An Extra Hand Around the House

<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I admire everything that is useless, frivolous and whimsical. . . . I do not agree with the dictum that houses are supposed to be ‘machines to live in’. For me, the house and it’s [sic] objects is supposed to be some crazy place that make [sic] you laugh.”<o:p></o:p></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Quote from <a href="http://www.pedrofriedeberg.com/" target="_blank">Pedro Friedeberg</a>, creator of the “Hand” chair</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JYMfGJ3viYr72b5fiwoYnNsHfUWBpEIWVXOAzOdJBgk9LkCf1VgmliRvk3vkk6XbZz5vMAQsBoVGOx4cxC2dZ24C9qiwca08W9ELjnejWDP_74XUwDMYNLzU6BIp6dsDoFA_ap9CSDA/s1600/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-05%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JYMfGJ3viYr72b5fiwoYnNsHfUWBpEIWVXOAzOdJBgk9LkCf1VgmliRvk3vkk6XbZz5vMAQsBoVGOx4cxC2dZ24C9qiwca08W9ELjnejWDP_74XUwDMYNLzU6BIp6dsDoFA_ap9CSDA/s640/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-05%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pedro Friedeberg Hand chair in "chamber of curiosities" in the</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Antonio, Texas home of designer Gwynn Griffith.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by William Waldron.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (September 2011).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBq3OnUpMPeZhh2culd7FRSAFtX-G8aYRntnYdrzZ42GvQ3CCGCLbaLdAND4saZZzYaPZVr2vsWw7MQDvpsAt2X0QW9uGS1TAhwmYz4-o8RrWW3smqDN50dvN2sRfXY7ftv3zM312Q6M/s1600/06Ashley-Stark%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBq3OnUpMPeZhh2culd7FRSAFtX-G8aYRntnYdrzZ42GvQ3CCGCLbaLdAND4saZZzYaPZVr2vsWw7MQDvpsAt2X0QW9uGS1TAhwmYz4-o8RrWW3smqDN50dvN2sRfXY7ftv3zM312Q6M/s640/06Ashley-Stark%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vintage "Hand" chairs.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Ashley Stark, creative director of Stark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (December 2011).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFPqGBCbKXUNBV-oDHig4edBVuhwBib93ee1Dj-M8WZA4IjxaTD6P7NwSLV-nZzk0W_VaJM8Bd61cAvajhM-C3678octDpMo2A5nI6rV1Gs9aBRB0f58I4QxnHFwX2Pqrkv6HfPirA6k/s1600/decorating-with-pink-06%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFPqGBCbKXUNBV-oDHig4edBVuhwBib93ee1Dj-M8WZA4IjxaTD6P7NwSLV-nZzk0W_VaJM8Bd61cAvajhM-C3678octDpMo2A5nI6rV1Gs9aBRB0f58I4QxnHFwX2Pqrkv6HfPirA6k/s640/decorating-with-pink-06%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home office of designer Kelly Wearstler.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim14dux-1cpLy_17hUb_jfwd08OjYoJdkYCwBkry73ZR5FggiytfUXKQ7YlZP-DOJjXtayX4hyphenhyphen2foO9aAB9kJ_e-nBs56cb_s96nnSQGJW1G5raIJsp7_0VSMOg-qk0bvSVq694jVTsfs/s1600/BlogPedroFriedebergHandChairElleDecorNovember2011+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim14dux-1cpLy_17hUb_jfwd08OjYoJdkYCwBkry73ZR5FggiytfUXKQ7YlZP-DOJjXtayX4hyphenhyphen2foO9aAB9kJ_e-nBs56cb_s96nnSQGJW1G5raIJsp7_0VSMOg-qk0bvSVq694jVTsfs/s640/BlogPedroFriedebergHandChairElleDecorNovember2011+(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pedro Friedeberg Hand chair from the 1980s.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Manhattan apartment designed by Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by William Waldron.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4Qjqoc4q1I7xJ_SdPJGKcJptNiHZZqpPu-I1EnGlkhYeV15Q-N9eGTudnt_Hh-v8t7BfL38vwB33S5K_mhDqG0xwZ3qu6wl1dm_hURivEOP5BjS592PEUgG6D4v6aaXATzI1m4rjGV0/s1600/for_the_fun_of_it_01%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4Qjqoc4q1I7xJ_SdPJGKcJptNiHZZqpPu-I1EnGlkhYeV15Q-N9eGTudnt_Hh-v8t7BfL38vwB33S5K_mhDqG0xwZ3qu6wl1dm_hURivEOP5BjS592PEUgG6D4v6aaXATzI1m4rjGV0/s640/for_the_fun_of_it_01%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palm Beach home of Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Metropolitan Home.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM85-jHMKFMp8Aq52KBSVNqdPKfCxvrl6-sr_MJD-gyccOaa1TD5LVC0fAyj6H3jnadu9JONJoee03VKC6neqRzEaPkku5DU9VuhJ0i4a0hgJsc2z0eUHdLVfaJFeKQmIXXPl0s__dCU8/s1600/hbx-well-lillian-designer-visions-living-room-silver-hand-chair-pattern-couch-112011-21GRl3-mdn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM85-jHMKFMp8Aq52KBSVNqdPKfCxvrl6-sr_MJD-gyccOaa1TD5LVC0fAyj6H3jnadu9JONJoee03VKC6neqRzEaPkku5DU9VuhJ0i4a0hgJsc2z0eUHdLVfaJFeKQmIXXPl0s__dCU8/s640/hbx-well-lillian-designer-visions-living-room-silver-hand-chair-pattern-couch-112011-21GRl3-mdn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pedro Friedeberg Hand chair provides "shine".</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Heather Moore for Jed Johnson Associates.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (November 2011).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLtJklB3gQywQJzHD3rDrctH_-uNsN50I9K5mJ0-etA1qKV_KAJb6Mhv9ydEc-NO-hqxsfrGfRRFUpC0OhslTFEOEjXLtSGEMu3sHeDhRIainuzPYT4VHoiF7Z3_Oajmzd-SNi5Thafg/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.07_small_wonder%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLtJklB3gQywQJzHD3rDrctH_-uNsN50I9K5mJ0-etA1qKV_KAJb6Mhv9ydEc-NO-hqxsfrGfRRFUpC0OhslTFEOEjXLtSGEMu3sHeDhRIainuzPYT4VHoiF7Z3_Oajmzd-SNi5Thafg/s640/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.07_small_wonder%5B1%5D.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A gilt hand sculpture by Pedro Friedeberg.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Manhattan pied-<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span></span>-terre of designer Todd Alexander Romano.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (February 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; 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An Extra Hand Around the House

“I admire everything that is useless, frivolous and whimsical. . . . I do not agree with the dictum that houses are supposed to be ‘machines...

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