Designer Maxine Hall’s house in Derby is a showcase for her work as well as a home“I call it a punked-up version of history,” says Maxine Hall as she admires her dramatic wallpaper, lining the red-carpeted stairway of her Derby home. Viewed from a distance it has an abstract feel, but draw close and intriguing elements from the past emerge from the velvety-black depths. There’s the famous carved imp which peers down inside Lincoln Cathedral, a “netsuke deity”, a flash of butterfly wing and a bird skull, glowing like relics revealed on a river bank.Paula started bidding for the Brattrud chairs at midnight on eBay and wouldn’t stop until she’d won Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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