Special Objects to Treat Your Senses

Special Objects to Treat Your Senses

Drawn from galleries, ateliers and specialist brands, a mélange of artful pieces comes together in tonal, textured vignettes.
Drawn from galleries, ateliers and specialist brands, a mélange of artful pieces comes together in tonal, textured vignettes.
Green light

Back row, from left: Conie Vallese “Glass vase 2,” Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery; Mirjam de Nijs “View” sculpture, 2004, Guild Gallery. Center row, from left: Junkichi Kumakura “Green Flower Vessel,” 1970s, Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.; Tohru Matsuzaki lacquer tray (upside down, under vessel), Ippodo Gallery; Shinobu Kawase “Celadon Flower Vase,” 1990s, Thomsen Gallery; Jean Dunand pewter vase, circa 1925, Form Atelier. Front row, from left: Shimizu Glass “Sasa hoshi” glass, Roman and Williams Guild; Tiffany & Co. x Elsa Peretti 18-karat gold and green jade “Claw” necklace; Tohru Matsuzaki lacquer tray, Ippodo Gallery; Maki-e gold and silver lacquer box, 1930s, Thomsen Gallery.
  


Blue streak

Back row, from left: Naoya Arakawa “Mizore Vase” and “Crackle Oval Vase” (in front), Roman and Williams Guild; wood architectural form, 19th century, Form Atelier; Akiko Hirai moon jar (center) and large “Kazahana” moon jar, Guild Gallery. Front row, from left: Haruya Hiroshima “Hoshi Stem Glass,” Roman and Williams Guild; Conie Vallese x Elhanati “Big Fork,” “Butter Knife,” “Napkin Flower Ring” (in glass and on table), 2023, Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery; Buccellati silver dish; Rolex white-gold Day-Date 36 watch; Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi “Argonauta II” glass, 2023, Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery.
  


Peachy keen

Back row, from left: Jean-François Thiérion bottle, Roman and Williams Guild; Maria Pergay “Ribbon Pouf,” 2007, and Jos Devriendt “Night and Day 434” lamp (on top), 2022, both Demisch Danant. Front row, from left: Umberto Bellardi Ricci bronze cast “Plosion,” 2016, UBR Studio; Rando Aso ceramic box, 2022, stylist’s own; Graff “Tilda’s Bow” white-gold diamond ring (on box) and platinum, white-gold and diamond drop earrings; Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi “Marionetta IV” vessel, 2023, Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery; Umberto Bellardi Ricci “Möbius,” 2018, UBR Studio.
 


Pale fire

From left: Rick Hintze bottle vase No. 03, Guild Gallery; Buccellati “Doge” silver vase; Olivier Mourgue “2093-80 Table Lamp” (at back), 1969, Demisch Danant; Sueharu Fukami “Mitsuashi (Large Plate on Three Feet),” 1980s, Thomsen Gallery; Kansai Noguchi “Jomon yakishime” (on plate), Guild Gallery; Graff platinum, white-gold and diamond necklace (on plate); Sueharu Fukami blue “Ritsu (Upright)” vase, 1976, Thomsen Gallery; Richard Ginori scalloped vase (at back), 1950s, The Somerset House; César “Expansion Bruxelles,” 1969, Demisch Danant; Georg Jensen silver salt and pepper set, 1980s, stylist’s own.
 


Golden hour

Backdrop: Rene Ricard and Madeline Weinrib “You’re Stepping All Over Me” Tibetan wool rug, 2021, Emma Scully Gallery. Back row, from left: Grete Margaret Schüller “Bather” sculpture, 1956, Form Atelier; Shotiko Aptsiauri x Rooms Studio “Sacral Geometry Candle Holder,” 2020, Emma Scully Gallery; Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance “Retro” lamp, 2022, Demisch Danant; Jean Després silver bowl, 1930s, stylist’s own. Front row, from left: Shōji Hamada “Iron Glazed Square Bottle with Finger Mark & Persimmon Under Glaze,” 1970s, Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.; Osamu Matsuzaki black-and-gold lacquer box, stylist’s own; Tiffany & Co. Elsa Peretti 18-karat gold and white jade bone cuff (in box) and 18-karat gold mesh scarf necklace (on 19th-century Japanese wood tray, stylist’s own); Nousaku “hana mitsubo” brass vase (on tray), 2020, Roman and Williams Guild.
 


Red alert

Back row, from left: Isamu Noguchi “Akari” light sculpture model 2A UKAI, circa 1950s, Form Atelier; Kenta Anzai jar, Guild Gallery; Atelier Michel Armand nickel-plated bronze “Lotus” lamp, circa 1970, Form Atelier; Rando Aso ceramic box (under lamp).
Front row, from left: Serge Mouille “Petite Saturne” sconce, 1950s, Form Atelier; Jihei Murase lacquer “Carved-Flower Negoro Tray” (under lamp), 2022, and Tohru Matsuzaki red-and-black lacquer tray, both Ippodo Gallery; Buccellati Caviar Collection silver shot glasses (on tray); Graff white-gold, ruby and diamond earrings (on tray); Jihei Murase lacquer “Negoro Bottlenecked Vase” (on tray), 2022, Ippodo Gallery; Naoya Arakawa black glass bowl. Post-production, Alexander Lee Page.

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