Utterly entrancing design by Vicente Wolf…
English eighteenth century mirror
seafoam green glasswalls…
Tubular steel bed designed by Wolf, softened with rounded
headboard and gauzy curtains in chartreuse shades…
Adjacent to the seating, on either side of the classical
stone fireplace, Vicente uses dark, simply framed antique
wall paper panels..
Best I could do…but can you imagine the drama of the
tall antique French grisaille wallpaper scenes
on either side of the fireplace…
Click here to see a similar one at Gracie…
As Vicente points out in the book, the term “Damask”
comes from Damascus, the capital of Syria…
“At the northwest edge of the great Syrian desert that stretches
toward Jordan and Irac, Palmyra was a port of call as far back as
two millennia B.C. for caravans traveling between Mesopotamia
and the Mediterranean, and later the Silk Road…”
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Crossing Boundaries
A Global Vision of Design
by Vicente Wolf
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The book travels photo by photo through Ethiopia, Madagascar,
Myanmar, Borneo and Syria, intermixing design photos and
adding helpful paint chips…top photo is Benjamin Moore 1675
Inspired by Cote Texas’s round table and Topsy Turvey’s …
and of course Vicente Wolf himself…
note: photos were sliced to give you up close look…
Inspiring post ! Middle east have always inspired me .
The mirror and bath in the first picture – to die for.
Palymra…enchanting. I so enjoy your postings It is like taking a mini trip. Sea Witch
I adore that bedhead !
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that headboard is seriously his best work maybe. and that first mirror – to die for!
Just found your blog….incredible! Hard to go wrong Vicente Wolf….your color sense is perfect.