Tatler UK - 10.2019

L IVING

Cameo-print baskets,

£1,500, by GUCCI.

Below, The Alchemy plate,

POA, by DE GOURNAY.

Don Giovanni teapot

£360, by FORNASETTI

Anticlockwise from left, porcelain

plate, £193, by VERSACE.

Teacup and saucer, £55, by

WEDGWOOD. Lamp, £415,

by HOUSE OF HACKNEY.

Silk cushion, £112, by PREEN

BY THORNTON BREGAZZI

Below, vintage French love seat, £3,440,

by 1ST DI B S. Floral bolster cushion, £175, by JENNY

BLANC. Spotted carriage dog, POA, by D E G O UR N AY.

Wild Gladioli vase, £1,930, by MOORCROFT

Madame Victoire’s

bedchamber at the

Palace of Versailles

chint z

charming

This season, plant bucolic

blooms in decadent rooms

by LILY WORCESTER

Minimalism has had its day and the

world of interiors has been seduced

by a more traditional aesthetic: chintz.

Once synonymous with dowagers, the

fabulously kitsch print migrated from

India to Europe in the 1600s and is

firmly back in fashion. It can now be

seen adorning the walls of the most

glamorous homes and covering tables

at the chicest dinner parties. Take event

stylist Fiona Leahy’s table settings

(above): chintzy tablecloths are paired

with matching napkins, seat covers and

lampshades for maximum effect. The

same rules apply to interiors: adopt a

more-is-more attitude and always say

it with flowers.

Diane von Furstenberg at

home in New York, 1978

PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY IMAGES; INSTAGRAM/@FIONALEAHYDESIGN

Fiona Leahy for Dior

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