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I could have easily taken home every single object, painting, piece of furniture from @palazzobutera - but in particular these two pieces by George Bullock would be nice additions.
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to spy not one, but two of the matching chamber pots at auction - and basically stole them. They even still had (and still do have) their Christie’s labels from the sale of Tew Park in 1987. Love it when an auction house is asleep at the wheel!
Now Leopold gets to admire them in our kitchen, and at Christmas they figure prominently into serving chocolates and meringues - not exactly what they were intended for…

@bonhams1793 description - possibly from the sale of one of the two pieces at Palazzo Butera:
In 1815, when Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to St Helena, the Prince Regent commissioned George Bullock to make some of the furniture and personal effects to be used by the former Emperor. Contemporary reports mentioned tableware ‘...provided by Mr Bullock, from the most eminent manufacturers in the kingdom, and consist of the fairest, though not the most extravagant specimens of our own proficiency in the various walks of mechanism and art’. The set of chamber ware, of which the present lot formed part, was designed by George Bullock as part of this commission. Before the furniture and other wares were dispatched to Napoleon, however, objections were raised about the decoration on the chamber ware. According to a note in the archives at Tew, the border design was thought to be too redolent of the victor’s laurels, and thus unsuitable for a defeated Emperor. Instead, Bullock needed to find a new customer for the rejected chamber sets. When in 1817, Bullock provided furniture for Tew Park, he invoiced M.R. Boulton for several ‘Chamber service complete bordered’ at a cost of 3 guineas each. Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of the industrialist Matthew Boulton of Soho. A number of pieces from these chamber sets remained at Tew Park and were included in Christie’s sale of the contents 27th-29th May 1987, lots 690-697”

#palazzobutera #napoleon #empirestyle #regencyera

I could have easily taken home every single object, painting, piece of furniture from @palazzobutera - but in particular these two pieces by George Bullock would be nice additions.
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to spy not one, but two of the matching chamber pots at auction - and basically stole them. They even still had (and still do have) their Christie’s labels from the sale of Tew Park in 1987. Love it when an auction house is asleep at the wheel!
Now Leopold gets to admire them in our kitchen, and at Christmas they figure prominently into serving chocolates and meringues - not exactly what they were intended for…

@bonhams1793 description - possibly from the sale of one of the two pieces at Palazzo Butera:
In 1815, when Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to St Helena, the Prince Regent commissioned George Bullock to make some of the furniture and personal effects to be used by the former Emperor. Contemporary reports mentioned tableware ‘...provided by Mr Bullock, from the most eminent manufacturers in the kingdom, and consist of the fairest, though not the most extravagant specimens of our own proficiency in the various walks of mechanism and art’. The set of chamber ware, of which the present lot formed part, was designed by George Bullock as part of this commission. Before the furniture and other wares were dispatched to Napoleon, however, objections were raised about the decoration on the chamber ware. According to a note in the archives at Tew, the border design was thought to be too redolent of the victor’s laurels, and thus unsuitable for a defeated Emperor. Instead, Bullock needed to find a new customer for the rejected chamber sets. When in 1817, Bullock provided furniture for Tew Park, he invoiced M.R. Boulton for several ‘Chamber service complete bordered’ at a cost of 3 guineas each. Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of the industrialist Matthew Boulton of Soho. A number of pieces from these chamber sets remained at Tew Park and were included in Christie’s sale of the contents 27th-29th May 1987, lots 690-697”

#palazzobutera #napoleon #empirestyle #regencyera

The most beautiful bedroom in Greenwich - thanks to @graciestudio and @kroeger_intinarelli_architects

The ceilings were relatively low in this area of the house, so Craig and Brian suggested borrowing a little space from the attic, resulting in this amazing barrel vaulted ceiling - which left us no choice but to cover the entire room in Gracie!

A pair of Jacob chairs are upholstered in Fortuny (one of those samples that never left the scheme, but only found a home at the very end) and a Colefax silk - paired with a fantastic commode purchased through Christie’s and a giltwood mirror from @geraldblandinc

A Wyeth hangs above the fireplace and is flanked by a pair of dreamy Caldwell sconces with antique jade plaques - and the perfect @lisalampshadelady shades. Not to mention the knockout flowers by @mieketenhave

Thank you @homesandgardensanthology for sharing this special home in your first issue!
@sarah.spiteri
@lucysearle8373
@mrdavidnicholls
@aspoonfulofbenjamin
@homesandgardensofficial

#chinesewallpaper #scenicwallpaper #chinoiserie #decoratingwithantiques #fortuny

The most beautiful bedroom in Greenwich - thanks to @graciestudio and @kroeger_intinarelli_architects

The ceilings were relatively low in this area of the house, so Craig and Brian suggested borrowing a little space from the attic, resulting in this amazing barrel vaulted ceiling - which left us no choice but to cover the entire room in Gracie!

A pair of Jacob chairs are upholstered in Fortuny (one of those samples that never left the scheme, but only found a home at the very end) and a Colefax silk - paired with a fantastic commode purchased through Christie’s and a giltwood mirror from @geraldblandinc

A Wyeth hangs above the fireplace and is flanked by a pair of dreamy Caldwell sconces with antique jade plaques - and the perfect @lisalampshadelady shades. Not to mention the knockout flowers by @mieketenhave

Thank you @homesandgardensanthology for sharing this special home in your first issue!
@sarah.spiteri
@lucysearle8373
@mrdavidnicholls
@aspoonfulofbenjamin
@homesandgardensofficial

#chinesewallpaper #scenicwallpaper #chinoiserie #decoratingwithantiques #fortuny

Who wouldn’t want a disco their house?
Especially if it involves gilded grass cloth, Moorish style sofas, valances embroidered with antique kimono fragments, Mick Jagger, velvet portieres framed within a Chinese wedding bed, Degournay, and a 1930s mirrored ✨disco✨ball?

So much more from this amazing house in the first issue of Anthology!
@homesandgardensanthology
@homesandgardensofficial
💜🪩💃🏼🕺🏻
@sarah.spiteri
@lucysearle8373
@mrdavidnicholls
@aspoonfulofbenjamin
@kroeger_intinarelli_architects
@jaynedesignstudio

📸 @wabranowicz
💐 @mieketenhave

#disco #homesandgardensuk #andywarhol #mickjagger #discoball

Who wouldn’t want a disco their house?
Especially if it involves gilded grass cloth, Moorish style sofas, valances embroidered with antique kimono fragments, Mick Jagger, velvet portieres framed within a Chinese wedding bed, Degournay, and a 1930s mirrored ✨disco✨ball?

So much more from this amazing house in the first issue of Anthology!
@homesandgardensanthology
@homesandgardensofficial
💜🪩💃🏼🕺🏻
@sarah.spiteri
@lucysearle8373
@mrdavidnicholls
@aspoonfulofbenjamin
@kroeger_intinarelli_architects
@jaynedesignstudio

📸 @wabranowicz
💐 @mieketenhave

#disco #homesandgardensuk #andywarhol #mickjagger #discoball

ANTHOLOGY!
So excited to have one of the final projects I led for @jaynedesignstudio featured in this first issue of @homesandgardensanthology

With the architectural expertise of @kroeger_intinarelli_architects we helped this Colonial Revival house in Greenwich find its way back to the 1920s.

In the library, the 17th century Italian mantel is from @jamb_london and the walls are covered in a @flora.roberts wall covering. The curtains - one of the first elements of the project - are by @jeanmonroprints

The occasional furniture in the room came from a group of favorite go-tos like @nickbrockandcompany @howelondon @krbnyc @stairgalleries

Thank you @sarah.spiteri @lucysearle8373 @mrdavidnicholls @aspoonfulofbenjamin @homesandgardensofficial ✨✨✨

And thank you to so many people who worked so hard on a project like this @michibpines @colossus.of.rhode @molllyp0cket @sophiahayes

📸 @wabranowicz
💐 @mieketenhave

#colonialrevival #anthology #chintz #library #greenwichct

ANTHOLOGY!
So excited to have one of the final projects I led for @jaynedesignstudio featured in this first issue of @homesandgardensanthology

With the architectural expertise of @kroeger_intinarelli_architects we helped this Colonial Revival house in Greenwich find its way back to the 1920s.

In the library, the 17th century Italian mantel is from @jamb_london and the walls are covered in a @flora.roberts wall covering. The curtains - one of the first elements of the project - are by @jeanmonroprints

The occasional furniture in the room came from a group of favorite go-tos like @nickbrockandcompany @howelondon @krbnyc @stairgalleries

Thank you @sarah.spiteri @lucysearle8373 @mrdavidnicholls @aspoonfulofbenjamin @homesandgardensofficial ✨✨✨

And thank you to so many people who worked so hard on a project like this @michibpines @colossus.of.rhode @molllyp0cket @sophiahayes

📸 @wabranowicz
💐 @mieketenhave

#colonialrevival #anthology #chintz #library #greenwichct

ANTHOLOGY!
It’s here! @homesandgardensanthology
Thank you @sarah.spiteri for having me write ‘Object Fixation’ for the first issue which I dedicated to… garden seats!

Looking forward to more in this amazing issue - and for what’s to come from Anthology ✨✨✨
@sarah.spiteri
@aspoonfulofbenjamin
@mrdavidnicholls
@lucysearle8373

#anthology #homesandgardensuk #gardenstool #objectfixation #interiordesign

There’s something wondertul about a garden seat - a fixation of mine that has grown over the last decade. Rich glazes, extraordinary patterns, fantastical shapes: from elegant Chinese barrels to kitschy Egyptian Revival princesses, their appeal is as broad as its specific
They possess an ephemeral quality. It’s easy to imagine a garden party gone awry and, before you know it, your yellow Minton stool is in pieces and someone is being summoned to staple it back together. Yet that very fragility is part of what I find so appealing. There is something remarkable about an object made for such polite utility - relatively delicate, all
things considered - that has nevertheless survived.
I’m not the only one drawn to them. Madeleine Castaing used Victorian stools in her interiors; Cecil Beaton kept Chinese stools in his conservatory; Joan Stacke Graham even built foor to ceiling bookcases in her apartment to display hers. Today, artists such as Reinaldo Sanguino continue the tradition, making fantastical graffiti and luster glazed stools.
In our Chelsea studio, we have seven, from a pair of 18th century Chinese stools to 1830s Mason’s Ironstone and Victorian majolica. I don’t believe in limitations. Some might
think you cant have more than one - or in my case seven - in a room, but I’m here to prove them wrong, alongside clients who share my passion and are invariably thrilled when an email arrives with the subject line: ‘The perfect garden seat.’

ANTHOLOGY!
It’s here! @homesandgardensanthology
Thank you @sarah.spiteri for having me write ‘Object Fixation’ for the first issue which I dedicated to… garden seats!

Looking forward to more in this amazing issue - and for what’s to come from Anthology ✨✨✨
@sarah.spiteri
@aspoonfulofbenjamin
@mrdavidnicholls
@lucysearle8373

#anthology #homesandgardensuk #gardenstool #objectfixation #interiordesign

There’s something wondertul about a garden seat - a fixation of mine that has grown over the last decade. Rich glazes, extraordinary patterns, fantastical shapes: from elegant Chinese barrels to kitschy Egyptian Revival princesses, their appeal is as broad as its specific
They possess an ephemeral quality. It’s easy to imagine a garden party gone awry and, before you know it, your yellow Minton stool is in pieces and someone is being summoned to staple it back together. Yet that very fragility is part of what I find so appealing. There is something remarkable about an object made for such polite utility - relatively delicate, all
things considered - that has nevertheless survived.
I’m not the only one drawn to them. Madeleine Castaing used Victorian stools in her interiors; Cecil Beaton kept Chinese stools in his conservatory; Joan Stacke Graham even built foor to ceiling bookcases in her apartment to display hers. Today, artists such as Reinaldo Sanguino continue the tradition, making fantastical graffiti and luster glazed stools.
In our Chelsea studio, we have seven, from a pair of 18th century Chinese stools to 1830s Mason’s Ironstone and Victorian majolica. I don’t believe in limitations. Some might
think you cant have more than one - or in my case seven - in a room, but I’m here to prove them wrong, alongside clients who share my passion and are invariably thrilled when an email arrives with the subject line: ‘The perfect garden seat.’

The incredible 5th century BCE Temple of Segesta meets the 2nd century CE Farnese Antinous - which the AMAZING @hilaryjane.has.add transformed into my new favorite article of clothing.

The temple was built in the early 400s and never completed - and never disturbed (aside from obnoxious photo shoots like this).
Any of Sicily’s monarchs practiced major restraint, because I would have certainly claimed this and created my own Doric palace.

#antinous #sicily #doric #temple #ancientruins

The incredible 5th century BCE Temple of Segesta meets the 2nd century CE Farnese Antinous - which the AMAZING @hilaryjane.has.add transformed into my new favorite article of clothing.

The temple was built in the early 400s and never completed - and never disturbed (aside from obnoxious photo shoots like this).
Any of Sicily’s monarchs practiced major restraint, because I would have certainly claimed this and created my own Doric palace.

#antinous #sicily #doric #temple #ancientruins

There are too many things to obsess over at Palazzina Cinese - so I refuse to restrain myself! (Much like when I hissed at one of the guests who interrupted our private visit - we had the Palazzina to ourselves for well over 30 minutes.)
But also promise this is it… for a while.

The polygonal lantern in the dining room - makes you think Fortuny had to of stopped by - which is framed by the most insane column screen - I mean scales???

The aptly dubbed (by @bethkatleman - so don’t come for me) “pop sickle stick” furniture which I have had photos saved of for well over a decade dreaming about the day I could see - and then find someone to make similar pieces for…

Ferdinand’s bedroom - an absolute dream down to the snake stools and tinsel fringe - I am obviously a fan - aside from the whole twin-size situation

The inability to resist a trompe l’oeil tinted ceiling - I didn’t fully count, but there had to be about 30.

These very obedient little dragons… could they be better? Well… there isn’t any glitter, so I guess they could.

And lastly, Maria Carolina’s Turkish Room. Not a huge fan of the colors (love the saffron but why the pale blue when we could have really gone with it with hot pink, fushcia, mauve? - as loved by Beth’s outfit!)

#chinoiserie #trompeloeil #dragon #palermo #sicilianstyle

There are too many things to obsess over at Palazzina Cinese - so I refuse to restrain myself! (Much like when I hissed at one of the guests who interrupted our private visit - we had the Palazzina to ourselves for well over 30 minutes.)
But also promise this is it… for a while.

The polygonal lantern in the dining room - makes you think Fortuny had to of stopped by - which is framed by the most insane column screen - I mean scales???

The aptly dubbed (by @bethkatleman - so don’t come for me) “pop sickle stick” furniture which I have had photos saved of for well over a decade dreaming about the day I could see - and then find someone to make similar pieces for…

Ferdinand’s bedroom - an absolute dream down to the snake stools and tinsel fringe - I am obviously a fan - aside from the whole twin-size situation

The inability to resist a trompe l’oeil tinted ceiling - I didn’t fully count, but there had to be about 30.

These very obedient little dragons… could they be better? Well… there isn’t any glitter, so I guess they could.

And lastly, Maria Carolina’s Turkish Room. Not a huge fan of the colors (love the saffron but why the pale blue when we could have really gone with it with hot pink, fushcia, mauve? - as loved by Beth’s outfit!)

#chinoiserie #trompeloeil #dragon #palermo #sicilianstyle

More Palazzina Cinese - because that’s exactly what it’s about - more, more, more.

The facade is a combination of fully realized and sculpted forms - like thee amazing towers in the first few images - combined with trompe l’oeil painted murals of lattice, tented awnings, and even a number of dragons and orobourous that parade across the facade.
The result is completely ridiculous and totally perfect.

#chinoiserie #chinoiseriechic #chinoiseriedecor #chinoiseriestyle #chinois

More Palazzina Cinese - because that’s exactly what it’s about - more, more, more.

The facade is a combination of fully realized and sculpted forms - like thee amazing towers in the first few images - combined with trompe l’oeil painted murals of lattice, tented awnings, and even a number of dragons and orobourous that parade across the facade.
The result is completely ridiculous and totally perfect.

#chinoiserie #chinoiseriechic #chinoiseriedecor #chinoiseriestyle #chinois

I’m still trying to digest the excitement, inspiration, and sheer joy that was finally getting to see Palazzina Cinese. And I can’t imagine a more perfect person to see it with than @bethkatleman
It is even more fantastical in person and all I can manage at the moment are some of the amazing ceilings.

Palazzina Cinese was originally designed in 1799 by Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia for another client, but when Ferdinand and Maria Carolina were deposed to Sicily from Naples, naturally they claimed the Chinoiseire fantasy for themselves. Alterations were made and all was complete by 1806. Lucky them (at least for the moment)

More to come…

#palazzinacinese #chinoiseriechic #chinois #chinoise #chinoisiamo

I’m still trying to digest the excitement, inspiration, and sheer joy that was finally getting to see Palazzina Cinese. And I can’t imagine a more perfect person to see it with than @bethkatleman
It is even more fantastical in person and all I can manage at the moment are some of the amazing ceilings.

Palazzina Cinese was originally designed in 1799 by Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia for another client, but when Ferdinand and Maria Carolina were deposed to Sicily from Naples, naturally they claimed the Chinoiseire fantasy for themselves. Alterations were made and all was complete by 1806. Lucky them (at least for the moment)

More to come…

#palazzinacinese #chinoiseriechic #chinois #chinoise #chinoisiamo

Somehow we managed to miss the Owen Jones chair I knew was around somewhere - and then we realized we also managed to miss the ‘Gothic Room’…

@martinplevy to the rescue who connected us with @clagulli who is the director and curator of Palazzo Butera. The palazzo has been restored by - and improved with - the artistic vision of Massimo and Francesca Valsechhi to display their staggering collection.

We returned yesterday to meet Claudio to see this set of rooms (which are arranged by appointment).
It was hard to not run directly to the ‘Gothic Room’ which is of course the last in the group.
Lost panels were replaced with colored mirrored glass (impossible to describe) by artists Anne and Patrick Poirier. These are framed by original faux marble panels under glass, all in a greater composition of Gothic and Norman arches and panels of faux porphyry.

And then there was the Owen Jones chair, last slide. Oh - and the side chair behind it is one of the original dining chairs from the Peacock Room. Yes the Thomas Jeckyll x Whistler room - and yes they have the entire set.

@palazzobutera is not to be missed, it has been one of the highlights of our trip to Italy.

#palermo #palazzobutera #owenjones #gothic #coloredglass

Somehow we managed to miss the Owen Jones chair I knew was around somewhere - and then we realized we also managed to miss the ‘Gothic Room’…

@martinplevy to the rescue who connected us with @clagulli who is the director and curator of Palazzo Butera. The palazzo has been restored by - and improved with - the artistic vision of Massimo and Francesca Valsechhi to display their staggering collection.

We returned yesterday to meet Claudio to see this set of rooms (which are arranged by appointment).
It was hard to not run directly to the ‘Gothic Room’ which is of course the last in the group.
Lost panels were replaced with colored mirrored glass (impossible to describe) by artists Anne and Patrick Poirier. These are framed by original faux marble panels under glass, all in a greater composition of Gothic and Norman arches and panels of faux porphyry.

And then there was the Owen Jones chair, last slide. Oh - and the side chair behind it is one of the original dining chairs from the Peacock Room. Yes the Thomas Jeckyll x Whistler room - and yes they have the entire set.

@palazzobutera is not to be missed, it has been one of the highlights of our trip to Italy.

#palermo #palazzobutera #owenjones #gothic #coloredglass

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