Designer Albert Hadley is still a force to be reckoned with in the design world. Here, we take a look at two of the homes he designed. Can you choose a favorite? We can't!
Hadley chose a flattering parchment color for the living room walls. An untitled painting by William Auerbach-Levy dominates the wall above a large 19th-century bookcase with cane shelves. On ebonized floors, two of Hadley's signature zebra-pattern hooked rugs; nearby chairs wear a Brunschwig & Fils fabric with leopard stripes. The Directoire-style bergère is covered in a robin's egg silk strié from Jim Thompson.
The dining room has a light blue ceiling, a favorite Hadley hue for the upper plane. The American Empire mahogany armoire is topped by a Tibetan gong. Next to them are two works on paper by Connecticut artist Mark Sciarillo, also a metalworker, who made the sculpted bronze base of the living room's coffee table. The vellum lampshade, the Eyelet gold-on-ivory wallpaper, and the chairs are all Hadley's designs.
Under the unique iridescent painted ceiling in the brown study stand many Hadley designs. One is the coffee table made from wood and lacquered to simulate the parchment surface of Jean-Michel Frank's 1930s prototype. The red sofa's fabric is from Roger Arlington.
This is a formal mahogany-paneled living room with lavender chairs and sofa. "Lavender is the new beige," says Albert Hadley. The chairs facing each other across the original Jean-Michel Frank split-bamboo coffee table exhibit the low horizontal lines and squared cubic surfaces characteristic of Modernism — with the surprise of chocolate brown satin upholstery. Furniture that has an architectural quality is a favorite of Albert Hadley.
Original article and pictures take www.housebeautiful.com site
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