wallpaper Archives - Glenn Gissler Design

An Arranged Marriage

Porter Teleo Wallpaper on the ceiling paired with a Charles Spada Rock Crystal Chandelier

“Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room”. -Albert Hadley

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A few years ago, when I was in the beginning stages of a design for a townhouse in Greenwich Village, the sales rep from Savel Inc. NYC showed us an outrageous rock crystal and bronze chandelier, made by Charles Spada; not necessarily thinking that we would purchase one, but just to share something really special. We flipped over it and soon thereafter our clients agreed to purchase it…

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RISD Museum Presents “Making It in America”

Art, Design

David Williams, American (Newport, Rhode Island), 1769-1823

Patent Timepiece ca. 1815-1820, Mahogany, pine, paint, glass, and brass

Museum purchase; Bequest of Eliza Taft

Attributed to workshop of John & Thomas Seymour, American,

1738-ca 1818 and 1771-1848

Lady’s Writing Desk, 1795-1800, Mahogany, pine, light & dark wood inlays,

ivory, brass & enamel hardware, Estate of Martha B. Lisle

“Arabesque Pigeons”, Adelphi Paper Hangings

Wood block printed wallpaper – contemporary recreation of a historic wallpaper by Adelphi

For “Making It in America”, curators at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum selected artwork, furniture and objects from their collection, and with the collaboration of New York decorator Thomas Jayne, created a wonderful exhibition that illuminates connections between American ambitions and the making of art.