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P
ower duo Pierce & Ward—Louisa Pierce of Nashville and Emily
Ward of Los Angeles—have attained cult status on par with the
luminaries that populate their client list, from actresses Kate
Hudson and Dakota Johnson, to supermodel Karen Elson, to rockers
Kings of Leon. With their appeal to highly aesthetic circles firm, the
designers have put their singular imprint on a lush new tome.
Coming less than a decade after they launched their fashionable
practice, A Tale of Interiors is based on Pierce & Ward's idea that
every home tells a story. In this case that story is visually rich and
born from a kinship between like-minded aesthetes. Creatives with no
formal training, mind you, but rather a mutual mastery for fabricating
fantasy and tempered decadence. Teeming with photographs
of the designers' most defining
spaces, the book is, like one of their
evocative environments, artful and
inspired, featuring an imaginative
medley of patterns, textures, art and
objects—rosary beads draped on
lampshades, brass statuary nesting
on vintage tables, provocative
art pieces, and timeworn textiles.
Paired with Pierce & Ward's original
insights, A Tale of Interiors is more
than a beautiful design book, it's an
homage to beauty itself, and to the
art of a more maximal point of view.
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(CLOCKWISE
FROM LEFT) A
LAYERED MIX OF
MODERN AND
VINTAGE IS A
SIGNATURE OF
THE PIERCE &
WARD AESTHETIC;
LOUISA PIERCE
AND EMILY
WARD; A LARGE
CHANDELIER
IS USED AS AN
ELEMENT OF
GLAMOUR AND
DRAMA; A BOLD
WALLPAPER MOTIF
HIGHLIGHTS A
RICHLY TEXTURED
ALCOVE; A TALE OF
INTERIORS.
A Tale of Interiors illustrates the
decadent and expressive interiors of
designers Pierce & Ward.
Narrative Magic
The book is,
like one of
their evocative
environments,
artful and
inspired.
PHOTOGRAPHS:
COURTESY
OF
A
TALE
OF
INTERIORS
BY
LOUISA
PIERCE
AND
EMILY
WARD,
©
RIZZOLI
NEW
YORK,
2020
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