Alexandra Von Furstenberg's designs. From top left: Bloomin' Vase, Gem Box, Candy Bowls
I am putting one—or maybe all of these—on my Christmas wish list.
I had known that Alexandra Von Furstenberg started designing furniture but it was not until I chanced upon Style.com‘s hostess gifts story that I learned that she makes these stylish accessories from acrylic. I especially love the Charm Candy Bowls which according to AVF’s online store is their most popular. I am eyeing the orange or the green which would go well on my coffee table. I am also fawning over the Bloomin’ Vases and Gem Boxes. What I like most about AVF’s designs is that they are modern but still elegant. They can look well in a minimalist contemporary home or in a more traditional setting. I also like the use of color, it gives them a dash of playfulness.
Her furniture designs are also made of acrylic.
Napkin rings
Treasure oxes
AVF is one-third of the famous Miller sisters of Hong Kong via New York, and heiresses to the Duty Free empire. They became international sensations because of their high profile marriages. AVF married (and later divorced) Prince Alexandre Von Furstenberg, Diane Von Furstenberg‘s son. Her older sisters married into royalty as well. Marie Chantal married Prince Pavlos of Greece becoming Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark in the process. Pia married (and divorced) Christopher Getty, heir to the Getty fortune and America’s answer to royalty.
All three sister’s are on the cover of the Assouline book High Society wearing couture frocks and in various states of repose recalling the canvases of society portraitist John Singer Sargent. The image was photographed by David Seidner. You can view the cover of the book below and Sargent’s work which was an inspiration for the Miller sisters sitting.
The Miller sisters on the cover of High Society by Nick Foulkes. AVF is on the right
The Wyndhams by John Singer Sargent
The Wyndham sisters, Mrs Madeline Adeane, Lady Pamela Glenconner and Lady Mary Elcho, as immortalized by John Singer Sargent in 1899. The work is on view at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
