James Andrew at the Pagoda Red satellite store, 1stDIbs, New York City. photo by Matthew Dean
Getting ideas for our WIJW Shangai HQ, I’m pictured (above) at the stunning Chicago based Pagoda Red satellite gallery located at 1stDIbs, 200 Lexington Avenue here in New York City.
As you may know we here at WIJW are huge fans of Asian art and antiques—supremely versatile, Asian work can bring that perfectly exotic touch to a wide range of interiors—from modern to transitional to more traditional interiors; in fact, I incorporate Asian pieces in nearly all of the interiors I create for my clients.
For a rather remarkable selection of Chinese art and antique, Chicago based Pagoda Red is a fantastic go-to resource. They have a rich selection of 18th and 19th century Chinese furniture and art as well as contemporary Chinese and Asian work. Regarding the latter, there is a noteworthy emerging base of designers and artists that are now producing some spectacular contemporary Asian pieces like the lovely lucite chair with Ming porcelain-style joints I’m picture sitting in, or the marvelous meditation stone writing table with a modernist metal base (also pictured below)—a super chic conflation of old and new.
Lucite and porcelain chairs. Each blue and white porcelain joint is hand-painted with a Ming lotus pattern and fired in the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. Beijing, China, 2010
Meditation Stone Top Writing Table, Liaoning Province, China, Contemporary.
I’m making room for this phenomanal 18th Century Japanese “Arctic Falcon” painting (below) either for myself or one of my lucky clients.
Kano school painting of an Arctic Hawk on its stand. Ink and color on silk, Japan 18th century
