Credit: From Stuff, published by
Pointed Leaf Press; CW: Credit:
Public Domain (PD); PD; Courtesy
of Linda Horn, New York
George Nakashima. Carpets, textiles, memorabilia,
esoterica and Australian aboriginal art all have pride of
design place. Blue and white china vies with Coromandel
screens; Tiffany Studios and Aztec culture both belong
in this lexicon.
The forty ���topics��� provide a sort of encyclopedia of the
exquisite for the reader to peruse and draw his or her own
conclusions about. The book is a digest of tantalizing
subjects, from Georgia O���Keeffe to Hollywood decorator
and actor William Haines; from Regency penwork to
anatomical models. To banish any part is to weaken the
whole: a reading adventure, a delight.
HYLAND
