TAG SALE!

PAIR OF INCREDIBLE VINTAGE ISLAMIC LAMPS

-FABULOUS CONDITION

- NEW LUCITE BASES

- REWIRED

- CUSTOM SILK DRUM SHADES

- HOTTER THAN AN ISLAMIC DESERT HOT

-27 1/2" T X 23" W X 13 1/2" D

$1150/PAIR

SEXY SILHOUETTE

LUSCIOUS ORIGINAL FINIALS

UNUSUAL ENGRAVINGS

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PAIR OF GLAMOROUS VINTAGE CHAIRS

- REUPHOLSTERED IN GROVES BROS' MONFERATO

(A FORTUNY STYLE COTTON THAT,

PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE IS SUPERIOR TO FORTUNY...)

- DOWN & FEATHER WRAPPED CUSHION

- 23" D X 33 1/2" H X 29" W

SOLD!!!

NEW ESPRESSO FINISH ON LEGS

& REALLY SEXY SHOULDERS

THIS CHAIR HAS PASSED THE OFFICIAL

INTERIOR DESIGN-COCKTAIL TEST.

I HAD A GREYHOUND IN IT AND FELT VERY

BILLY BALDWIN/FRANCES ELKINS-Y.

Straight Eye...

Bedroom project done!

Thom Filicia's Marshall Street Bed by Vanguard in gray looks absolutely

divine. My client might be turning 70 but the only mumu that he is interested in is his

headboard. It is upholstered in Holly Hunt's pewter cowhide. Moo. Moo.

Vintage side tables by Michael Taylor for Baker came from my storage unit.

The Robsjohn Gibbings slipper chair was refinished and redressed in

Larsen's butterscotch velvet to match the custom coverlet.

Lucite table and 19th Century Japanese screen are mouth watering.

The bolsters made from Dedar's silk Bukara ikat kill me, though.

Especially that one by the headboard with those silk tassels from Lee Jofa.

The kitschy lamps from Hawaii might not be my thing but for a guy

who spends a 1/3 of the year there and 2/3 of the year in rainy Oregon...

well, who can blame him.

We all get a little sun deprived here...maybe he is onto something.

The Lure of the Capiz Shell

I try not to get sucked into trends. If the trend strikes a chord in me, though, I attempt to seek out a unique and vintage version of it. A one-off.

Let's take capiz shell. Capiz shell is actually the outer shell of the marine mollusk, Placuna placenta, found in the shallow waters off the coast of the Philippines. This mollusk has a flat, semi-transparent shell with a pearlescent appearance. OCEAN BLING.

It has been popping its shiny head up about once a decade since the 1930s. I can certainly see why. A couple hours on ebay rewarded me with these fine examples.

A vintage capiz coffee table from Brooklyn. Add one amoeba shaped piece of glass and voila!


A vintage capiz pendant from Danville, CA. Add one mild electric shock to unlicensed wanna-be electrician/husband and voila!


Pair of vintage Italian capiz lamps (purchased on my iphone from the backseat of my father-in-law's car while driving in Scottsdale). Add 2 shades, 2 glass finials and 2 lucite bases. Voila!