Incollect Magazine - Issue 9

56 www.incollect.com Cullman & Kravis: Interiors by Ellie Cullman, Lee Cavanaugh, Sarah Ramsey and Alyssa Urban, with Judith Nasatir © 2024 Cullman and Kravis and Rizzoli International, Inc. rizzoliusa.com and Amazon GILDED AGE RESIDENCE MEDIA ROOM A media room with walls lacquered in the clients’ favorite sapphire blue drenches the room in color and creates a dramatic backdrop for elements that sparkle and shine. A blue velvet sofa repeats the bold color statement in a softer texture, the same, but a quite different effect. The custom rug based on a Chinese design is a balanced expression of traditional and contemporary. A coffee table in parchment and lacquer contributes lustrous glamour, the bubble glass bead chandelier glitters and a polished brass table lamp with stacked lucite disks shines. The French club chairs are vintage. The large artwork is by French photographer Jean-François Rauzier, who assembles trompe l’oeil “hyper-photo” photomontages of some of the world’s most recognizable architecture, here, the Orsay Museum in Paris. Using hundreds of images, he creates surreal scenes that challenge perception and imagination. The smaller work is by American abstract expressionist painter Michael Goldberg, circa 1960. Photo by Eric Piasecki.