THE 'DRAGONS' ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1917-1919 In the form of unfurling petals, upholstered in brown leather, the frame in sculpted wood, lacquered brownish orange and silver and modelled as the serpentine, intertwined bodies of two dragons, their eyes in black lacquer on a white ground, their bodies decorated in low relief with stylised clouds.
The room has panoramic ocean views, as well as lots of color: orange lacquer upper cabinets and purple lacquer under-counter cabinets.
At Jonathan Adler, she admired the orange lacquer Queen Anne mirror for its "modern take on a historical shape," she said.
With its bulbous volumes, like giant sausage links, coated in translucent, coppery orange lacquer, it has a breathtaking physical presence.
Bonhams is offering a first-class cabin's cylindrical Christofle ice bucket ($6,000 to $8,000) and an orange lacquer wall panel by Jean-Maurice Rothschild ($30,000 to $50,000).
The bath and children's departments have been eliminated, but a new collection of vases (including a playfully ornate floral one by Des Pots in France) and new pieces of furniture (like a stunning walnut and orange lacquer desk by Roberto Lazzeroni) can be seen as early as Thursday, when the store begins its soft opening.
Merchandise from Conran's will include the 98-inch-diameter red wool Noodles rug by Nani Marquina ($1,436, marked down from $3,590) and the bright orange lacquer Poldo Como dresser ($3,246, reduced from $4,995), above; Artemide's offerings include the Tolomeo desk lamp ($175, originally $355) and the steel-and-aluminum Creonte floor lamp ($350, marked down from $890).
The master bedroom, off the living room, has orange lacquered closet doors.
Her NoLIta boutique has huge Mandarin-orange lacquer doors, high mirrors, olive-green carpeting and her gold, Double T signature medallion everywhere — on bags, shoes, walls, doors, garment hooks, belts, jewelry and, of course, on tunics, inspired by outfits her mother wore while vacationing in Morocco.
