The World of Interiors
From left first chair: âGillowâ dining chair £2275 Howe; dressed with from top: âHelian 1922-813â £130 Zimmer & Ro ...
From left: small Korean teapot £30; storm lantern by Feuerhand £20; both Objects of Use. Chair dressed with from top: indigo â ...
âMustonâ wing chair £5040 Jamb; exterior and cushion covered with: old colours âLogan MacLennanâ £180 Holland & Sh ...
From left first chair: âTubâ chair £2465 Beaumont & Fletcher; dressed with from top: âMichelle Obamaâs Shoesâ £6 ...
Regency mahogany armchair c1830 £9500 Howe; dressed with from top: bib (and bodice below) made of midnight âCovet 10158-39â ...
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JOURNEYâS END Sir Richard Burton â writer linguist adventurer â spent wife built a trompe-lâoeil tent as a final resting ...
This page clockwise from top: as part of the latest restoration the tomb was treated with limewash strengthening the porous sand ...
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Above: in a stained-glass window donated by Isabel in the churchâs lady chapel Richard is depicted as a Medieval knight kneeli ...
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This end of the portego overlooks the Grand Canal. The allegorical grisaille overdoor which shows Mary berating the angel Gabrie ...
MOVEABLE FEASTS The late Victoria Press was a perfectionist and at her Venetian palazzo she was forever summoning removals men t ...
Top: in the drawing room Victoria designed the lamps either side of T e Rape of Europa (after Guido Reni) to match the chandelie ...
Top: a large pack of blanc-de-Chine âFo dogâ incense holders guard a table made by neighbourhood cabinetmaker Maestro Barbon ...
Top: in front of a Flemish tapestry showing Pomona in her garden hangs a mirrored witchâs ball offering a distorted view of th ...
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Left: discovered by Victoria beneath several coats of varnish the frescoes in this bedroom are attributed to Giuseppe Borsato wh ...
Victoria Press was born in the USA in 1927 and she emerged in New York in the late 1940s as a fashion de- signer. After her marr ...
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