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    Showcased at Jewelry, Art & Antique Show

    Perspective plays a major role in producing true perceptions — a fact that organizers of the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show know well.

    Toward that end, Palm Beach Show Group’s CEO Scott Diament and the American Red Cross have produced their annual Designer Showcase, featuring six room vignettes created by interior designers using items available from vendors in the show. The show is open to the public Saturday through Tuesday at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, with a by-special-ticket-only preview tonight.

    Visitors will have the opportunity to view and purchase fine art from across the broad spectrum of styles that include old master, German expressionist, 18th- and 19th-century European, American Regionalist, modern and contemporary. They also will have the opportunity to browse collections of silver, glass, textiles, sculpture, porcelain, Asian art, furniture and antique and estate jewelry.

    But how might buyers’ selections fit within their home environments? “We created the showcase to give buyers help in selecting items, showing rooms that work for today’s lifestyle,” Diament said. “Our dealers benefit, as do the buyers and the designers.”

    Using treasures selected from the show’s 160 dealers, augmented by other items, this year’s showcase will demonstrate how art and antiques can be used to enhance one’s home decor. Participating designers including the showcase’s curator, Campion Platt, along with Lars Bolander, Jennifer Garrigues, Suzanne Kasler, Gil Walsh and William and Phyllis Taylor.

    Showcase designers will also participate during a 4 p.m. panel discussion Saturday titled “What’s New, Palm Beach,” moderated by Veranda Interiors Editor Carolyn Englefield.

    Here’s a look at three of the vignettes.

    Campion Platt: Hollywood Glamour

    Palm Beach and New York designer Campion Platt’s has designed his lounge to be an interactive, multipurpose space that could be used for entertaining as well as for yoga.

    Platt says his idea of luxury combines fine craftsmanship and contemporary styling with eco-sensitive design. He often selects opulent and unexpected finishes to accentuate spatial forms. The lounge’s palette of gold, silver, black and white recalls Hollywood glamour, emphasized by a portrait gallery wall featuring photographic works by Alex Guofeng Cao from Cavalier Galleries in Greenwich, Conn.

    And when it comes to luxury, he says, more is more, with a choice of dramatic Art Deco furnishings: a Jules Leleu daybed from Valerio Art Deco in Coral Gables, a pair of Jacques Adnet mirrored black lacquer tables and a refined French-limestone mantel from Decorations of Palm Beach.

    Taylor & Taylor: In a Marine Mood

    William and Phyllis Taylor of Taylor & Taylor Inc. in Miami Beach are known for designs showcasing indigenous elements of climate and water to capture a carefree ambiance of the tropics.

    For the showcase, they have created what they describe as the ultimate Florida sport fisherman’s den, with a Hemingway sensibility achieved by a mix of mid-century modern pieces in wood, chrome, leather and soft-hued marine tones.

    A vintage Biedermeier desk from Hatchwell Antiques of London is the room’s centerpiece, and a sea-life inspired carpet from Orley Shabahang lends a tidal energy. The color palette combines soft ocean blues and neutrals punctuated with the shine of metal accessories.

    Gil Walsh: Sitting Pretty

    For her sitting room, designer Gil Walsh of West Palm Beach and Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, has teamed up with lifestyle guru Aerin Lauder — daughter of Palm Beach residents Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder — and her collections of furniture, fabrics, lighting and decorative accessories.

    Walsh’s vignette features pieces from Lauder’s home collections along with selections from the show, curated to present a room the designer describes as timeless with an unexpectedly youthful quality. Items drawn from the show’s vendors include a 1962 abstract painting by Carl Holty, 18th-century Italian mirrors and French pieces from the 1930s and ’40s.

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