Antiquarian-Darr

Maybe it is because Fall is here that I am so attracted to the gothic opulence of the pieces above.  The chinoiserie cabinet, my very favorite Van Der Straeten mirror that you can get through Ralph Pucci and the futuristic Gothic style of the Haider Ackermann dress.  Neverwhere meets The Traveller…

I am just back from my brother’s wedding in Ireland .  Whenever I go home   It makes me very nostalgic for Evelyn Waugh, and country house hotels; I was a teenage girl when Brideshead Revisited was first shown on BBC television and since then I have loved the idea of placing antiques in a modern setting.

Hovey’s loft in Williamsburg-New York Times.

This Williamsburg loft that was featured in the New York Times is a variation on the same theme.  Brooklyn lends itself very well to this type of design, perhaps because so much of the Borough has a ‘frozen in time’ ambiance.

One of my favorite stores to shop for this look is Darr.  This is a wonderfully eclectic shop that holds the mind of the browser.   Tucked into antiques row on Atlantic Avenue, Darr, along with Foundry, offers an offbeat counterpoint to the typical antique shop.

Why is Darr so named ? There is a Bollywood movie called Darr, meaning “fear” in Hindi/Urdu.  Could Darr be named for fear ?  The proprietors are from the old world… &  there is a goth element to the style  mixing taxidermy, antique anatomy /biology graphics, that lends a heightened sense of mortality to all design elements they touch…

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