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| Icon-Baby | Trending - Electric blues for accessories |
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| Cacharel |
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| Georgine - Spring 2016 |
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| MFW - 2016 Tods |
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| Pierre Cardin L'officiel magazine 1960s |
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| Gucci |
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| Chloé Spring 2016 |
Global Views on Trends for Fashion, Accessories, Interiors and more. From Sydney with Love.
Trending: Fashion Accessories in Blue Shades
Mother-of-Pearl Furniture
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| Furniture accented with mother-of-pearl in Ms. Duke's homes Shangri La |
A Piece of Shangri La
Taking inspiration from Doris Duke's penchant for luminous mother-of-pearl furniture
The American Tobacco heiress Doris Duke (1912-93) was many things: philanthropist, horticulturalist, seductress, surfer, collector and world traveler. She was also a woman of many houses (eight, to be exact), the most famous of which is Shangri La, an exotic Islamic-style palace in Hawaii.
In 1935, a 10-month world tour of a honeymoon took Ms. Duke and her first husband, James Cromwell, to the Middle East and India, Syria and Turkey. It was on these trips that she began her lifelong love affair with Islamic art and furniture—in particular, pieces inlaid with mother-of-pearl. In 1936, she decorated her Hawaii hideaway in this style. Her dressing room features shimmering chests from Damascus, along with a pearly vanity and chair that sit under a vaulted ceiling inlaid with mirrors.
Although these rooms were designed decades ago, their look feels as fresh and otherworldly now as it did in the '30s. Mother-of-pearl pieces look at home in conservative, modern and tropical environs.
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| Inlaid Trunk via Veranda-house |
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| Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Bureau. Mexico c1820 |
Phyllis Morris "Minimalism is for those without much to say."
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| Phyllis Morris |
Phyllis Morris (born October 19, 1925, died September 5, 1988) was an American furniture designer known for her colourful persona, her outspokenness on decorating and her distinctive furniture and interior designs, especially her large and highly decorative beds.
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| Phyllis Morris with one of her highly decorative beds. |
She was often referred to by the media as the "designer to the stars." As her fame grew, Morris befriended many in the show business community and counted Joan Crawford, Liberace and Joan Collins as her clients. In 1953 Morris created a lamp whose design was based on one of her primitive figure clay sculptures.
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| Phyllis Morris with her pink poodles and famous lamp |
The lamp was manufactured by a Los Angeles department store and became so successful that Morris decided to pursue self-manufacturing of the second lamp design — a poodle lamp modelled after her own pink-dyed poodle Pamela. The poodle lamp propelled Morris into the limelight and it wasn't long before she became a local celebrity.
In 1953 Morris created a lamp whose design was based on one of her primitive figure clay sculptures. The lamp was manufactured by a Los Angeles department store and became so successful that Morris decided to pursue self-manufacturing of the second lamp design — a poodle lamp modelled after her own pink-dyed poodle Pamela. The poodle lamp propelled Morris into the limelight and it wasn't long before she became a local celebrity.
In 1961 she began adding her own furniture designs to round out the offerings. Initially these furniture collections drew upon the Spanish Colonial look with dark woods, large carved scrollwork and baroque elements as well as other Mediterranean-inspired styles. Later Morris included more modern styles using lacquer and exotic finishes and materials. The "swinging sixties" gave an opportunity to shake up the interior design world with her distinctive vision of how colourful and eclectic interiors could be.
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| Phyllis Morris |
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| Phyllis Morris Interior Designs |
Meet Phyllis Morris - Eccentric Furniture Designer
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| Icon-Baby Phyllis Morris |
All styles available from www.phillismorris.com
1. Ornately carved wood canopy bed
2. 18-pounds centrepiece fish, encrusted with Swarovski crystals, coin pearls and mother of pearl details @ 665home
3. The famous Phyllis Morris Sculptural Poodle Lamp, circa 1953
4. The Regency sofa
5. A classic today. Hollywood Regency Gazelle/Ibex Dining Table base
6. Riviera dining table
7. Art Nouveau Inspired Carved & Lacquered Chest. My FAV!
8. Phyllis Morris Gilt Tassels Coffee Table
9. ‘Braziliance’ commode @ Kindel
10. San Remo cocktail table from 1970
12. ‘Cosmopolitan’ sofa with lucid legs
13. Palm leave chairs original from the 1984
Seafoam, Tiffany Blue and more
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| Le Pavillon des Rêves de Jacques Garcia |
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| Icon-baby Seafoam |
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| HUTTON WILKINSON, TONY DUQUETTE Glass Sculpture |
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| 1970 Karl Springer |
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| BrianMcCarthy Design OMG! |
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