Diners sat on bentwood chairs at beechwood tables lit by Bauhaus globe lamps.
Mrs. Mackell threaded through the bamboo chairs and tables, lighting votive candles.
A former phone booth is now a linen closet; shaded candles and bouquets are on the cloth-covered tables; lights are softened by rice-paper cylinders and sconces.
Here, floral allusions abound, and his tables, lighting and seating create a goth-idyllic mise-en-scène: A low bronze table, for example, is inlaid with circular turquoise glass reminiscent of floating lily pads.
Few, if any of his chairs, tables, lights or other objects could be considered to be models of "good design," but he did not intend them to be.
It took readers on a journey through dappled light and shadow, from sepulchral booths dotted with twinkling clusters of lanterns, to reading tables lit by three-storey high bay windows.
Most distinctive categories: The home section offers furniture, including chairs, dressers, tables, lighting, clocks, garden, tabletop items, prints; and toys -- a rich assortment, from collectibles to remote-control fire engines.
Artistically arranged bits and pieces -- a stained-glass screen, pictures of movie stars, an enamel sink filled with plants, tables lighted with dripping red candles -- together create an ambience that recalls the Havana of the 1920's.
With its modular plastic chairs and tables lighted from below, George is at the other end of the spectrum from the plush, rich bordello look of the Hotel Costes, designed by Jacques Garcia, the brothers' first big success.
Add items such as a disco ball, DJ turn tables, lights, torches, and maybe even a lava floor!
