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"Discoveries by Designers\nArchitectural Digest's Editors Present Designers' Sources\n\"The shop has two directions\u2014Napoleon III and 1940s European furniture,\" says Jerry Barnard, who owns 145 Antiques with Jim Gurski. At its new Flatiron location in New York, period furniture, accessories and lighting mix well with the Re-editions line, a collection of their own furniture designs. \"It includes everything from club chairs to custom metal consoles in finishes ranging from butler's silver to gold leaf,\" notes Mariette Himes Gomez. \"What makes shopping at 145 such a pleasure is certainly its two proprietors, who are so gracious and accommodating.\"\n\nThe Emma slipper chair from the Re-editions line;\n\na 1950s Spanish giltmetal mirror\nDavid Linley's new London shop inhabits a 1955 Erno Goldfinger\u00F1designed building, a modern structure in keeping with the spirit of the 18th-century street. Linley's restoration incorporates Goldfinger's signature spiral staircase.\n\nThe two-level store adopts an apartment-style retail environment that creates a natural space for Linley's furniture, lighting and accessories, including a shagreen box with silver details.\nAs far as I know, Van den Akker Antiques is the first shop to move from Hudson to Manhattan,\" says Harry Schnaper (seated with owners Ray Raymakers and Rob Copley).\n\nNamed after Raymakers's mother's family, the shop features furniture from the first half of the 20th century, such as a circa 1948 walnut cabinet by Italian designer Paolo Buffa. \"We find pieces that we feel are on the cutting edge of interior design,\" says Copley.\n\nA wrought iron\u00F1based French Art D\u00E9co occasional table\n\"The window display caught my eye immediately,\" Kathy Merrill (with co-owner Marc Kobayashi) says of Brown-Kobayashi on Maui.\n\nThe shop carries rarities like a pair of carved camphor-wood dragon fish, circa 1820.\nHoused in a former electric plant in Chicago, Revival is sending currents through the design community. Mark Steinke's shop is filled with architectural artifacts for the home and garden, such as a 19th-century carved wood capital. Treasures from the 18th century to the 1970s caught the eye of Mitchell Turnbough.\nJoss Graham Oriental Textiles weaves an anthropological tale of Joss Graham's travels through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia and Africa. A circa 1920 Phulkari wedding shawl from West Punjab, Pakistan, and other fabrics from the past create a visual voyage. \"To go there is to succumb to wanderlust,\" says John Stefanidis. \"His textiles are so seductive, I never go away empty-handed.\"\nLargely known for the restoration of significant historic buildings, among them the palace of Versailles, M.E. Dupont draws on historical expertise to reproduce antique furniture and lighting. Using traditional 18th-century techniques such as ormolu, where cast bronze is gilded by the mercury process, the hand-chiseled and -burnished details of the reproduction often rival those of the original. Marc Charbonnet says, \"Their craftsmanship is superior to anything I have encountered in my entire career.\"\n\"The real story is our finishes,\" Bob Winston says of the furniture designed by his partner, John David Hunter, for their shop, The Tulip Tree Collection. From a distressed French Canadian sideboard to a modernist metal-and-wood tray table, their reproductions and original lighting make them a hit withNina Campbell."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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