Decorating With Dishes on the Wall
We've all seen dishes on the dining table, but what about on the wall?
As a part of C&G’s Mix Masters Series in 2019, designer Young Huh created a statement room inspired by travel and art. Huh told CTC&G the hand-painted Meissen plates were the first pieces she chose.
“There is wonderful art and handmade objects,” Huh said in about the space. “You can also see the hand in the way the floor is painted and the plates are hung. All the pieces in the vignette are examples of the unique and extraordinary.” Plus, the bold wall color—Curator’s Honeymoon Hiking—perfectly showcases the Meissen.
While the dishes are a focal point in Huh’s space, other designers incorporate plates in their projects just as perfectly.
-
1/8Photograph by Ellen McDermottIn this space designed by Young Huh, a plate wall of Miessen porcelain is flanked by a pair of French tole lamps in yellow with black stenciled decoration. A collecton of green glass vases tops a modern ebonized expandable dining table designed by David Linley, surrounded by Louis XVI Parisian dining chairs. On the left side of the room, blue Henri Matisse lithographs derived from the cut-paper original maquettes by Matisse adorn the wall behind a pair of wooden urn knife boxes atop a Studio Superego blue Lucite console. Click here to see more of the space.Photograph by Ellen McDermottIn this space designed by Young Huh, a plate wall of Miessen porcelain is flanked by a pair of French tole lamps in yellow with black stenciled decoration. A collecton of green glass vases tops a modern ebonized expandable dining table designed by David Linley, surrounded by Louis XVI Parisian dining chairs. On the left side of the room, blue Henri Matisse lithographs derived from the cut-paper original maquettes by Matisse adorn the wall behind a pair of wooden urn knife boxes atop a Studio Superego blue Lucite console. Click here to see more of the space.
-
2/8Photograph by Hulya KolabasBill Miller calls himself a natural born collector, which is evident in his Redding home. “I’m a neoclassicist at heart, which means I’m all about balance and symmetry," Miller says. This symmetry is apparent in the arrangement of the dishes on the walls in the den. An 1820 convex mirror through Lennox Cato visually expands the room.Photograph by Hulya KolabasBill Miller calls himself a natural born collector, which is evident in his Redding home. “I’m a neoclassicist at heart, which means I’m all about balance and symmetry," Miller says. This symmetry is apparent in the arrangement of the dishes on the walls in the den. An 1820 convex mirror through Lennox Cato visually expands the room.
-
3/8Photograph by Hulya KolabasMiller's husband, Paul Landy (creative director of retail for New York’s Neue Galerie), is accustomed to purchasing fine objects and displaying them in ways that get them noticed. A collection of 19th-century plates from Sicily, depicting scenes of ancient Greece, through Stair Galleries, adorn the mantel and a shelf above. Tour the home here.Photograph by Hulya KolabasMiller's husband, Paul Landy (creative director of retail for New York’s Neue Galerie), is accustomed to purchasing fine objects and displaying them in ways that get them noticed. A collection of 19th-century plates from Sicily, depicting scenes of ancient Greece, through Stair Galleries, adorn the mantel and a shelf above. Tour the home here.
-
4/8Photograph by Tria GiovanIn the Sag Harbor home of fashion aesthete and bon vivant, Wayne Mahler, a kitchen renovation was the most recent project. Black lacquered Ikea cabinets, 1840s transferware plates, a Jacobean Revival chair, and a Victorian mourning picture make the perfect backdrop for Mahler's cat, King Henry, to lounge.Photograph by Tria GiovanIn the Sag Harbor home of fashion aesthete and bon vivant, Wayne Mahler, a kitchen renovation was the most recent project. Black lacquered Ikea cabinets, 1840s transferware plates, a Jacobean Revival chair, and a Victorian mourning picture make the perfect backdrop for Mahler's cat, King Henry, to lounge.
-
5/8Photography by Ellen McDermottA giltwood chandelier delivers a dose of Americana, while white plates designed by Nan Swid and Addie Powell for Calvin Klein pop against a red background inside two Regency bookcases. French crackle-glazed urns on cyprus brackets flank a painted mirror with gold-leaf detail. A French fruitwood-frame sofa is paired with a midcentury coffee table and a wooden Brancusi-style side table. See more of the Erick Espinoza-designed space here.Photography by Ellen McDermottA giltwood chandelier delivers a dose of Americana, while white plates designed by Nan Swid and Addie Powell for Calvin Klein pop against a red background inside two Regency bookcases. French crackle-glazed urns on cyprus brackets flank a painted mirror with gold-leaf detail. A French fruitwood-frame sofa is paired with a midcentury coffee table and a wooden Brancusi-style side table. See more of the Erick Espinoza-designed space here.
-
6/8Photograph by Read McKendreeAt this Rye home, the client and the design team found common ground in a passion for antiques. “She really appreciates beautiful American and European antiques,” Lauren McGrath says of the client. “I learned quickly that antiques stand out most in a house,” says the homeowner. “I didn’t have a ton of experience shopping for them, but given supply-chain delays and the fact that people want to make their homes feel bespoke and one-of-a-kind, they’ve become popular again.”Photograph by Read McKendreeAt this Rye home, the client and the design team found common ground in a passion for antiques. “She really appreciates beautiful American and European antiques,” Lauren McGrath says of the client. “I learned quickly that antiques stand out most in a house,” says the homeowner. “I didn’t have a ton of experience shopping for them, but given supply-chain delays and the fact that people want to make their homes feel bespoke and one-of-a-kind, they’ve become popular again.”
-
7/8Photography by Caryn B. DavisIn a mid-18th-century house in Lyme situated directly on the Connecticut River, the dining room features dishes above and below the light fixtures. Designer Cathy Kincaid used a fabric from Bennison Fabrics on chairs at the table, which is complemented by a striped Elizabeth Eakins rug and Sister Parish draperies.Photography by Caryn B. DavisIn a mid-18th-century house in Lyme situated directly on the Connecticut River, the dining room features dishes above and below the light fixtures. Designer Cathy Kincaid used a fabric from Bennison Fabrics on chairs at the table, which is complemented by a striped Elizabeth Eakins rug and Sister Parish draperies.
-
8/8Photographs by Ellen McDermottThe blue-and-white transferware in the home of two lifelong collectors is both decorative and practical. Giant pitchers, sinuous vases, and shallow urns function as much as sculpture as they do useful household items. A pair of Bertoia metal chairs from Knoll are set at an island adorned with a large 19th-century, blue-and-white Chinese export pitcher and a pair of carved wooden parrots.Photographs by Ellen McDermottThe blue-and-white transferware in the home of two lifelong collectors is both decorative and practical. Giant pitchers, sinuous vases, and shallow urns function as much as sculpture as they do useful household items. A pair of Bertoia metal chairs from Knoll are set at an island adorned with a large 19th-century, blue-and-white Chinese export pitcher and a pair of carved wooden parrots.
