thegreatadventure2015 decoration: merchant house

"a group of designers working with modern craft techniques — including Paul Loebach, Kyle Garner of Sit and Read, Louis Lim, Nine Stories Furniture, and Colgate Searle — have infiltrated the house’s time-capsule interior with a beautiful juxtaposition of contemporary objects." <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7249764212_2cc48ed2fe_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7249764212_2cc48ed2fe_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 702px; height: 996px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;">all photography by David John </div> Re·side: verb - "To be inherently present; exist, a state of continuation" The<a href="http://merchantshouse.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Merchant House </a>in NYC on East Fourth Street was built in 1832, and was home to the Tredwells, a wealthy merchant-class family who resided from 1835 to 1933 in the home. The late Federal style exterior and Greek revival interior rooms of the residence have been preserved as a house museum for over 75 years. The home is a National Historic Landmark, and is open to the public. Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov of<a href="http://www.sightunseen.com/"> Sight Unseen,</a> hosted <a href="http://www.nohodesigndistrict.com/">Noho Design District</a> and organized "Modern Craft" asking contemporary designers to "infiltrate the house’s time-capsule interior with a beautiful juxtaposition of contemporary objects." Paul Loebach, Kyle Garner of Sit and Read, Louis Lim, Nine Stories Furniture, and Colgate Searle installed their works on all three levels of the home. As I traveled up the stairs of the home, the floor boards giving into my weight, light reverberating through the window frames onto the newly placed works, I imagined the Tredwells coming into their home 150 years later, viewing these works for the first time. What do these "modern craft" objects say about our present culture? The Merchant House provided space to begin a conversation about these works and their contemporary context. The contemporary and historical works combined with the light of late afternoon, reminded me of a melody, a song of sorts: "Disappearing Objects" by composer Christian Kleine. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALS84psmus" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> Take a moment, listen here.</a> Kyle Garner's (of Sit and Read in Brooklyn) elegant chair, an overdyed faded green into yellow sling chair constructed with a Persian rug was a painting onto itself, simply supported by a wire frame. In another room, Louis Lim's Star Knot, made of knotty pine plywood, maple, and solid paine end grain, rested silently, twisted by the window, in complete synergy with the nearly 200 year old floor planks, and the frame of the bed. The Merchant House has recently been threatened with towering new development.<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/commissioner-robert-b-tierney-tell-landmarks-to-reject-proposal-for-9-story-hotel-at-27-east-4th-st"> Please sign the petition here to help preserve this historical landmark, so that it does not disappear.</a>- David John <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7249671532_594fa16fdd_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7249671532_594fa16fdd_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 670px; height: 911px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"> Louis Lim, Star Knot: "a playful sculptural object, but soon reveals itself to be a storage unit with retractable drawers." </div> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7249673270_5f9b62db41_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7249673270_5f9b62db41_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 650px; height: 992px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"> original furnishings of the Merchant House </div> <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7249676808_d47dac3c3f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/7249676808_d47dac3c3f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 992px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7249672530_2d80e4576e_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7249672530_2d80e4576e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 670px; height: 987px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;">Kyle Garner's sling chair, 2012 </div><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7249675752_5fc45623b1_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7249675752_5fc45623b1_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 650px; height: 974px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;">the servant's quarters, on the fourth floor of the home. white, torn sheets draped over items. skylight above. </div> <a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7249674252_f40d0dfcdb_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7249674252_f40d0dfcdb_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 661px; height: 992px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://merchantshouse.org/"> </a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://merchantshouse.org/">More information on the Merchant House.</a> More events from <a href="http://www.nohodesigndistrict.com/events/">NOHO Next 2012</a> </div></div> .....

Modern Craft : Merchant House NYC

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