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Style Compass: Geoffrey Bradfield
Jorge Arango
Designer deluxe Geoffrey Bradfield has built a worldwide reputation on both his impeccable social graces and his unique gift for creating sumptuous yet superbly edited interiors.
Bejeweled: Bridal Jewelry
Caroline Tell
As wedding season approaches, 1stdibs reveals the rings and things, both vintage and estate, a bride really wants to wear on her big day.
Shop Talk: Lon Hamaekers
Susanna Salk
A circuitous path through the worlds of art, set design and professional cooking led Lon Hamaekers to Water Mill, New York, where he's set up shop as a specialist in 20th-century art and design by the likes of Ponti, Aalto, Venini and Fontana Arte.
Spotlight: Weiss/Manfredi Architects
Ted Loos
With their new Visitor Center at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden having opened to great critical and popular acclaim, husband-and-wife architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are enjoying their moment in the sun after two decades of steady, stellar work.
Fashion: Christian Lacroix Capsule Collection
Clair Watson
Exclusively on 1stdibs, Vintage Fashion Inc. presents a collection of opulent costume jewelry — never before seen in the United States — by Christian Lacroix, the couturier to 1980s international society. Shop the collection.
Not To Be Missed: Americans in Florence

At Palazzo Strozzi Through July 15

Kenneth Baker
An exhibition in Florence explores the ways in which such American painters as John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase and Egisto Fabbri were inspired by the art, light and landscapes of Tuscany.
Editors' Pick: Domenico Gnoli

At Luxembourg & Dayan Through June 30

Wendy Moonan
Poetic paintings by Italian cult figure Domenico Gnoli return to New York for their first showing since the artist's untimely death three decades ago.
Saturday Shopping: Bill Stubbs
When he’s not filming his popular PBS show A Moment of Luxury, the amiable, won’t-take-no-for-an-answer interior designer Bill Stubbs might well be decorating a mansion in Moscow, a ranch house in Houston or the inside of a corporate jet. Today the charming Texan turns his eye to the 1stdibs inventory and selects his most-coveted items.
Fine Art Featured Works

Whether challenging or charming, historic or cutting-edge, fashionable or offbeat, the latest listings on our Fine Art search are certain to engage.

Leave a Mark (green detail), 2012, by Trey Speegle at Benrimon Contemporary, LLC
1stdibs Jewelry and Watches

1stdibs has a spectacular selection of estate and fine jewelry and watches, with hundreds of new items added each Wednesday from the world's leading jewelers.
Fashion: This Week's Get
Adriana Caras
Freshen up your day with silhouettes in shades of punchy citrus. Shop classics with a twist on 1stdibs fashion. Links to each item make putting together your next look just a few clicks away! Go shopping
1stdibs Presents the Benelux Countries
Becca Bergman Bull
As part of an ongoing effort to expand our global reach, 1stdibs is excited to announce the launch of our Benelux section, which includes the top shops and galleries in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Shop Benelux.
Style Compass: Kate Hume

Amsterdam

Jean Bond Rafferty
British-born, Amsterdam-based interior designer Kate Hume is as sleek, chic and vibrant as the houses she designs in Moscow, London, Prague, Dubai and beyond.
Not To Be Missed: Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations

At the Costume Institute May 10 through August 19

Laird Persson
As this year's buzzed-about fashion exhibition opens in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, co-curator Andrew Bolton has a very real — and fascinating — conversation with 1stdibs.
Through the Lens: Dominique Vorillon
Susanna Salk
The interiors photographer extraordinaire Dominique Vorillon talks to 1stdibs about getting his start, his favorite projects and the inspiration he finds in locations from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Sologne, France.
House Hunting with... Vicente Wolf
Becca Bergman Bull
He's a globetrotting interior designer, but Vicente Wolf also finds time to write books, create his own furniture and housewares lines, and, this week, hunt through our Fine Homes inventory for dream houses with extraordinary views and a great sense of history and style.
Five Questions: Liz O'Brien

At 1stdibs at NYDC May 9 through June 4

Greg Cerio
Mid-century modern furniture dealer Liz O'Brien takes the New York Design Center by storm with a month-long exhibition of her "Editions" furniture, inspired by the work of designers she's long admired.
On Location: The Artisan's Guild

At the Long Island City Arts Open May 19 through 20

Becca Bergman Bull
A new organization based in a creative hub across the river from Manhattan seeks to protect and perpetuate the tradition of craft in the decorative arts — watch its members in action at the upcoming LIC Arts Open festival.
Curated Searches: Beach Houses
Edited by Elizabeth Fraser
As the weather gets warmer and summer plans begin to coalesce, here at 1stdibs our thoughts are saturated with seascapes and sandy shores. Today our special search uncovers dream beach houses, from a sleek new build in Honolulu to a historic 10-bedroom "cottage" in Southampton.
1stdibs Photo Archive
Check out the 1stdibs photo archive, featuring the world's most celebrated interiors and architecture photographers, including Tim Street-Porter, Tria Giovan and Melanie Acevedo. View the extensive archive of interiors, read more about the photographers and shop each room's look on 1stdibs.
Curated Searches: Fine Period & Modern Silver
Edited by Clive Kandel
1stdibs presents Fine Period & Modern Silver, offering the very best in Georgian, period American, Mexican and Danish pieces, all chosen from the top dealers in the US and overseas. Shop Fine Period & Modern Silver on 1stdibs.
1stdibs Events: NYDC open for Saturday Shopping
1stdibs@NYDC, located on the 10th floor of the New York Design Center at 200 Lexington Avenue, holds shopping hours every Saturday, from 10am to 5pm. Stop by to browse the bricks-and-mortar showroom and shop the wares of 54 1stdibs dealers.

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Events
The Opening of GOTHAM: An Exhibition of Sculptures by Dan Schneiger at FLAIR, New York

May 22
Please join 1stdibs' Michael Bruno and Jon Maroto and George Nunno of FLAIR to celebrate the opening of "GOTHAM," an exhibition of Dan Schneiger's sculptures made from such reclaimed materials as wood, salvaged fiber board and plaster.
Liz O'Brien "Editions" at 1stdibs at The New York Design Center

May 9 to June 4
Known for her keen eye and expertise when it comes to 20th-century art and design, Liz O'Brien is staging an exhibition of high-style vintage and new seating, tables and lighting on the 10th floor of the New York Design Center through June 4.
The enLIGHTen Project's Online Auction

Through May 17
Seventeen notable contemporary lighting designers, among them David Weeks and Jason Miller, have donated works for an online auction. Bid on behalf of Kids of Kathmandu, a Brooklyn-based charity that supports Nepalese orphans.
V'SOSKE at the Center for Architecture

May 14 through May 28
From 1979 to 1993, the venerable rugmaker V'SOSKE commissioned rugs from such architects as Robert Venturi; Shelton, Mindel; and Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Now, for the first time, all 38 of the handmade works will be shown together at the Center for Architecture in New York.
Erna Aaltonen "Nostalgia" at Hedge Gallery

April 27 to June 9
The Hedge Gallery in San Francisco is hosting the first American exhibition of work by Finnish ceramicist Erna Aaltonen. The artist is presenting new sculptures, all made by hand without the use of a potter's wheel or molds.
Furniture in Movement: New Works by Jacques Jarrige at Valerie Goodman Gallery

May 15 through July 15
Beginning with an opening reception on May 15 at 6pm, Valerie Goodman Gallery in New York will show never-before-seen versions of Jacques Jarrige's sculptural furniture as well as a mobile sculpture created by the artist with patients at a Parisian psychiatric hospital.
The Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House

May 16 through June 14
For its 40th anniversary, the highly anticipated event — during which leading interior designers exhibit their work in a shared space to benefit the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club — will take place at the Aldyn, a sleek residential building on Riverside Boulevard in Manhattan.
Museum of the City of New York Spring Lecture Symposium & Luncheon

June 5
Mark your calenders for the Museum of the City of New York's Spring Lecture Symposium & Luncheon, which this year honors Ferguson & Shamamian Architects and Bronson Van Wyck.

 
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