Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Chinoiserie Daybed

David Hicks La Florentina
We are now halfway through our series on Chinoiserie and Color. I need to take a little rest on one of these daybeds. Have you noticed how many interior designers are using daybeds not just in bedrooms, but in living rooms as sofas? I thought it would be fun to do a round up of Chinoiserie versions. Next up in our color series will be pink, blue, yellow, and green.

Massucco Warner Miller

Hollywood Regency Rattan Daybed

Daybed and Chinoiserie Wallpaper

Michelle Nussbaumer

Michelle Nussbaumer

Barry Dixon

Thibaut

Thomas Chippendale


English Georgian Chinoiserie Daybed

Ellen O'Neill

Michelle Nussbaumer

Vanity Fair

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Black and Chinoiserie

Sherrill Canet

John Robshaw

Miles Redd

Chrome and Black Leather Chinese Chippendale Chairs

Lonny

House Beautiful

Apartment Therapy

Ruthie Sommers

Billy Haines

Rita Konig

French Chinoiserie Screen

Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Chair

Jennifer Connell

House of Pemberley - Etsy

Mary McDonald

Lonny

Duralee Imperial Journey

via Elements of Style

Black Bedroom Walls

Tom Scheerer

Alessandra Branca

Alessandra Branca

Harrison Howard

Harrison Howard

Harrison Howard

Stencil Library

Fromental

Fromental

Fromental

Ralph Lauren

Ryan Korban

Farrow & Ball The Lotus Papers

Farrow & Ball Wisteria

Kelley Proxmire

Kelley Proxmire

Modern Black and White Chinoiserie

Black and Chinoiserie


So far in our color series we have looked at purple, gray, white, orange, and red. Today we turn our attention to black and Chinoiserie. I thought it might be fun to revisit an apartment featured in House Beautiful that uses a black and white palette with Chinoiserie. This New York City studio apartment in Gramercy Park belongs to interior designer Ellen O'Neil. It is one room -  it does not even have a separate kitchen. What I especially love, of course, is the way she anchors the apartment with a Chinoiserie toile, Cowtan & Tout's Siam. What a superb example of living large in a small space. Stay tuned later today for many more examples of combining black and Chinoiserie.