Incollect Magazine - Issue 15

62 www.incollect.com Left: A glamorous yet functional kitchen, with a vintage lamp by Fornasetti. Right: The primary bath with Bisazza Springrose Nero glass mosaic tile and a custom vanity with marble top. tested onsite with samples from the weavers in India, to see the color accurately in the light here.” With two grown sons who visit often and an active social life, the space had to serve a variety of situations, which Curley accomplished by creating multi-purpose zones for entertaining large groups, intimate gatherings, and everyday living. Two seating groups and a dining area stretch out along the curved exterior wall, with a large island counter and stools where guests can chat with the host while refreshments are offered. The counter was a bespoke creation, a year in the making. Originally all black, Curley lightened the effect by adding a layer of creamy marble and commissioned the famous Fornasetti Atelier in Milan to produce a hand-painted panel with their signature intricate malachite pattern as the background, and a school of fish in brilliant colors accented with gold and silver leaf. A row of hand-blown, hand-cut French crystal pendant lights from Saint-Louis sparkle overhead. Strategically positioned on an adjacent mirrored wall, fine art photographer Roe Ethrige’s Butterfly floats in a pool of light, catching reflections of the sky. Nearby is a large bar cabinet designed by Curley and fabricated by Naula in Brooklyn, with blue lacquered doors, bold ball feet, and vintage cabinet handles shaped like fish by mid-century Mexican Modernist designer Pepe Mendoza. Curley designed the two seating groups in contrasting forms: one open, airy, and round, the other more solid and square. Placed into the curvature of the window wall, the first group is anchored by Vladimir Kagan’s Floating Curved Sofa in leafy green. Designed in 1952, it unites two of his favored elements: curves and sculptural carved wood frames. The sofa’s open design, like the other pieces in the group, lets light pour into and around the room. An organic form coffee table in travertine and hammered bronze is by Umberto Bellardi Ricci; the sinuous- legged side table is from the Alexander Lamont’s Bangkok atelier. An open armchair with a slender frame and a carved vintage stool purchased in Bali by the owners complete the composition. The dining area is crowned by the Lindsey Adelman chandelier, with a round table from Jean de Merry surrounded by custom chairs by Gregorius Pineo, upholstered in exotic light blue tiger- stripe Bevilaqua cut velvet from Fortuny Venice. The second seating area is a comfortable, loungey arrangement with a pair of large Minotti sofas, two armchairs, and a sizeable coffee table, backdropped by a set of shelves in walnut accented with dividers in vividly saturated blue. The dividers are the special touch