Incollect Magazine - Issue 14

52 www.incollect.com Wecselman Design A Designer’s Retrospective Deborah Wecselman drew upon touchstones to her past, her travels, and her love of collecting to create a warm and nuanced great room layered with objects that highlight her decades-long career as a designer. Above the sofa, a 1977 Olga de Amaral textile pays homage to the Peruvian-born designer’s South American heritage, while a quintet of antique mirrored bass panels is reminiscent of her 1980s New York apartment. These storytelling pieces embrace and define the main seating area, serving additional roles as architecture and sculpture, while adding luminous textural interest. The ceiling shimmers with a spectacular light sculpture of iridescent hand-blown Murano glass discs by Jamie Harris from Todd Merrill Studio. Also from Todd Merrill, Pia Maria Raeder’s otherworldly “Sea Anemone” floor light captures the ocean’s beauty, crafted from thousands of individually placed beechwood rods on a patinated bronze base. The rainbow-hued columnar sculpture, composed of vinyl records, is by Berlin-based artist Gregor Hildebrandt. Deborah tapped into her love of vintage design by selecting a pair of 1950s Italian lounge chairs by Gigi Radice. The “Aurisino” cocktail table by Alex Turco, with Italian marble and resin top and three burnished bronze legs is a unique piece, continuing her statement in material dialogue and craftsmanship, and her ever-evolving journey of refined collecting.