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...Mickey Rourke’s character John Gray inhabits a world of black-and-white modernist furniture, illuminated by bright daylight and striped with sleek black lines – the Venetian blind is omnipresent in each...
...Perriand’s adventurous spirit took her to Japan in 1940 and to Vietnam two-and-a-half years later, where she produced pieces such as the 1943 Indochine chair (£3,000) in wood and leather – a design envisioned...
...A timeless space for quiet reflection or robust debate, with red leather chairs to sink into, polished marquina marble tables, dark-stained oak panelling and a double-sided fireplace....
...There’s a huge stone fireplace and guests dine en famille, with black tie requested twice a week....
...It’s in the name, which is derived from Ursaria (as the city was called in Roman times, back when the region was popular with bears), the black and white photographs of 1920s-40s Madrid by Diego González...
...She points out the figurative rag rugs made by the Duke’s sister, Emma Tennant; wooden chairs with quirky black-leather cushion pads, and a run of horse-and-carriage lamps found in storage at Chatsworth,...
...The interior is rich with portraits and antique furniture, the sala filosofia dense with books....
...(Black and white are the best moderators: to create maximum zing, I like to place ebonised or white lacquered furniture against brightly coloured walls.)...
...Its four floors are connected by two winding stone staircases and the top of the house opens into a warren of cosy prewar‑style attic rooms – decorated with colourful rag rugs strewn over white floorboards...
...Old black-and-white photographs show hunting parties of the 1920s, with elaborate dinners hosted for colonial officials on their way to Rajasthan’s summer capital on Mount Abu....
...Sophy Roberts travelled as a guest of George Scott Riding Safaris (georgescottrides.com): three-night safari from €2,200pp; five-nights from €3,300pp; including airport transfers from Seville, all meals,...
...Rule #6: Play with pattern and texture He touches the many cushions, some of which he designed himself, on the couches one by one and explains that they work because one is printed, one embroidered, one...
...A seven-night Western Caribbean cruise on Celebrity Edge, departing on March 3, costs from $2,932 per person based on two people sharing a balcony stateroom including meals and entertainment, excluding flights...
...White on grey, white on blue and blue on grey combinations are available. £3,800...
...It’s like a gallery, with windows on three sides, so it’s very light and open and you can see green all around you outside. I also love it because it’s filled with Gustavian furniture....
...Jacob Kjaer chairs, from £1,607, tables, from £2,541; www.1stdibs.com. An object I would never part with is a vintage emerald cocktail ring that was given to me by mother....
...There are retro arcade games, exposed concrete pillars and walls, and some of Breuer’s classic Wassily chairs, the black leather straps re-covered in native American fabrics....
...“Then you’d marry the two.” There is no coffee shop; no “3 for 2” offers....
...a rust-coloured anodised aluminium “cage” chandelier (Lampsi, from £2,856) designed by Park Associati, a leather-wrapped dining chair (Rikka, from £1,560) by Maurizio Galante in differing shades of red...
...Then there was the aubergine one, which is essentially black, but with warmth. We never do a pure black, we always bring a depth to it.”...
...One with an oversized desk covered with paper at which he sits, with space for his two assistants opposite. The other is a quirky, comfortable sitting room....
...It is such a remarkable change that many say the city has two populations; one for winter and another for summer....
...In fact, apart from the chairs, every item of furniture is bespoke. Even the black and white checked carpets, which are nice but unremarkable, have been specially woven....
...Later that afternoon, Bernanke’s inner circle of advisers, including both Warsh and Madigan, gathered on the leather couch and chairs in the chair- man’s ornate workspace overlooking the National Mall....
...Due for completion in 2014, it has 58 one- to three-bedroom apartments for sale at €1.1m-€5.1m and six units within four villas for €1.75m-€3.95m....
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