Think marble, terrazzo and parquetry floors that have been walked on for hundreds of years; Aubusson wall and floor tapestries that have been worn a little threadbare; faded silk velvet cushions and runners embroidered in metallic thread; down filled sofas and chaise longues covered in tattered silk damasks; huge weathered wire chandeliers, and hand carved timber candelabras as tall as a small ch
ild; 18th century armoires and commodes, waxed to a dull, sticky shine; and sets of ten or more rattan seated French chairs pulled up to enormous timber and iron banquet tables amassed with hand blown Venetian glass goblets, pewter jugs and oversize cane demijohns, and dripping with exotic fruits and big chipped white platters overflowing with antipasto... Elegantly Wasted Interiors; more a way of life than a design style!
