More is more; Tony Duquette

I found a book I want the other day. It's a book about Tony Duquette. I've never heard about him before I found some pictures on Pinterest. He was an American designer that lived and worked in LA. He designed costumes and settings for movies, interiors, jewellery and special furnishing. He also created interiors for numerous night clubs, public places and private properties. He loved richness, drama, ornament and individuality. His house in Beverly Hills, "Dawnridge" is now a museum. He began to build it in 1949 together with his wife Elisabeth and worked on it for the rest of his life. They created a home that was grandiose and overstated with gilded lilies, leopard patterns, rock crystals and endless rococo paintings. Each space was a pastiche of Duquette's passions: Chinoiserie, gold-leafed trays, Louis XV chairs and Japanese brocades. Judging by the pictures it looks beyond words! It has that special combination of colors and crazy objects that only an eccentric still genius person can put together. I really would like to go there and see it in reality, but in the meantime I'm going to buy the book for my self as a Christmas gift!

The Green dining room
Picture: http://knightmovesblog.blogspot.se
/2011/03/day-in-tony-duquettes-world.html

The Green dining room
Picture: http://tartanscot.blogspot.se/
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The Green dining room, I love the pink bird cage!
Picture: http://loveisspeed.blogspot.se
/2012/01/best-of-best-tony-duquette.html

Lovely painted drawer
Picture: http://virginiasite.wordpress.com

The drawing room
Picture: http://www.lonny.com/photos/
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Animal stairs
Picture: http://carterandcompanyinteriordesign.
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The guest bedroom, who would not want
a crocodile at the foot of the bed?
Picture: http://tonyduquette.com/images/
DAWNRIDGE/055DawnridgeBedroom2.jpg

Close up on some of the decorations at the dining table
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.ca
/2012/12/more-malachite-and-gorgeous-green.html

Detail of a folding screen
Picture: http://www.lonny.com/photos/
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Living area
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Bedroom
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Details in bedroom
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Living area
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Day beed
Picture:http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

The garden
Picture: http://www.lonny.com/photos/
Landscaping

The front yard
Picture: http://philipsgardenblog.com/
2008/04/26/the-gardens-of-tony-duquette/

The entrance
Picture: http://thecoincidentaldandy.
blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/
no-one-does-it-better-tony-duquette.html

Tony and Elisabeth Duquette
Picture: http://www.houseofhackney.com

The book about Tony Duquette's work by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson
Picture: http://tonyduquette.com/book.htm

This book, also by Hutton Wilkinson is about the
design philosophy and the creative process of Tony Duquette
Picture: http://tonyduquette.com/book.htm