December 15, 2015/Comments Off on Editor’s Top Picks of The Year: Part I of III
FOR THE HOME
Highly curated items for the kitchen, pantry, table, as well as kitchen design services from the San Francisco-based store MARCH.The Axor 240 2-Jet Showerhead and Axor 1-Jet Handshower by Front were inspired by the hidden aesthetics of technology, turning the typical hardware, such as pipes, joints, valves and funnels, into charming design objects. Axor’s designs with Front are currently part of the critically acclaimed Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft and Design, Midcentury and Today exhibit, which just opened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C. “Pathmakers,” which explores and celebrates the contributions of women in design and art, comes to D.C. after a successful six-month run at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC (MAD museum).
THE WATCH HOUNDS
“_To mark its 85th birthday, we wished to offer a new vision of the Reverso, so that each individual can immediately recognise the collection that matches their own character and the model destined to become theirs.” Daniel Riedo, CEO Jaeger-LeCoultre.
REVERSO Tribute Duo, Front Dial from Jaeger-LeCoultre. Since 1931, the year the Reverso watch was created, its emotional impact has remained as powerful as ever. This undisputed style icon elicits the same wonderment decade after decade. The strength of its pure, almost discreet lines makes the Reverso timepiece the epitome of elegance.An Important Gold Split Seconds Stop Watch sold at Sotheby’s from Abraham Louis Breguet/Photo credit Sotheby’s
THE ART LOVERS
The African-American Art Sale at Swann Galleries: RICHMOND BARTHÉ (1901 – 1989) Head of a Dancer. Cast bronze, with a brown patina, mounted on a white stone base.Frank Horvat, Givenchy Hat , 1958, Winter Antiques Show 2016 (Peter Fetterman Gallery)
