TRADE SECRETS

ON COLLECTING ICONIC SEATING Furniture maker David Sutherland, whose Dallas home is shown on page 74, learned the importance of mixing diverse collections from another design great: “In the early ’80s, I asked Karl Springer if everything in his apartment in New York was of his design. He replied, ‘Oh, David, any project with all of my designs would be too high in visual calories.’ Good design can easily share space!” In Sutherland’s living room (above), Axel Vervoordt sofas mingle with a Giacometti-inspired armchair and an 18th-century carved coffee table. EARLY BLOOMERS Pages 16–17 Handmade porcelain vase with fern motif, Found. Totora storage basket, The Citizenry. French basket, Maison de France Antiques. Mid-18th-Century Primitive Spanish Catalan trestle table, Lolo French Antiques. Sebastian Roman Clay paint (background) and Poe Roman Clay paint (tablecloth), Portola…