For most, the words Bugatti Images of smooth, sculptural, fast-moving trains emerge – or perhaps some song lyrics refer to them. But for a growing number of design lovers, that’s no longer the case. Rather, what comes to mind are pendants, carved wood, inlaid zinc, and parchment-sheathed forms – all hallmarks of Italian designer Carlo Bugatti’s imaginative 20th-century furnishings. More than 50 of his works were auctioned at Bonhams this year Merle and Peter Mullin CollectionAnd received a pretty penny. (a rare 1907 Sterling Silver Dragonfly Bowl Sold for a whopping $191,000.) The success of the sale highlights the growing interest in Bugatti’s works, which has been emerging at interior design and design fairs in recent years as a younger group of collectors looks to the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts eras. Is. Fresh conspiracy.
Silver – a material whose antibacterial properties make it suitable for culinary use – has been a symbol of tabletop status since ancient times. During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, as silversmithing entered its heyday across Europe, elaborate table services were a sign of social prestige and wealth – after all, the material corresponded directly to currency in many countries. Even in the 20th century, silver still glittered on the tables of those who could afford it, and a woman might inherit her mother’s or grandmother’s service and then in time pass it on to her daughter. Could have given to. But in recent decades, younger generations have been eschewing heavy metal tableware and gravitating toward a more casual, contemporary aesthetic. But hold on to that silver, people: The pendulum is back in its direction.
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In the opening scene of Feud: Capote vs. Swan, A distraught Babe Pelley, played by Naomi Watts, pulls her friend and confidant Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) into her sitting room to confront him about her husband Bill Pelley’s latest crimes. As she highlighted the gory details, I could just picture that room – a recreation of the room Billy Baldwin had imagined for real life. Babes St Regis Apartment, The walls are hung with curtains of tobacco-brown Indian calico cotton and block-printed with pale pink flowers. These types of fabric-lined spaces—often called tented rooms—have a rich history in 20th-century decorating. But lately, more contemporary spaces have been adopting the timeless move. For example, for a young family’s home on Park Avenue, AD100 interior designer Josh Green recently used 290 yards of fabric to create a delightful dining room. “It was cut, sewn, stapled and stretched to the edge, then assembled at a central point on the ceiling, which the chandelier canopy covers,” Green explains of the precise, rather mathematical process.
