Great Like Gatsby

Newsweek, October, 2006 by Jessica Au

You don't have to live in West Egg to flash that Gatsby look. This season furniture designers are reviving designs from the 1920s and '30s--the Gatsby era--with a modern feel, defined grandly by lacquered wood, gold leaf and oversize mirrors, or subtly, by black-and-white patterns and mother-of-pearl.

The most opulent designs come from California-based Kreiss. The Gatsby Chair and 1/2, made from polished mahogany and cream wool, makes a larger-than-life statement ($3,300). So do its hand-carved rosewood dining chairs ($2,140 each; kreiss.com ). The glitter of 1920s Hollywood is reflected in new collections of mirrored furniture. The White Company's new Halston offers a mirrored dressing table, stool, bedside table and chest of drawers ($176-$1,475; thewhitecompany.com )....

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