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ELLE DECOR

L.A. LOVE

CONVERSATION PIECE • The object everyone is, will be, or should be talking about. This month: Ethiopian-American artist Jomo Tariku’s Jimma chair.

SHOULD THE MATISSE MATCH THE DRAPES? • In her new column, Rita Konig tackles modern design dilemmas, both practical and philosophical. To begin: the art of hanging art.

ETCETERA • The little things are the big things. This month: the best ashtrays and catchalls. Here’s where you put your keys.

The Jewelry House

Architecture of Time

ROOM SERVICE • Inside a sleek new Houston hotel inspired by famed benefactors Dominique and John de Menil.

SARGENT AT ARMS • Ten years in Paris showed John Singer Sargent how to live. A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shares his lessons.

WANTED: A CLEAN, WELL LIGHTED PLACE • They need rooms of their own to sculpt and paint. But how do you find such places with today’s Manhattan rents? A look at the state of an industry legend: the New York artist studio.

END PAPER • From the façade of Le Pavillon Frais at Versailles in the late 18th century to Elsie de Wolfe’s iconic Trellis Room at the Colony Club in the early 20th, lattice motifs endure. Case in point: L’Orangerie, the first panoramic wallpaper from Manuel Canovas, featuring delicate foliage and citrus in a contemporary lattice design.

IMMERSIVE THEATER • A FASHION DESIGNER MOVED INTO A LAW OFFICE IN PARIS, THEN ENLISTED UCHRONIA TO REIMAGINE IT FROM TOP TO PALETTE. FROM THERE, THE PLOT THICKENS.

ON TERRA INCOGNITA • NEW YORK ARTIST CAMILLE HENROT AND HER COMPOSER HUSBAND MAURO HERTIG PURSUE A CREATIVE FAMILY LIFE WHERE THEY LEAST EXPECTED IT—UPTOWN—WITH HELP FROM DESIGNERS HUSBAND WIFE.

WELCOME to the MUNIZVERSE • FROM A GATHERING SPACE TO HIS ART STUDIO AND THE COCKTAIL BAR OF HIS DREAMS, BRAZILIAN CONCEPTUALIST VIK MUNIZ IS CREATING A CULTURAL HUB IN THE COLOR-DRENCHED CAPITAL OF BAHIA.

HERE’S THE PLAN • A FLORIDA COUPLE COMMISSIONS ROBERT A.M. STERN TO BUILD A MODERNIST HOUSE, THEN ENLISTS ELLIE CULLMAN TO DESIGN IT. FINAL TOUCH: MAJOR ART, FIT FOR A MASTERPIECE.

A DAY IN THE LIFE • ARTISTS SHANIQWA JARVIS AND RAJ DEBAH FIND A SAFE CREATIVE HAVEN WITH THE HELP OF OFFICE OF BC.

PORTRAIT of a HOUSE • THE ICONIC HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN EVER. IN LOS FELIZ, TWO COLLECTORS MAINTAIN THEIR RICHARD NEUTRA HOME WITH REVERENCE FOR ITS PAST, WHILE FILLING IT WITH CONTEMPORARY ART THAT SPEAKS TO ITS FUTURE.

SOURCEBOOK • After viewing Uchronia’s technicolor fantasia (page 46), you might find yourself craving an acid-orange armchair (or six). Here’s how to furnish the fantasy.

BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM