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A MODERNIST MENAGERIE
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Mid
20th century modernist masterpieces as Charlotte Perriand's
diningtable, the writingdesk by Jean Prouvé and his beautiful "Bahut"
cabinet, accompanied by murals of coralfish and seaturtles, gecko's,
cheetah's, and a giant Boa Constrictor.
Coty's President Peter Harf and his wife Tina, turned an 18th century monument into their Amsterdam Pied à Terre.
This stylish apartment blends a world class private collection of French modernist design classics with an environment of painted animals by Dutch artist Peter Korver
“I WOULD LIKE SOME COMPANY FOR WHEN I’M WRITING”, Tina
Harf asked during the initial discussions. And so the Amsterdam
pied-à-terre she shares with husband Dr. Peter Harf is not only
inhabited by modern masters such as Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve and
Tom Dixon, two propitious geckos also crawl above the writing-desk
where Tina works as author Tina Grube. Within a mother-of-pearl palette
of soft prism tones, the walls shift hues with every room. Two leopards
stretch languorously in the kitchen. In the bathroom the softly hued
turquoise walls fuse into a warm sea inhabited by inquisitive coral fish
while the tentacles of translucent jellyfish billow gently on the
current. A giant sea turtle swims overhead. In the adjoining blue
bedroom evening falls and the ceiling stirs with celestial life. A
meters long Boa Constrictor meanwhile glides along the violet-gray wall
of the entrance hall - in answer to the distant echoes of the ornaments
above the doorposts. It is the pièce de résistance. "I think she's a
happy snake," Tina motions as we say our goodbyes.
Two
of Peter Korver's painted Gecko's crawl above a black and white Gustave
Gauthier floorlight and a Hermes writingdesk by Pierre Guariche with
Jean Prouvé's "Fauteuil Direction". A ceramic sculpture by Georges Jouve
and a 1950's mannequin on top of Prouvé's classic 1951 "Bahut" cabinet,
overlook a room full of even more design originals; a sidetable and
sofa by Greta Grossman , and an assymetric Luther Conover coffeetable.
The "Lotus Chair" by Erwine et Estelle Laverne takes the center of the
stage
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Pilot 2012
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