Currents
- Doyle New York auctions off the Balderbrae collection of David Easton & James Steinmeyer.
- Inexpensive, inflatable frames.
- Colony Palms Hotel in Palm Springs gets a makeover by Martyn Lawrence-Bullard.
- Josef Frank's Jayne Sofa covered in "Hawaii" at Anthropologie.
- New memoirs of photographer Pedro E. Guerrero.
(Photographs by Michael Weschler, Keith Scott Morton, Lars Klove and courtesy of Traditional Home)
Josef Frank's Jayne Sofa is one of the most hideous pieces of furniture I've ever seen.
Hey, I was kind of liking the sofa -- but it's definitely more Haight-Ashbury than Upper West Side.
That kind of yellow-based, saturated pastel looks really good in San Francisco's grayish ambient light, which may explain a lot about 1960s psychedelia.
The headboard looks like it might either be a Suzani (Suzni?) or based on them.
Suzani is a type of traditional tribal Uzbek embroidery (the word even translates as "needlework" or "needle" depending on who you talk to).
Traditionally, the Uzbek girls & young women would create a collection of these for their dowry. Some are really awesome.
You can get them relatively cheaply online although more often than not the colors are a lot bolder than this one.
If you find the right piece you could easily make, or have someone make, a headboard like this.
Google for "Suzani" or variations on it and you'll get more ideas.
They can be gorgeous as art.
Love the carpet/headboard. Any ideas where I can get one?
Some Suzanis I found with a quick search. Either of these are big enough for headboards although the colors are pretty bold. These two are around a couple hundred bucks each...not unreasonable considering they were stitched by hand. You can find Suzanis with subtle colors although the more subtle the colors, the higher the prices in general.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/usr_3000/IMG_1420.jpg
http://www.suzanis.com/images/new/DSC5311.jpg