Stephen Calloway in 'English Style'

      I was flicking through 'English Style' by Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff  the other day, and I was left wondering who created the interior below - the text contains no name, but the owner is described as 'a curator at the V&A'.  I was considering if it was the work of Sir Roy Strong - who rarely, if ever, appears in books such as this - when suddenly I had one of those light bulb moments and thought of the historian and curator Stephen Calloway, and whose flat I have posted about here.  Well, sure enough, a quick comparison of images from the original House & Gardens article and these below revealed furniture and other items in common.  It may therefore be safe to assume that these highly sophisticated interiors share the same owner, and is indeed Stephen Calloway.  Whoever the owner, I find these rooms immensely satisfying.  But what of the relationship between both interiors in time?

Stephen Calloway in House and Garden

     Just sorting through some old papers and I found these pages torn from an edition of 'House and Garden' from sometime in the early/mid 80s - when Robert Harling was editor. The interior featured is the then London flat of Stephen Calloway.
     Calloway is a wonderfully eccentric character - art historian, author, broadcaster, aesthete & dandy.  Between 1974 and 2013 he was a curator at the V&A; for part of that time he was assistant to the great Sir Roy Strong then Director of the museum.  Although I admire the bold use of colour, I think the most successful space, over all, is the bedroom. (I also like the kitchen, but the image is too small to get a proper feel for the space.)  I particularly like the faux paneling.  More of that please.  The fabric used on the bed hangings is by Timney Fowler rather than Fornasetti.