Patrick Gwynne’s father purchased the delicate antique blue and white
Bristol glass chandelier and although many visitors found it incongruous in
such a modern house, Gwynne always thought it ‘perfect for the situation’.
He was inspired to put it here after seeing a chandelier used in a similar
way in a Le Corbusier house in Paris.
The
abstract mural on the curved wall was drawn in coloured wax crayon on brown
lining paper by an assistant of the artist Peter Thompson, and was originally
intended to be only temporary.