The steel lamp of unknown origin, below left, is one of a pair ($1,800); the 1960's chair, reupholstered in red leather, below right, is from the Philippines and is also being sold with a mate ($1,390); and the four Danish teak chairs, bottom, by J. L. Moller, probably from the 60's, are from a set of eight ($4,000).
On Saturday night, designers and editors draped themselves on the low leather loungers, below, at Lever House, on Park Avenue, for the opening party of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
A few are in leather, and, one, below, is a rare satin one.
On Twitter a few weeks back, the writer Colson Whitehead mocked the blogosphere's obsessive love of deconstructing the show's historical references: "In a recent office scene, the copywriters had leather objects below their ankles.
With a wraithlike air, the Zen master accepted a seat on a black leather couch below the colored tumult of a de Kooning print and a photograph of a stone path vanishing around a bend in Kyoto.
"I thought, 'This guy is like Prince Charming,'" she said, perched on a black leather couch below the print Hamilton bought her, a playful piece depicting Queen Elizabeth blowing a bubble.
Place a piece of thick leather hide below your wallet as you use the rotary punch.
Hear La Maroquinerie International indie bands play at this former leather goods factory (below), which also houses a surprisingly good restaurant.
Zooming around above our heads while people walk around in black leather trenchcoats or Lycra uniforms below!
The Terry-iffic watch by Splash has a terry band with a leather stripe down the center, below, and comes in three color combinations ($95 at Ann Kolb Gallery in East Hampton, N.Y., 631-324-3443, or online at www.splashwatch.com).splashwatch.com
He died on Friday at 88. (Repeated at 4 and 9 p.m). 3 P.M. (Fox Movie Channel) AMELIA (2009) Hilary Swank, below, dons coveralls, leather jackets and an enormous smile to play Amelia Earhart, the American aviator who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 while trying to become the first female pilot to circle the globe, in this film from Mira Nair.
