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N1 - 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 26 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 ER -