House and Leisure – August 2019

THIS SPREAD,
CLOCKWISE
FROM FAR
TOP LEFT
An 18th century
Zanzibari door
welcomes
visitors at the
entrance to
Karel’s studio;
the view past
yet another
Zanzibari door
towards the
library-guest
room reveals
an ebony Lamu
throne stepped
back in an
alcove, a daybed
designed by
Allan Schwarz,
and a Baule
bush-cow
mask; African
and Oceanic
objects stand
on a platform
in the lobby
entrance, in front
of photographer
Richard Cutler’s
leather-bound
library; a 17th
century Thai
Buddha head
and a canoe
prow from
Borneo are
displayed on
plinths next to a
stack of works in
Karel’s studio.