The Art of Design Issue 46 2020 | Page 53

53 The remaining bedrooms make clear references to their impressive surroundings. The second bedroom features a pale-grey headboard and a hand-embroidered artwork, inspired by ripples of water. Once again, to offset the high amount of natural light in the duplex, rich and dark colours are used to create intimacy, with striking curtains here in navy blue with a burnt orange trim. The third bedroom features a headboard with herringbone fabric cushions attached with leather straps. In keeping with a natural colour palette, the room features shades of brown and tan, including a tan leather armchair. A single large piece of art takes the form of a black and white image of the London skyline, whilst objets d’art line a series of glass display shelves. Keeping with the London architectural theme, each of the duplexes of the development is named after an architect of a major London landmark building - in this case ‘The Vertue’, after William Vertue, a 16th century architect who worked on the Tower of London and Henry VIII’s Chapel at Westminster Abbey.