Modern Declaration`s Daun Curry turns up the volume at a duplex

Modern Declaration`s Daun Curry turns up the volume at a duplex

A New Spin
on It
Sky Nellor, seated on an Eames La Chaise chair, with Daun Curry
of the New York–based design firm Modern Declaration. Kieran
Kinsela wood tables. Painting from Flair Home.
Modern Declaration’s Daun Curry
turns up the volume at a duplex Chelsea loft
owned by DJ and model Sky Nellor
BY DAISY PRINCE
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White Gus chaises anchor
the living room. Curry found
the three vintage lucite
tables at Venfield. The Rug
Company wool and silk rug.
Custom pillows from Flair
Home. Pendant chandelier
from Lighting by Gregory.
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Left: Vintage brass palm tree
lamps from Venfield flank a Pop
Sofa and Tracy coffee table,
both by Kartell. The teal Dana
Barnes looped area rug is from
BDDW. Below: Prints from
several of Nellor’s modeling
campaigns hang in the
bathroom, above the tub and
a Vivienne Westwood British
flag rug. Opposite: The Marison
dining room table is from
Environment by Heather Heron.
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Opposite (left): A 19thcentury French baroque
mirror hangs above a Paratie
bed from Environment by
Heather Heron. Pendant
lighting fixture from Lighting
by Gregory; Dippy Lime area
rug from the Rug Company.
Opposite (right) and above:
Papier-mâché wings dipped
in 24-karat gold flank a 19thcentury French Louis VI stool.
Left: Nellor’s accessories.
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