
James Andrew Photographed by Tate Gunnerson
Many of my fellow bloggers have written great pieces on what we are doing here at WIJW. Recently I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with the brilliant writer, journalist, and blogger, Tate Gunnerson. His site, “Strange Closets,” offers a wonderful glimpse into people’s private worlds through his home tours. Enjoy the link and take a look at some new photos of my Murray Hill apartment. Gunnerson captured some great images of my dining room table set for an immanent dinner party, and I’m pictured in my never before published entrance hall. The walls are covered in “Cassati Stripe” a wallpaper available only to Parish Hadley clients. The ceiling is painted “Paper bag” in Donald Kaufman paint. Resting on an English regency cabinet is a 1940’s French plaster recumbent ram I found at a Paris flea market flanked by a pair of red lacquer lamps by Maison Jansen that I acquired through Sothebys - these have a spectacular provenence, having once illuminated the Duke of Windsor’s dressing table. I’m standing next to a portrait of a falcon by the legendary Van Day Truex and an unusual Louis XVI chair with a Chinese export panel above the seat - both pieces were acquired at the Villa Fiorentina auction at Sothebys.
I’m wearing a silk ikat print shirt in aquas and blues and 100’s of buttons, and navy linen pinstripe pants - both by Gucci, Hermes “blue jeans” blue leather belt with silver buckle and Lanvin teal/turquoise suede sneakers.









