Posh furniture you want to sink into at any time (in history).
Posh furniture you want to sink into at any time (in history).
Save for hipsters and hugely adept interior designers with a knack for irony, no one wants their home to look antiquated. Sadly, this mindless pursuit of a 21st century-worthy home has spawned a generation of cookie-cutter minimalism. Which is why Bottega Veneta’s latest home collection is a rare lot that can sit just as fittingly in a glass-walled penthouse as it does in an 18th-century palace.
The latter is where the fashion house chose to exhibit its wares at this year’s Salone Del Mobile. Amid the marble busts, stone columns and extravagant frescoes of Bottega Veneta’s home furnishings boutique in the Palazzo Gallarati Scotti lie earthy suedes, leathers, travertine, bronze and oak with accents of silver and bone fine porcelain.
The collection is lavish in detail but uncomplicated in form, with the brand’s famous Intrecciato motif decorating straightforward, contemporary drawers, tables and stools. But remove the plush sofas, hand-painted porcelain tableware, and bronze and oak tables from the historic splendour of the showroom, and they would still look stellar next to your Panasonic TX- 65CZ952 TV and Flos lamps. Such is the versatility of the brand’s creative director, Tomas Maier, who has proven for the last three years that beauty can transcend time and category.
