When creating a room, there are many factors to consider. Among these, producing a strong focal point is an absolute essential. If, say, there is a good fireplace in a room, then that becomes the focal point, and the room will revolve around that. If, on the other hand, there is not a fireplace, I [...]
Posts under ‘Chinese Porcelain Company’
Elegant Enlightenment
I popped into the chic Chinese Porcelain Company to pick up an image of one of their abstract ink paintings to show to a client, and this stunning arrangement caught my eye – an elegant Buddha (with subduing mudra) resting on an Italian 18th century Louis XVI console and a monumental coromandel screen for a [...]
Porcelain Birds
Ever since I spotted a pair of Chinese porcelain cranes at the uber chic drawing room of Ann Getty’s Parish Hadley decorated San Francisco home I have been obsessed. Their graceful lines and gorgeous turquoise bases lend the most perfectly elegant quality to any interior. As you might imagine I was thrilled to come across [...]
Magnificent Cypresses
I often like to use scenic Japanese screens behind a sofa to create a rich focal point for a room. Recently I attended an exhibition of works by the artist Zeng Xiaojun at the chic Chinese Porcelain Company. Xiaojun’s ink works have great depth and intensity, and would make a brilliant statement in either a [...]
Coromandel Screens
I love to use Coromandel screens in my interiors. The thirty layers or more of painstakingly applied lacquer and gold on these traditional Chinese folding screens add depth, drama, and a richness to any interior. Beautiful and functional, a fine Coromandel transcends any particular design idiom, and works well in a multitude of settings from [...]
Scott McBee
This past Thursday was the launch party for Scott Mcbee’s solo exhibition, Ocean Liners: The Golden Age. Attended by New York’s glitterati and social elite, the show is proving to be a huge success, (see the New York Social Diary). These beautiful paintings are on view through this week at the Chinese Porcelain Company on [...]
