Circles, squares, arches, teardrops, squiggles: Can such disparate shapes come together and form cohesive wholes?
PATTERN PLAY
Designer Merve Kahmaran’s Iris chair, inspired by the Greek goddess who personified the rainbow, is a little slice of heaven. $4,750, at Property, 401 Bway., NYC, 917-237- 0123.
IT’S A PRINT
Mixed-media artist and designer Hadiya Williams brings her signature graphics to a new collection of fabrics and wallpapers for Schumacher, including the linen Threshold in Salt and Ochre (shown). $118 per yard, D&D, 979 Third Ave., Ste. 832, NYC, 212-415-3900.
CORK-LEAF CLOVER
What a stroke of good luck: This stylish side table by the environmentally forward Chelsea-based design practice Grain is made from renewable and biodegradable cork. $8,850, at Colony, 324 Canal
St., 2nd fl., NYC, 212-334-3808.
THE EYES HAVE IT
Discerning design lovers will do a double take upon encountering the Amulet bench, upholstered in a striking Maharam fabric on a black cube frame. $1,980, at Comerford Collection, 2442 Main St., Bridgehampton, 631-537-6200.
VASE OF THINGS TO COME
Among the exquisitely curated high-design pieces currently on view at the temporary Verso Gallery in Bridgehampton are one-of-a-kind ceramic vessels by the Brazilian artisan Fernanda Pompermayer. From $800 to $2,000, by appointment only through October 31, 60 But- ter Ln., 917-740-1881.
SPLIT DECISION
Bench-made in a studio in Florence, Italy, designer Richard Tyler Hill’s new Transparent collection of home accessories nods to historic antecedents while pressing the modern envelope. Astley mirror, $12,369, on view at the Interior Arts Building beginning October 20 and available at Liz O’Brien after November 4, 306 E. 61st St., NYC, 212-755-3800.
This article appears in the October 2022 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens).