The Reference — Design, Art & Architecture | Scott's Shop
The Secret Colour: Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and t...
When the most celebrated furniture designer of the 20th century turned his attention to the floor, something unexpected happened. Paris, April 1925. The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes...
The Secret Colour: Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and t...
When the most celebrated furniture designer of the 20th century turned his attention to the floor, something unexpected happened. Paris, April 1925. The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes...
What's in a Name
A name on a rug is not decoration. It is not branding in the conventional sense — a borrowed prestige, a cultural veneer applied after the fact. At Scott's Shop,...
What's in a Name
A name on a rug is not decoration. It is not branding in the conventional sense — a borrowed prestige, a cultural veneer applied after the fact. At Scott's Shop,...
The Woman Who Rewrote Rug History
In the London boutique of The Row on New Bond Street, among the most considered retail interiors in the city, a rug sits beneath an ochre sofa as if it...
The Woman Who Rewrote Rug History
In the London boutique of The Row on New Bond Street, among the most considered retail interiors in the city, a rug sits beneath an ochre sofa as if it...
Anton Zwemmer and the Gallery That Kept the Mod...
At 78 Charing Cross Road, Anton Zwemmer built the most important art bookshop in London — and then, around the corner, a gallery that introduced Britain to Dalí, the Surrealists,...
Anton Zwemmer and the Gallery That Kept the Mod...
At 78 Charing Cross Road, Anton Zwemmer built the most important art bookshop in London — and then, around the corner, a gallery that introduced Britain to Dalí, the Surrealists,...
Josef Albers and the Bauhaus: How a Lifetime of...
Josef Albers spent twenty-six years at the Bauhaus and beyond proving that colour is never just itself — it is always the colours around it. The Josef rug is made...
Josef Albers and the Bauhaus: How a Lifetime of...
Josef Albers spent twenty-six years at the Bauhaus and beyond proving that colour is never just itself — it is always the colours around it. The Josef rug is made...
Francis Bacon — Studio at 7 Reece Mews, London
Inside Francis Bacon’s London studio — a layered creative environment reflecting his early interest in furniture, textiles and spatial composition.
Francis Bacon — Studio at 7 Reece Mews, London
Inside Francis Bacon’s London studio — a layered creative environment reflecting his early interest in furniture, textiles and spatial composition.
Pablo Picasso — Guernica
Picasso’s Guernica — a defining masterpiece that reshaped modern art, spatial perception and the cultural language of design.
Pablo Picasso — Guernica
Picasso’s Guernica — a defining masterpiece that reshaped modern art, spatial perception and the cultural language of design.
Maja Hoffmann — Marylebone Interior with Jean R...
An intimate view of Maja Hoffmann’s Marylebone interior, featuring furniture by Jean Royère and Charlotte Perriand, with a sculptural lamp by Franz West — captured through the lens of François...
Maja Hoffmann — Marylebone Interior with Jean R...
An intimate view of Maja Hoffmann’s Marylebone interior, featuring furniture by Jean Royère and Charlotte Perriand, with a sculptural lamp by Franz West — captured through the lens of François...
Hubert Gerhard — Mercury Bronze Sculpture, c.1600
Hubert Gerhard’s bronze Mercury, likely cast in Munich around 1600–1610, reflects the dynamic elegance of late Renaissance sculpture inspired by Giambologna.
Hubert Gerhard — Mercury Bronze Sculpture, c.1600
Hubert Gerhard’s bronze Mercury, likely cast in Munich around 1600–1610, reflects the dynamic elegance of late Renaissance sculpture inspired by Giambologna.
Marion Dorn — Rug Design for Claridge’s Hotel
Marion Dorn rug designs at Claridge’s Hotel — a landmark example of Art Deco carpets shaping the architecture of a modern interior.
Marion Dorn — Rug Design for Claridge’s Hotel
Marion Dorn rug designs at Claridge’s Hotel — a landmark example of Art Deco carpets shaping the architecture of a modern interior.
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann — Art Deco Rug Design
An Art Deco rug design attributed to Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, demonstrating the geometric elegance and architectural clarity of interwar decorative carpets.
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann — Art Deco Rug Design
An Art Deco rug design attributed to Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, demonstrating the geometric elegance and architectural clarity of interwar decorative carpets.
Puiforcat — Sterling Silver Soup Tureen, 1936
A sterling silver soup tureen by Puiforcat, 1936 — an elegant expression of French Art Deco silversmithing crowned with a jade finial.
Puiforcat — Sterling Silver Soup Tureen, 1936
A sterling silver soup tureen by Puiforcat, 1936 — an elegant expression of French Art Deco silversmithing crowned with a jade finial.
Jean Prouvé Ceiling Light — London Interior
Jean Prouvé ceiling lighting installed in Maja Hoffmann’s London home by India Mahdavi — a study in industrial modernism and atmospheric interior design.
Jean Prouvé Ceiling Light — London Interior
Jean Prouvé ceiling lighting installed in Maja Hoffmann’s London home by India Mahdavi — a study in industrial modernism and atmospheric interior design.
Paul Manship — Diana and a Hound, 1925
Paul Manship’s Diana and a Hound (1925) captures the elegance and dynamism of the Art Deco period through stylised bronze sculpture and mythological form.
Paul Manship — Diana and a Hound, 1925
Paul Manship’s Diana and a Hound (1925) captures the elegance and dynamism of the Art Deco period through stylised bronze sculpture and mythological form.
Alvar Aalto — Savoy Vase
Alvar Aalto’s Savoy Vase (1936) is one of the defining objects of modern Scandinavian design, celebrated for its fluid organic form and sculptural simplicity.
Alvar Aalto — Savoy Vase
Alvar Aalto’s Savoy Vase (1936) is one of the defining objects of modern Scandinavian design, celebrated for its fluid organic form and sculptural simplicity.
Ezra Stoller — Seagram Building
Ezra Stoller’s photography of the Seagram Building captured the clarity and monumentality of modernist architecture, shaping how twentieth-century buildings were visually understood.
Ezra Stoller — Seagram Building
Ezra Stoller’s photography of the Seagram Building captured the clarity and monumentality of modernist architecture, shaping how twentieth-century buildings were visually understood.