Gracious Home

Most people associate the name Aga with good food and fine living. And although it’s often thought of as quintessentially British, the Aga actually began life in Sweden. The celebrated cooker found in 750,000 households worldwide was invented by Dr Gustav Dalén, a blind Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Appalled that his wife and their maid had to constantly tend to their old-fashioned range, Dalén set out to design a modern cooker that would look after itself. It’s unlikely Dalén could have predicted that his invention would go on to be widely acclaimed as a design icon, but it has. In the year 2000, the BBC published a retrospective of the 20th Century highlighting what it considered to be the top three design icons: first was the Coca-Cola® contour bottle, second was the VW™ Bug and third was the Aga cooker.

When Albert DeMatteo launched Carlyle Custom Convertibles in 1966, he focused on one thing — making the best sleeper sofa on the market. By sticking with that goal, he has far exceeded it.

Paul Vetrano, supplies the chairs for about 40 percent of Manhattan's restaurants, in the showroom of his business, New York Chair Co. in Manhattan. Whatever the cuisine, restaurant supplier Paul Vetrano has the seat to match. Everyone opening a restaurant these days hopes to emulate the runway success if the perpetually packed Balthazar in Soho, right down to the retro brasserie's signature stool: a clubby wine colored padded vinyl cushion with brass nailheads astride a mahogany frame. ItÕs the hot new trendsetter stool. Everybody wants it, says Paul Vetrano. He should know Vetrano sells chairs and stools to 40 percent of New York City's 10,000 eateries and many outside of the city, from dumpy diners and Asian noodle houses to sleek coffee bars and posh French brasserie's. While a chair may not be the focal point of the restaurant, says Vetrano, it's rolled in the overall dinning experience cannot be under estimated.

When Craig Van Den Brulle opened Capitol Furnishings in the Nolita section of New York City in 1997, he had already developed the "urban clean" design philosophy that quickly made Capitol a shopping destination for influential architects, interior designers and collectors. Capitol offers a unique and extensive selection of home furnishings and accessories of 20th Century classic design. Featured designers include Barovier, James Mont, Robsjohn-Gibbings, Gio Ponti, Seguso, Venini and Tommi Parzinger. Now Van Den Brulle is building on this tradition of simple, clean, timeless design with the introduction of The VAN DEN BRULLE COLLECTION - an 11 piece line of lamps, tables, and home essentials crafted from lucite. The first of his signature collections, this hand-finished and one-of-a-kind line is the essence of understated elegance, combining Van Den Brulle's passion for beauty with an insistence on fine craftsmanship and high quality.

The great thing about designing furniture is that it is exclusively for humans; and regardless of how much humans evolve, we continue to have pretty basic needs in terms of furnishing the places where we live...We sleep in beds...We work at desks...We sit in chairs...We eat from table tops...We put our clothes in chests and wardrobes...Fortunately, I do not think that we will ever evolve to a state where this is different.

Established in Manhattan in 1940, Kentshire Galleries is the foremost dealer of fine English antique furniture, furnishings, and accessories in America. We invite you to view the selected examples presented here from our extensive inventory and to visit us when you’re in town.

We first opened our doors in 1962 as a family business. A husband and wife team named Gordon and Carole Segal, and one (yes, count them... one) eager sales associate who was enthusiastic about their vision. One can only imagine the office parties they had. Table for three, please. Fast forward forty years. And did it ever go fast. Today's Crate and Barrel family has grown to over 115 stores and over 6000 associates nationwide. And, we might add, still growing. While we are proud of our growth and achievements over the years, we feel it is what we fondly call the "3 P's" that has kept our vision and product as fresh and invigorated as the day we opened.

Cliff Young, Ltd. is one of New York's Premier contemporary design showrooms. The Cliff Young, Ltd. style is uniquely appealing. We offer cutting edge contemporary looks that are yet warm and inviting. To that end, many of the designs feature fine crafter wood and exotic wood veneers stained to specification and finished in satin or high-gloss. Cliff Young, Ltd. also offers a wide range of standard and custom upholstered pieces in fabrics, leather, ultra suede or upholstery chosen by a designer. In addition, we carry a large line of contemporary metal and glass furnitures. The company’s new approach is most evident in the spectacular display installed in the showroom, titled "designing the Millennium Home Theater." As with every Cliff Young, Ltd. projects, all designs, fabrication and installation of the home theater was executed in-house. We invite you to visit us for a cup of coffee and meet our knowledgeable and friendly staff of designers. We offer full service design assistance at no charge to you or your client.

Finest creations from five signature lifestyles. The Elegance Lifestyle brings a smooth structure of quintessentially traditional components of design reinterpreted through improve scale and shape. Magnificent yet magnificently livable. A sophisticated mix of decorative and clean timber combined with elegant battling materials.<br/> The Modern Lifestyle introduces a base of classicism padded with modern opinions in design, form and finish. A visual feeling of balance that is attractive to the eye. The art of exaggeration where an haven of relaxed convenience and performance are key.<br/> Romance Lifestyle is motivated by recognized western furniture designs, this look provides unique appeal without the hassle. It’s a fresh on pretty that harmoniously combinations designed timber and hand made finished details with dressmaker materials. An air of wonderful appreciation for the past is obtained with levels of rich structure, curvaceous silhouettes.<br/> Explorer Lifestyle routes a feeling of experience through providing and accessories that create pictures of globe travel. The feeling is comfortable eclecticism. It comes to life through textural modifications delicately details timber global-inspired materials, and natural materials. In non-urban or city configurations, the soul of this lifestyle fits right in. <br/> Vintage Lifestyle is a creatively interesting mix of colors and structure. An outstanding display of the art of juxtaposition. Its careful, gathered feel rises from a relaxing coexistence of apparently irrelevant components. An eye capturing interaction of sunwashed materials, troubled completes, and strong and visual styles contributes an element of surprise to any room.

At Restoration Hardware, you'll explore an exceptionally well merchandised world of high quality textiles, furniture, lighting, bathware, hardware and amusements. These are products of lasting value, classic design and imbued all with a brand that speaks to superb taste and a free spirited individuality. <br> Restoration Hardware was born of frustration. The year was 1979 and our founder, Stephen Gordon, was restoring his Queen Anne Victorian house in Eureka, California. After spending endless days tracking down missing bits and pieces of authentic period hardware, lighting fixtures and finishes, Gordon found there were a lot of people with the same problems. He sensed a need in the marketplace, found his true calling in life, and opened the first Restoration Hardware store in his home in 1980.

Clients are knowledgeable, passionate about modern design, and they demand added value. At M2L we don't just rotate furniture in and out of the showroom, presenting brilliant product solutions, expert advice and a timeless collection of design spanning the 20th century. <br> Michael Manes<br> Founder

MDC International will deliver custom-made, quality furniture and provide the flexibility to tailor each piece to the specific needs of the customer, at a very competitive price. <br> MDC International background Founded in 1990, MDC Int.. Corporation has become one of the most respected names in the industry.<br> The company operates from an 40,000 Sq. ft. state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in New York City. MDC furniture are sold throughout the United States.

For two generations we have offered our neighbors the kind of really nice stuff that we'd put in our own homes: smart, sophisticated yet always comfortable and practical. <br> We stress value - a bargain is no bargain if it soon falls apart - because as neighborhood merchants, we need you back. So everything in this modest website has passed the most demanding test of all - our customers. <br> Come visit our three stores -- on Manhattan's upper West and East Sides, or in Westchester.

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