Tuesday, November 22, 2022

18 Folgate Street: The Tale of a House in Spitalfields (2*)



It's not often I can say I enjoyed a house much more than the book but Dennis Severs atmospheric execution of a wacky concept is more easily appreciated than this labored, if occasionally amusing account of his intention.  As an American expatriate from California, he seems to have been very dedicated to the philosophy of yin and yang--which he expresses in terms of a circle and square--and returning his visitors to the Age of Enlightenment through flea market acquisitions.  Huh?  But for his interior design seance to work, you really have to be there.

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