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Reviving a Victorian Home

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Photographer: Simon Upton
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Photographer: Simon Upton
In the San Francisco living room of interior designer Courtnay Daniels Haden, Raincoat by is displayed with an 18th-century cocktail table. An antique French chair (center) and an armchair Haden inherited from her mother are upholstered in a silk taffeta from Claremont and a rayon-silk from , respectively; the wall color is Poppy Pods by .
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The bay window’s bamboo blinds are by , and the sofa is upholstered in Puissance fabric by Rogers & Goffigon.
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The living room features an 18th-century Chinese cocktail table, an ebonized Regency gilt mirror, and built-in shelves fitted with brass lights by Thomas O’Brien for ; a silhouette by Kara Walker hangs above the sofa, which is covered in a linen velvet by .
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Haden at home; the mixed-media artwork is by .
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In the office, a 19th-century English library chair (right) upholstered in a suede and a Tibetan jute rug from ; the framed drawing is by .
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The antique Dutch chairs in the dining room were purchased at Christie’s, and the tablecloth is made of a linen; the drawing on the mantel is by Tracey Emin, the mirror is 1920s American, and the coral fans are antique.
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Reviving a Victorian Home
In the kitchen, 19th-century American carousel fragments are displayed in the cabinets; the vent hood is by .
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In the master bedroom, the two Victorian slipper chairs are upholstered in a fabric Haden salvaged from the walls of her mother’s old bedroom; an antique Swedish bench serves as an ottoman, and the television is by .
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Reviving a Victorian Home
Drawings by Tracey Emin flank a custom-made headboard upholstered in a cotton in the master bedroom; the bedside tables are copies of antique plant stands, the 17th-century bench is Chinese, and the Tibetan jute rug is from .
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The antique bed in Bennett’s room is upholstered in a linen and dressed in bedding by ; the hanging lamp is by Thomas O’Brien for , and the bird prints are from .
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The front hall’s wallpaper is by .
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The limestone finials in the garden, which was designed by landscape architect , are by .
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This article was featured in the January/February 2010 issue.

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