The World of Interiors

With a staircase inspired by a villa on Capri and an impluvium referencing the ancients Rome-based practice Lazzarini Pickeringâ ...

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In the living room a pair of dragon mirrors intended for the Brighton Pa- vilion flank a painting by Australian artist Sidney No ...

This page anti-clockwise from top: above the freestanding mantelpiece hangs a painting by Irma Stern whose work the owner has be ...

This page anti-clockwise from top: the ‘Library of Memory’. Behind the sofa hangs one of a pair of magnificent six-panel Jap ...

Top: the steps which lead down from the entrance pavilion to the dining room were modelled on those of Villa Malaparte on Capri ...

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stairs that pays homage to the external steps of Adalberto Libera’s Villa Malaparte on Capri. Other references – such as the ...

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In a purpose-built Victorian studio once occupied by Whistler then Sargent an enormous picture window sheds light on canvases pa ...

Previous pages: in the lower studio the huge salvaged 18th-century pedimented doorcase was a present from the former occupant of ...

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Opposite: the upper studio in its ‘country house drawing room’ get-up. Julian Barrow’s ‘house portraits’ hang cheek by ...

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Top: hanging above a Tudor- style press the two largest paintings are of Easton Neston the Baroque stately home in Northamptonsh ...

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From left: Biedermeier book-matched walnut commode c1830 £26000 for the pair Rose Uniacke. English tole cachepots 19th-century ...

Don’t know the drill when it comes to global styles? Let this corps of national costume put you at ease. With bonny tartans an ...

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