Tag Archives: Art Deco

New Book Gives Rattan Furniture its Glorious Due

Posted on December 3, 2020 by cara

I love vintage rattan furniture so much that I once toyed with the idea of opening a store in lower Manhattan, back when stores were a good idea, and calling it Bamboozled. That would have been a misnomer, since bamboo … Continue reading →

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Nice in the Rain

Posted on March 17, 2015 by cara

THE BRITISH UPPER CLASSES and Russian aristocracy, in search of sun, made the city of Nice, on France’s Mediterranean coast, their winter playground in the late 19th century. Most of the city’s pale or pastel-colored buildings date from that Belle Époque … Continue reading →

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High Deco in Brooklyn Heights

Posted on August 28, 2011 by cara

UPDATE: I’ve been called out — and rightly so — by a Massachusetts reader for making light of the “anti-climactic” “non-hurricane” in yesterday’s post below. I think we in NYC were so relieved when skyscrapers didn’t topple in heavy winds … Continue reading →

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Deskey-Designed Montauk Surf Shack $1.1M

Posted on August 26, 2011 by cara

WHAT’S A DESIGN PEDIGREE WORTH? Quite a bit, in the case of this 500-square-foot bungalow just sent to market by fashion designer Cynthia Rowley (who bought another mid-century Montauk house recently for 820K and probably doesn’t need two of them). … Continue reading →

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Lighting My Cottage Bathroom

Posted on January 31, 2011 by cara

TIME WAS, you could turn up a great Art Deco lighting fixture at a flea market for $3, but you’d have to look long and hard, and maybe re-wire. I’m thinking of something like the one at left. We do … Continue reading →

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