<![CDATA[Angela Rose Design: Interiors]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/s/artists-homeshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OiOg!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F33f2fc67-b622-4ace-ac90-47cb9e8439c1_1203x1280.pngAngela Rose Design: Interiorshttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/s/artists-homesSubstackFri, 02 Oct 2026 23:01:34 GMT<![CDATA[Rosa Rolanda ]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/rosa-rolanda-676https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/rosa-rolanda-676Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:59:29 GMTRead Rosa Rolanda Part 1 here.

Rosa in front of the Covarrubias collection of pre-Hispanic art. Diego Rivera’s portrait of her hangs on the wall. Photograph by Donald Cordry, Covarrubias by Adriana Williams

By the mid-1930s, Miguel and Rosa Covarrubias had settled permanently in Tizapán, San Ángel (Mexico City). They renovated the home, adding a large stu…

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]]><![CDATA[Suzy Frelinghuysen and George L.K. Morris ]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/suzy-frelinghuysen-and-george-lkhttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/suzy-frelinghuysen-and-george-lkThu, 23 Apr 2026 12:59:51 GMT
All Images © Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio, Lenox, Massachusetts

Suzy Frelinghuysen was born in 1911 in New Jersey from a long line of clergymen and politicians. She had a privileged upbringing in Elberon. When her father died in 1924, the family moved to Princeton. Though she had no formal training, childhood trips to Europe exposed her to art an…

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]]><![CDATA[Amelia Peláez]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/amelia-pelaezhttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/amelia-pelaezTue, 24 Mar 2026 12:59:10 GMT
Peláez’s studio at La Villa Carmela, Unknown Photographer, Source: Instagram

Amelia Peláez del Casal was born on January 5, 1896 in Yaguajay, to Dr. Manuel Peláez y Laredo and María del Carmen del Casal y Lastra. She was the fifth of eleven siblings. Homeschooled by her mother, a teacher who fostered her early talent for painting, Peláez grew up within C…

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]]><![CDATA[Peggy Guggenheim's Bedroom]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/peggy-guggenheims-bedroomhttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/peggy-guggenheims-bedroomThu, 20 Nov 2025 13:59:38 GMT
Guggenheim’s bedroom at Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Photographer unknown, ELLE Decor (Feb-March 1998)

At the grand opening of Peggy Guggenheim’s New York gallery, entitled Art of This Century, in October 1942, she wore earrings by Yves Tanguy and Alexander Calder. As a great admirer and friend of Calder, Guggenheim owned a collection of his jewelr…

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]]><![CDATA[Celestial]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/celestial-observatoryhttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/celestial-observatoryMon, 10 Nov 2025 13:59:36 GMT
Saturn-shaped lighting fixtures in the Celestial observatory, Chrysler Building: Creating a New York Icon Day by Day by David Stravitz, Colourized by Angela Rose Design

When the Chrysler Building opened in 1930, it unveiled the exclusive Cloud Club, a private dining and lounge experience located on floors 66 to 68. Above the club on the 71st floor was th…

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]]><![CDATA[The Ashcombe House]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/the-ashcombe-househttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/the-ashcombe-houseTue, 15 Apr 2025 12:59:39 GMT
The Circus Bedroom with reproduction bed by Beaudesert © www.beaudesert.co.uk

One of Cecil Beaton's great loves was Ashcombe House, where he lived part-time from 1930 to 1945. Beaton discovered Ashcombe at the age of 26 with sculptor Stephen Tomlin and writer Edith Oliver. The derelict house was originally part of a larger 18th-century manor on over 1,00…

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]]><![CDATA[The Wenzel Hablik Villa]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/the-wenzel-hablik-villahttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/the-wenzel-hablik-villaMon, 07 Apr 2025 12:59:54 GMT
Hablik's Bedroom, Starry Sky Attempt (1909) hangs next to the Star Lamp he designed (approximately 1919) © 2025 Peter Ott © Wenzel-Hablik-Museum and Estate—Colourized by Angela Rose Design

Wenzel Hablik was an artist, architect, and designer who apprenticed as a cabinetmaker in his father's workshop as a youth. In 1902, he began studying painting at the …

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]]><![CDATA[George Hoyningen-Heune and Horst P. Horst ]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/george-hoyningen-heune-and-horsthttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/george-hoyningen-heune-and-horstWed, 26 Mar 2025 12:59:50 GMT
The studio of George Hoyningen-Huene in Paris, 1931 © George Hoyningen-Huene Estate (Colourized by Angela Rose Design)

In the Paris seventh-floor studio of George Hoyningen-Huene, where Horst P. Horst briefly resided, modern and functional furniture designed by their friend Jean-Michel Frank anchors the space. The focal point is a fireplace flanked by tw…

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]]><![CDATA[Casa Polanco ]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/casa-polancohttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/casa-polancoTue, 24 Dec 2024 13:59:52 GMT
Carrington's painting La Maja del Tarot (1965). To the right of this painting was an untitled drawing of Félix by Carrington, "For Maria, Leonora Carrington, March 1963." To the left hung Autorretrato (1949) by Rivera, alongside an untitled painting by Fini. Photographer Unknown © 2024 The María Félix Estate / María Félix Foundation Archive

María Félix a…

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]]><![CDATA[Chez Fini]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/chez-finihttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/chez-finiThu, 14 Nov 2024 13:59:14 GMT
In Leonor Fini's Paris apartment, her works in the study range from Lieu de Naissance, center, to portraits of such friends as Jean Genet, 1986, Photograph by Derry Moore, Architectural Digest

As World War II approached, the Italian-Argentine artist Leonor Fini fled to southwestern France with her friend André Pieyre de Mandiargues. She spent part of the…

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]]><![CDATA[Ruth Asawa]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/ruth-asawahttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/ruth-asawaThu, 31 Oct 2024 12:59:36 GMT
The dining room features a giant sculpture of Asawa's head made for a Macy's display in 1982, by David Livingston, The Telegraph

In 1946, Ruth Asawa enrolled at Black Mountain College, an innovative and experimental liberal arts school in North Carolina. During her time there, she studied under notable figures such as Josef Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Jo…

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]]><![CDATA[Florine Stettheimer]]>https://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/florine-stettheimerhttps://research.angelarosedesign.com/p/florine-stettheimerFri, 25 Oct 2024 13:02:49 GMT
Florine Stettheimer, New York/Liberty, 1918–1919, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (Photo by Angela Rose Design)

Florine Stettheimer was born in 1871 into a wealthy banking family in Rochester, New York. In 1878, the Stettheimers moved to Stuttgart, Germany, where Florine attended elementary school. Shortly afterwards, her father abandoned the fa…

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