Charlotte's leitmotif

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from Halcyon Days
the Charlotte Moss bracelet with a beautiful woven basket motif & daisy
 the Nantucket Collection

the designer-Charlotte Moss

a beautiful old caned chair in one of Charlotte Moss' own spaces



Charlotte Moss Style
a Spring table setting with woven basket chargers,
woven vessels &  woven wrapped glasses

the Nancy pattern designed for Pickard by Charlotte Moss-
inspired by Nancy Lancaster, fellow Virginian

 a graceful motif of bamboo style fretwork
Nancy
 in the tradition of tastemaker Nancy Lancaster

from Pickard: Nancy

the Nantucket baskets

"We drew simplicity from Jackie Kennedy. She had a very complex life but a very simple, refined aesthetic, from her shift dresses to her Nantucket baskets and daisies, which are simple flowers but were her favorite. We took the Nantucket basket and the daisies and crafted them together to make something that was very feminine."
(from  Charlotte Moss)

stylish and in sunny yellow

Jacqueline Kennedy

Nancy spill vase, what is wonderful about it besides
the basket weave pattern?
I never tire of-Its' diminutive size,
(3 1/2  inches)

The Muse Collection by Charlotte Moss. Redecorating the White House, hosting state dinners and picnics in Nantucket… Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis left an enduring legacy that continues to inspire us today. The Nantucket Collection is decorated on cocoa beige and white enamel with delicate hand painted daisy chains and intricate shading on the basket weave.(from the Halcyon Days site)

more of Charlotte Moss's collection of Nantucket here
be inspired on the Charlotte Moss blog "tete e tete"  here, &  her "c'est inspire" here

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Moss book envy

don't you?

VOGUE from the Library of Charlotte Moss

objects of desire-THE WATERMILL COLLECTION~ at table

"AT TABLE"

the McGuire WATERMILL COLLECTION

a new McGuire collection of woven resin with the styling of the Grand Old Days of wicker

The Water Mill Cocktail Table -"grand in scale and light in feel"

The Water Mill Dining Table, 48 inch diameter

The Water Mill Side Chair, "a complex open weave is an innovative take on traditional wicker."

The Reclaimed Teak Farmhouse Table, made from a 200 year old Dutch farm houses in Indonesia: For use indoor or out. 84 inches

all images from the McGuire site, go see the entire collection (click)

objects of desire-McGuire by Thomas Pheasant

THOMAS PHEASANT* makes some beautiful furniture for Baker- It is his McGuire CHAISE that I love right now. Reminiscent of early wicker styles , the chaise somehow has a very modern look- The very reason why it is likely to become a McGuire Classic. I love the double X-stretcher design- No one but McGuire would make such a design detail- No one would design it but Thomas Pheasant.

It's MOST appealing in the Pearl resin finish with Seashell White frame.

The Chaise comes "BUILT for TWO"- a Double Chaise (click to see)
The single Chaise measures 80 inches wide x 30 inches deep, and 16 inches high.

Benches from the Collection

*there is a terrific interview with Thomas Pheasant on the website
ALL images from the Kohler- McGuire site (click)

objects of desire-Urban Electric

if Cole Porter were a light...




this is Urban Electric's Morris Ribbon Chandelier.

I see it in perhaps an unusual setting-with a sleek kitchen just beyond-The Breakfast Room: formal table from the 30's with lots of inlay work, slightly French chairs-covered in glossy white leather- bathed gray walls, lots of sunshine and a busy family at table.

UE is a unique lighting design firm in today's hurry up world. Bench made and bespoke are their specialty-Morris Ribbon is not on the shelf ready to ship- but well worth a little wait.

Morris is designed for interior use, but many of UE's lights are for dry or wet applications. This is one of the things I love about the company- Looking at the collection, I think- indoor, No, that would look great outside too, or vice versa. In today's outdoor living rooms this is ideal and of course I have always loved lanterns inside and choose them for rooms often.

objects of desire

Frances Elkins-the designer painted by Fred Lyon

"The Elkins Chair" by Bobo Intriguing Objects

The inspiration for the chair :

1937 Design of a Card room by Frances Elkins.

(read more about FE by clicking this link)

and then there is THIS Elkins piece:

An original Japanned desk with Frances Elkins provenance

Francis Elkins English Japanned Secretary (see more pictures, from Richard Norton Inc, Chicago IL. (on 1st dibs)

England
Late 18th / 20th Century
A late 18th Century Lacquered Slant Front Bevelled Mirrored Secretary with later refreshed Japanned Decoration executed in London under the direction of Francis Elkins for the famed Kersey Coates Reed House, Lake Forest IL by architect, David Adler.

Isn't it wonderful~