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Phyllis Washington Collection Maison Felice / Phyllis Washington Collection: Antiques, art & design on El Paseo, Palm Desert. Curating 17th-century Europe to today.
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Gold thread catches candlelight that no longer exists, painted by a hand that understood exactly how to hold it.Innocenz...
08/02/2026

Gold thread catches candlelight that no longer exists, painted by a hand that understood exactly how to hold it.

Innocenz Daraio, working in the late 19th century, captured Manuel Del Rios in full matador's dress — the traje de luces rendered in oil with a precision that turns ceremonial costume into character study. Hung above weathered wood in a Spanish Colonial room, framed by an arched door to the desert beyond, the portrait finds itself entirely at home.

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A single white orchid, painted against a curtain of yellow silk and deep green — Renato Meziat turns still life into atm...
07/24/2026

A single white orchid, painted against a curtain of yellow silk and deep green — Renato Meziat turns still life into atmosphere.

Painted in 2012 and signed by the artist, this canvas trades strict realism for something more painterly, color doing the emotional work that form alone can't. Framed above travertine and flame, it holds its own against desert light pouring in from every side.

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Seven candles, trumpet-formed and gilded, rise from a shaft of clustered spears — this pair of candelabra was built to c...
07/23/2026

Seven candles, trumpet-formed and gilded, rise from a shaft of clustered spears — this pair of candelabra was built to command a room, not just light it.

Ebonized wood and gilt combine in an early 19th-century Italian design where mythology meets military bearing: masked shields, crossed spears, drama at every turn. Set against raw board-formed concrete and a wall of shifting color, centuries-old flame meets architecture that hadn't yet been imagined.

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Some sofas sit in a room. This one moves through it — a single sweeping curve in turquoise velvet, unafraid to take up s...
07/23/2026

Some sofas sit in a room. This one moves through it — a single sweeping curve in turquoise velvet, unafraid to take up space.

Its organic silhouette draws on the mid-century tradition pioneered by Adrian Pearsall and Vladimir Kagan, reinterpreted here at a scale and boldness entirely its own. Set beneath an Art Deco sunburst and crystal chandelier, it proves maximalism isn't about more — it's about conviction.

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Curved like an embrace, tufted like a jewel — this sofa once furnished the collection of Ann and Gordon Getty, among the...
07/23/2026

Curved like an embrace, tufted like a jewel — this sofa once furnished the collection of Ann and Gordon Getty, among the most storied taste-makers in American design.

Dating to circa 1920, its five-seat form was built for conversation, layered in antique velvets and silks whose lilac and mauve read as a single, complex textile story. Tasseled and fringed, it commands an Art Deco fireside now, bronze greyhound standing watch, proving the best pieces carry their rooms with them.

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Bamboo, rendered permanent in hardwood — this horseshoe-back armchair borrows nature's most humble material and gives it...
07/22/2026

Bamboo, rendered permanent in hardwood — this horseshoe-back armchair borrows nature's most humble material and gives it the weight of a throne.

Carved joinery mimics bamboo's natural form down to the knuckle, a technique that has long elevated a simple garden plant into refined Asian furniture design. Set beneath ink-wash mountains and beside a waiting tea service, it bridges centuries and continents with total ease.

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Between Baroque's weight and Rococo's whimsy sits the Régence — and this console captures that fleeting moment exactly.C...
07/22/2026

Between Baroque's weight and Rococo's whimsy sits the Régence — and this console captures that fleeting moment exactly.

Carved in the early 18th century, when French design was shedding formality without yet fully embracing lightness, its scrolling giltwood legs and shell motifs mark a transition few pieces of furniture manage to hold so gracefully. Set against raw concrete and desert sunset, two centuries apart, old world ornament finds its match in modern restraint.

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Cane lets the light through, and these Louis XV-style chairs have been doing exactly that since 1850.Carved with the sof...
07/22/2026

Cane lets the light through, and these Louis XV-style chairs have been doing exactly that since 1850.

Carved with the soft floral curves that define the Rococo hand, each chair pairs structure with breathability — a frame as sculptural as it is functional. Set at dusk beside still water and silhouetted palms, they hold the quiet, unhurried elegance of a room built for conversation.

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Eagles' heads terminate the arms, initials mark the back rail — these chairs carry the signature of someone who wanted t...
07/21/2026

Eagles' heads terminate the arms, initials mark the back rail — these chairs carry the signature of someone who wanted them remembered.

Carved circa 1730 in burl walnut, this pair exemplifies George II design at its most refined, when Queen Anne's gentler curves gave way to bolder carving and richer veneer. Placed against stacked stone and abstract art at dusk, they anchor a room built two centuries later without ceding an inch of authority.

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Two faces, carved in marble, sit eternally facing each other across firelight — surrealism made furniture.Descended from...
07/21/2026

Two faces, carved in marble, sit eternally facing each other across firelight — surrealism made furniture.

Descended from the dreamlike provocations of the 1920s Surrealist movement, these chairs turn seating into sculpture and sculpture into conversation. Poolside, under desert stars, they hold their unblinking gaze — proof that the boldest collected homes leave room for wonder alongside provenance.

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