#red lacquer

The rich lacquer red of the staircase hall acts as a beautiful foil both to the eighteenth-century plasterwork and to the selection of family portraits ranged in the hall itself, up the stairs and between half columns on the landing. Sometimes used for buffet meals, shooting lunches and children's parties, the hall also houses a much-used pianola beneath the stairs.

Double moon flask

Blue and white porcelain with a lately added carved red lacquer

China 

De la Fresnaye’s Eve evokes archetypal serenity in the Living Room. Paintings are by Robert Delauney (left) and Paul Serusier.