 34
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 Mogul miniatures, the push and pull of Tomma Abts, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 116
Journal of a maritime archaeologist A 1740 shipwreck has just been excavated off the coast of Kent...136
Interiors
Nouveau order With its Gothick touches and homages to Kime and Castaing, Villa Beau-Site in Brussels could have been cooked up in a Wolpetri dish. 'It's my bible; the owner tells Valerie Lapierre 44
Antique row show
Forming the core of Venice's Arsenale, a vast 16th-centurywarehouse holds the bissones, or ceremonial boats, still used in the city's regattas. Sophie Barling dips into the pageantry 56
A cut above Hairdresser's don't get more civilised than Fourth Floor in Clerkenwell, with its Tom Dixon workstations and site-specific artworks. It's an end to barber-ism, says Stuart Husband 64
Cast adrift Lucia Stuart uses her Georgian house in Deal as a base for foraging and as a mini-museum, displaying memorabilia from her theatrical forebears. Kathryn Reilly raises the curtain 80
The u in eureka Jeweller Nancy Newberg asked Kathryn Ireland
to design her new-build Spanish Revival home in LA in a spare style.Tim Beddow searches in vain for wrought- iron curlicues or busy tiles 88
Rhymer's schemes Anne Spencer, poet of the civil-rights era, put
up black thinkers in her Virginia home, a vision of salvage and strong colours. Her family recalls 'no pallid romantic'. Text: Carol Prisant 104
Art & antiques
Double vision Like the willow pattern or ikat, Persian qalamkar fabric designs feel timeless. But their presence is still ubiquitous in Iran and their uses are surprisingly diverse, writes Christine Bouilloc 98
From the archive
Bear necessities Schloss Weikersheim was a jewel in the Hohenlohe dynasty's crown, and its putti and plaster menagerie still pack a punch. Text:Jean Louis Gaillemin. First published: July/Aug 1991 70
Vol.38,No.8,August 2018
Antennae What's new in style, decoration and design,chosen by Nathalie Wilson 14
Antennae roundup Our selection of the best cushions 17
Scale models From fearsome fountains to puffed-up parrots: giant wallpaper rocks, says Miranda Sinclair 20
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 27
Serious pursuits Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 31
Welcome relief From classical plaques to ceiling roses, these mouldings cornice the market, says Max Egger 32
Address book Suppliers in this issue 37
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 38
Inspiration How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall 108
Exhibition diary Monochromatically in-Klein'd, buttonholing Rie, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 110
Journal of a plastics CAMPAIGNER Gail Tudor waged war on our 'throwaway' culture in her village in Wales 128
Interiors
All about eaves : Be it Gothic doors or a panelled dresser, Arts and Crafts architect Herbert Luck North put all he loved into his 1901Welsh family home. God is in the details, discovers Ruth Guilding 42
Wicker world : From their town house on the Rhone, two young men are reviving a Provencal craft that goes back to the Romans. They've got the fibre, says Oliver Maclennan, to bend life into line 52
Obtusely modernist : The house that Jacques (Dupuis) built in postwar Brussels was as generously open and unconventional as his clients were. It's a quiet, dynamic masterpiece, says Maurizio Cohen 62
If walls could talk : Historical events are chronicled in graffiti scratched into the Medieval frescoes of a castle in Parma. Tim Beddow meets the owners making their mark here since 1864 80
Finds reunited : Every surface in Hilary Quinn's Norfolk home teems with collections, from Worcester tea cups to National Trust badges .It channels the spirit of Kettle's Yard, reckons Elfreda Pownall 96
Art & antiques
Life's little treasure s : Alexander Calder conjured art from scraps­ witness the ashtrays, floor lamps, samba rattles, spoons and more he fashioned for his family in Connecticut. Text: Kaitlyn A. Kramer 90
From the archive
Littorally,figuratively : Though Patrick Heron's hot-hued canvases were abstract, he came to see the Cornish coast as key to his vision . Mel Gooding met him at home there. First published: July 1998 72
Vol.38,No.9,September 2018
Antennae 16
What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson
Antenna e roundup 21
Our selection of the best shelves and bookcases
Bold as brass 26
The empire stripe's back! Miranda Sinclair's small seats pun ch above their weight
BooKs 39
Reading on art, architecture and design
Serious pursuits 46
Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities
Pique blinders 50
Embroidered linens have the historic glamour to turn your pad into a palazzo, says Max Egger
Address book 57
Suppliers in this issue
Network 58
Merchandise and events worldwide
Inspiration 128
How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Augusta Pownall
Exhibition diary 132
A Victorian lady's Persian incursions, flagging up Tilson, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings
Journal of an art digitiser 152
Factum Arte has been bringing destroyed masterpieces back from the dead
Interiors
Bachelors of design 60
The latest Milan apartment of the Dimore
Studio founders has a faded baronial grandeur intriguingly at odds with the mid -century Italian designs that fill it. Text: Lee Marshall
Good for the souls 70
Charles II, on the run in 1651.The Rasches' patient renovation of the Wiltshire estate is anything but cavalier, finds Elfreda Pownall
School of thought 82
Cult retailer Blue Mountain School has landed in Shoreditch, east London, complete with art, fashion, food and a listening room. Just don't call it a concept store, says Amy Sherlock
Disorder of merit 98
Protege of lsabella Blow and Camilla Guinness,vintage dealer Kentaro Poteliakhoff has a home in Hackney, where bold florals and Victoriana meet Tokyo sweet shop. Kate Jacobs translates
Best of the bunch 108
I bet you're wondering how we knew about the grapevine at Hampton Court, the largest in the world and a wonder of the Victorian age. Charlotte Edwards heard it from the keeper
Gilded youth 118
How has an aristocratic Buenos Aires residence of 1913 been preserved in aspic? Because its centenarian owner was born there. Hugo Beccacece time-travels to a golden age
Art & antiques
Against the grain 112
In three silos in rural Essex, Will Cruickshank makes colour-field tapestries and wooden sculptures using his own Heath Robinson-style machines. Amy Sherlock engineers a meeting
From the archive
Continent in concert 90
The music-loving count who did up his Moravian castle in the 1730swas clearly taking notes on his Grand Tour. Jean-Louis Gaillemin knows the score. First published :May 1997
Vol.38,No.10,October 2018
Antennae
What's new in style, decoration and design, chosen by Nathalie Wilson 34
Cut-glass accents
See yourself in the best light with Miranda Sinclair's dassy selection of mirrors 84
Ebony on ivory
Makoto Kagoshima and Julian Sainsbury work in perfect harmony, says Amy Sherlock 94
Books Reading on art, architecture and design 101
Serious pursuits
Auctions, antique fairs and diverting activities 131
Network Merchandise and events worldwide 275
Address book Suppliers in this issue 278
Inspiration
How to recreate some of the design effects in this issue, by Grace McCloud 370
Exhibition diary
Oceania in excelsis, Scandi drama, little-known Italy, plus Charlotte Edwards's listings 34
Journal of a placemaker
Dan Johnson's inventive mini parks are helping to green up those grey London streets 400
Autumn shows
Antennae roundup
Miranda Sinclair chooses her highlights from this year's Decorex and Focus design shows 49
Autumn swatch
Roll up, roll up! Miranda Sinclair's bold new wallpapers are demanding the spotlight 118
Autumn fabrics
Jessica Hayns and Max Egger find the best of Decorex and Focus distinctly Moorish 144
Special
The World of London design
Dive into our LDF supplement and discover tales from the riverbank, worshipful artworks and an open house on steps to socialism.Plus: a map, highlights of this year's shows and more 199
Interiors
Twist of fete
Michel and Jacques Guyot chanced upon a derelict French chateau that they had seen on TV. By luck, it was for sale.But could they turn its fortunes around? Text: Tim Beddow 288
Gimme shelter
International modelling left Georgia May Jagger longing for a real home .With design maven Jane Ormsby Gore's aid, she's under her own roof at last, says Laura Freeman 298
A time to take stock
A former tank factory has been requisitioned to house Jamb's ever-growing store of antiques and reproductions. Sophie Barling carries out an inventory of the new premises 308
Con rete poetry
Earlier this year, a Milanese piazza became home to a 3D-printed, four-stanza house. This experimental technique could be a graphic solution to housing issues, avers Lee Marshall 324
Marina's harbour
Stilt houses were a key influence on the build of a Cap Ferret holiday haven, which was designed to encompass quiet places to rest and relax. Elfreda Pownall finds sanctuary within its walls 332
Private view
In an exclusive arrangement, Pierre Le-Tanrented a friend's rooms by day while his own flat was being renovated. There, he curated his own personal showroom, as he explains 342
Eat, sleep, peat
The no-frills blackhouses of the Outer Hebrides provided the fundamentals of warmth and shelter for owners and livestock alike. Kathleen Jamie goes back to basics 348
A wold of their own
In late 1909,three Arts and Crafts devotees began building and furnishing Rodmarton Manor according to their artisanal ethos. Ruth Guilding takes the high ground 358
Art & antiques
Up with the new
How could Tobias and the Angel rise into the digital age without abandoning the quality of its tried-and-tested hand-block printing? Charlotte Edwards looks to the future 40
Hello, Dollies
A welcome initiative by Umberto Pasti has been greeted with enthusiasm by his Moroccan neighbours. The toys they now make raise vital funds for their village, as he writes here 70
Copy and paste
An 18th-century chinoiserie wallpaper at Houghton Hall was replicated by De Gournay in the present chatelaine's bathroom. Matthew Dennison applauds a repeat performance 76
Flick and mix
Compton Marbling's swirls and speckles have long adorned choice papers for stationery and lampshades. Hannah Shuckburgh picks out the history of this family business 136
From the archive
Country folk
Ceramicist Mary Wondrausch planted wheat stencils, rustic slipware and a collection of traditional dollies around her Surrey cottage, as she explains here. First published: May 1988 316