Collected,
not decorated.
We do not begin with a furniture list. We begin with the architecture, the client and what is already worth keeping.
Rooms are built around significant twentieth-century design, contemporary works, art, custom pieces and objects chosen for authorship rather than effect.
The objective is not to make an interior look finished. It is to make it feel as though it could only have arrived this way.
The collection
Important rooms deserve important objects. Depending on the house, the search may lead to work by designers such as Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Jean Prouvé, Poul Kjærholm, George Nakashima, Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Sergio Rodrigues, Gio Ponti or Pierre Paulin. Not because the name is important by itself. Because the right piece brings authorship, history, material intelligence and presence into the room.
A collectible interior has a life beyond decoration.
An important object has an author, a date, a history and a provenance of its own. Placed carefully, those pieces become part of the identity of the residence while retaining an independent cultural history.
The process
Architecture before furniture.
Eight steps, from reading the house to the Collection Ledger.
- 01
Read the house
Architecture before furniture. The plan, the light and the proportions of each room decide what can live in it.
- 02
Edit what exists
The client's existing collection is photographed, catalogued and understood, piece by piece.
Each piece
- Keep
- Restore
- Move
- Store
- Sell
- Add
- 03
Build the collection map
Anchor pieces, supporting pieces, art, objects and custom work are set out before buying begins.
Collection map
- Anchor pieces, around which rooms are composed
- Supporting pieces, quieter, completing the composition
- Art and objects: ceramics, sculpture, lighting and books
- Custom work, where the architecture demands something unique
- 04
Search
Galleries. Specialist dealers. Auctions. Private collections. Estates. Makers. The search can happen anywhere: Los Angeles, New York, Paris, London, Milan, Copenhagen, Brussels, Brazil.
- 05
Verify
Every significant acquisition is reviewed before commitment.
Reviewed
- authorship
- date and edition
- provenance
- condition
- restoration history
- dimensions
- price
- 06
Restore
Patina is not a defect. Original materials and finishes are preserved wherever possible. Restoration should recover integrity without removing history.
- 07
Install
Every piece is positioned in relationship to the architecture, the light and the objects around it. Placement, art, textiles and lighting are composed together.
- 08
Record
Each important acquisition enters the Collection Ledger, the permanent record of the collection.
Designer • Piece • Date • Edition • Provenance • Source • Condition • Restoration • Invoice • Photography • Location
A collection card
How a piece is presented to the client — always a specific piece, never a designer-logo wall.
Pierre Jeanneret
Chandigarh lounge chair
c. 1955
- Origin
- Chandigarh, India
- Material
- teak / cane
- Provenance
- documented
- Condition
- conserved
Why here
Its geometry echoes the architecture without competing with it.
Also: Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Poul Kjærholm, George Nakashima, Finn Juhl, Hans Wegner, Charles & Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Sergio Rodrigues, Gio Ponti, Pierre Paulin.
What are you considering?
What the residence needs, and what you already own.
- AAn empty houseA collection built from the architecture outward.
- BAn existing collectionWhat to keep, restore, move, store or sell.
- CA house that needs editingFewer pieces, better placed.
- DI am looking for important piecesA search, verified before purchase.
Tell us what the house is, what you already own and what you are looking for.
Request a Private Project Review