NY Shoppers Diary: Lucca & Co
December 13th, 2007
From Francesca,
A while back, my interior designer friend Victoria Kirk alerted me to NY’s most beautiful interiors store, Lucca & Co., at 295 East 8th St. (212-741-0400) or 306 East 61st St. (212-593-0117).
The handmade custom sofas start at around $10,000 for the smallest sizes. You can also purchase the heavy Belgian linen fabric in one of a dozen perfect neutrals; elephant gray is my recent obsession ($135 per yard). Go to luccany.com.
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Entry Filed under: ANTIQUES & VINTAGE, FURNITURE, LIVING & DINING
2 Comments Add your own
1. monika | December 14th, 2007 at 12:52 am
As in my earlier on this, Lucca seems to be copying directly upon the work of Axel Vervoordt in Belgium.
http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/avpublic/(S(zvvhez45nywafdfxc5c2s545))/defaultPage/indexMiddle.aspx?IMGPATH=wHb8LxnWc4O2rMiK4A+SnSXaxKKVnRJbWIcrYFBDAMcHUs/scr9ySD3r4AKoldwi&TITLE=7neZcKmEfFE++KohWUWwK7KlXU9y1xRC59sdUK1tSBY=&GUID=te9qsXfrZV4=#
The soft furnishings, the mix of objects, the type of antiques… they are all clearly emulating his work and style. I have loved the work of Axel Vervoordt for many years, ever since seeing the Florentine apartment that he did for Katia and Marielle Labèque in the pages of Elle Decor.
We visited Kanaal in Belgium this past October, and it was like no other showroom I have ever been in — well worth making a special trip to see.
http://www.cdecor.com/magazine/Axel.asp
http://stylecourt.blogspot.com/2007/09/axel-vervoordt.html
There are at least 2 books in English on his work, and they are well worth checking out:
http://www.amazon.com/Axel-Vervoordt-Story-Meredith-Etherington-Smith/dp/284323297X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2
http://www.amazon.com/Axel-Vervoordt-Interiors-Armelle-Baron/dp/2080305352/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197622168&sr=1-1
2. monika | December 14th, 2007 at 12:52 am
p.s. He did Sting’s Lake House
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