Summer 2017

Summer 96 www.afamag.com |  www.incollect.com For the library, the original millwork was ebonized to match the circa-1912 Dagobert Peche’s large scale, cubic-form ebonized walnut bergéres, inlaid with Bakelite and produced for the Austrian Villa of Toscana Gmunden; acquired from Bernd Goeckler. The intimate grouping before the fireplace is contained by the chairs and a sofa, designed after an example by Josef Hoffmann at Palais Stocklet in Brussels. A circa–1920 gray and white striated marble coffee table on scrolling bronze support, from Bernd Goeckler, is stamped by Edgar Brandt, above which hangs a circa-1940s “diamante” textured glass pendant, also acquired from Bernd Goeckler and by Venini & Co. Says Lovell, the size and height of the chandelier brings an intimate scale to the room. Suzanne Lovell Inc., with Orley Shabahang, designed the black and taupe silk custom carpet after Ruhimann. The Narwhal tusks that flank the fireplace were acquired by the clients during one of their trips abroad.