Passage to Venice
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"It has a Mediterranean feel," Stephen Shadley says of the Washington, D.C., house whose interiors he designed with his associate Kelley Jackson Garcia. Anthony S. Barnes was the architect.
The entrance.
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A Marvin Alexander chandelier is in the entrance hall.
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"It's a grand space," Shadley says of the dining room. "The furnishings are lavish and dramatic," adds Jackson Garcia. A Venetian chandelier hangs above a Regency table. The Italian mirrors are circa 1850. Chairs, Kentshire Galleries. Old World Weavers drapery silks.
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The sunroom "is a lovely place to hide away," says Shadley. English club chairs flank a circa 1770 Chinese cabinet-on-stand. The circa 1920 inlaid low tables are from Syria. Tole lantern, Yale R. Burge. Old World Weavers bench fabric; Houlès trim. Rug, Beauvais.
"The owners asked for a cozy house with a European influence," says the architect. "We looked at books on Tuscany and the Côte d'Azure for early inspiration."
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The family room. An Amy Perlin Antiques painted table and chair are near a 16th-century Italian torchère.
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"A single chandelier precipitated the owners' fascination with Venetian antiques," says Shadley. "A trip to Venice brought an ornate Italian influence to the project."
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A portrait attributed to Thomas Gainsborough dominates a wall. Flanking it are two 1940s beaded sconces from Newel Art Galleries. Circa 1940 bronze-and-red-lacquered tables, from Lee Calicchio, are near a chesterfield covered in Edelman leather.
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The circa 1900 Japanese screen "pushed the master bedroom in a chinoiserie direction," Shadley says. The verre églomisé commodes are from Newel Art Galleries. Floral fabric from Scalamandré. Clarence House striped pillow and bed-skirt fabric and shade trim.
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"The palette is soft and pale," says Jackson Garcia. A 19th-century Italian mirror is above an English cabinet. Topping it are circa 1940 pierced-porcelain lamps. Shadley and Jackson Garcia designed the chaise longue. David Duncan Antiques floor lamp. Rug, Beauvais.
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"The glazed-wood paneling gives the library an English sensibility," notes Shadley. A Louis XV gilt mirror is above the mantel. The armchairs were reupholstered with a circa 1800 Flemish tapestry. A Kentshire Galleries tray table rests on the circa 1885 Persian rug.