Decorator Alan Tanksley Takes Us Inside His Chelsea Headquarters
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1/8Decorator Alan Tanksley sits at his Paul M. Jones glass desk, ready for a new day; behind him is a painting by New York artist Annette Davidek. “I’m happy to have an office space that’s calm and quiet,” he says. “It’s an unexpected respite.”Decorator Alan Tanksley sits at his Paul M. Jones glass desk, ready for a new day; behind him is a painting by New York artist Annette Davidek. “I’m happy to have an office space that’s calm and quiet,” he says. “It’s an unexpected respite.”
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2/8An avid reader, Tanksley designed the office’s multiple bookshelves.
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3/8A mid-20th-century Italian conference table is surrounded by Aesthetic Movement Egyptian Revival chairs.A mid-20th-century Italian conference table is surrounded by Aesthetic Movement Egyptian Revival chairs.
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4/8A 19th-century American rosewood partners’ desk anchors an artful tableau in the foyer.
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5/8A vintage wallpaper hanger’s table in Tankley’s office holds more books and bibelots. “I’m not a collector of any one thing,” he says. “I use objects as display pedestals.”A vintage wallpaper hanger’s table in Tankley’s office holds more books and bibelots. “I’m not a collector of any one thing,” he says. “I use objects as display pedestals.”
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6/8Storage bins labeled with clients’ names help Tanksley organize his projects; the light fixture is a reproduction by Architects & Heroes Interiors.Storage bins labeled with clients’ names help Tanksley organize his projects; the light fixture is a reproduction by Architects & Heroes Interiors.
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7/8In the entry, a Jeffrey Rothstein photo collage of Andy Warhol hangs above a T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings secretary and vintage Italian floor lamps.In the entry, a Jeffrey Rothstein photo collage of Andy Warhol hangs above a T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings secretary and vintage Italian floor lamps.
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8/8A view of Tanksley’s light-filled Flatiron office space in Henry J. Hardenbergh’s Western Union Telegraph Building, which dates from 1884; Rico Espinet Buster pendants hang overhead.A view of Tanksley’s light-filled Flatiron office space in Henry J. Hardenbergh’s Western Union Telegraph Building, which dates from 1884; Rico Espinet Buster pendants hang overhead.
This article appears in the October 2016 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens).
