A few recent favourites, images and objects that have caught my eye and stayed with me, each with its own sense of character, but all rooted in pattern, material, and craft.

Elsa Peretti’s kitchen in Sant Martí Vell, Spain featuring Peretti’s Padova flatware for Tiffany and Co. Photos by Enric Badrinas. Via https://www.instagram.com/elsaperetti.official/

 

A striking hand-painted wall in a Venetian Palazzo by designer and decorative painter Paola Angoletta

 

Endless inspiration from this Menus part of The New York Public Library Digital Collections. I highly recommend browsing their archives.

 

The Asprey Silver Swan, now back on display at the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Mute Swan centrepiece by Asprey, made in 1985, is one of the stars of the Gilbert Collection at the V&A. It took pride of place in Arthur and Rosalinde Gilbert’s villa in Los Angeles.

 

A headboard in “Les Trèfles” by Decors Barbares

 

This image of Topkapi Palace shared by Cosmo Brockway stopped me in my tracks. Cosmo curates exclusive journeys to India, Egypt, Turkey and beyond.

 

Lewis & Wood  new collection, rooted in vintage patchworks.