Friend [& TIG Contributing Editor], Felicity, has been in search of the perfect bar stools for her new home, after falling in love with the gilded and black leather ones in Rose Uniacke’s London home [below, second from bottom]. After searching for the very same ones and finding those to be rather extravagant, with nothing else suitable, she wondered if you might know of any great resources for the perfect bar stools with shipping to the EU? Thank you ever so much! —TIG
YOU MAY REMEMBER the term ornate austerity used here quite a few times before, sometimes referring to the work of Gilles et Boissier or Andrée Putman, but most often referring to Joseph Dirand, and so was thrilled to come across a recent article in The New York Times featuring the architect’s elegantly spare Seventh Arrondissement apartment.