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Knots

image1I was mad about this print and several others that hung on the walls of Zinc Details on Fillmore Street in San Francisco. They are vintage from the 70's and now I neglect to remember the artist and wish I bought them...

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'Exquisite Pleasures'

image1Drooled over this piece in The New York Times Style Magazine over the weekend that captures the life of Ian and Emilie Irving, a couple mad for art, design & one another. They met through the world of collecting and a chance encounter. The piece profiles their home in Springs, in East Hampton, a jewel box of a cottage full of Napolean III velvet chairs, 19th-century textiles from Iran, floral vintage chintz fabrics and my favorite piece - a French Directoire chair still covered in original Ikat upholstery from Matthieu Monluc in Paris. Read more about their fanciful home & romance, here.  

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Daytime Friends & Nighttime Lovers

Screen Shot 2015-09-24 at 10.36.01 AMLove this photograph of Sophia Loren and Cary Grant amidst filming. I just ordered Sophia Loren's autobiography, where she discusses how Cary Grant begged her on multiple occasions to be his lover - he even suggested that they pray together to find the right decision about being together. At the time, Sophia was 23, and married to film producer Carlo Ponti. That didn't stop Cary from attempting to seduce her.

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