OJAI
FOR KEEPS
REBEKAH MILES Trout platter, $450, available at Nickey Kehoe, nickeykehoe.com.
BEVERLY HILLS
Night Vision
“Growing up, my grandma was into giving me these little ornate porcelain Limoges boxes from France,” says artist and Carpinteria native Rebekah Miles. “They were always in my mind, and I thought, I want to make things that feel like heirlooms, but new.” Working out of a studio in Ojai near the home she shares with her boyfriend and fellow ceramist Mark Churchill, the trained painter, Echo Park Craft Fair regular and Rodarte collaborator (she teamed with the designers for a series of original hand-painted book covers) creates illustrative, hand-built ceramic objects. Emblazoned with her own trademark iconography inspired by everything from an early-19th-century antique Mexican bingo set to books on native plants and wildflowers, each is poetically rendered in mason stains and colored slips worthy of preserving for years to come. R E B E KAH - M I L E S. FO R M AT.CO M
Influenced equally by a coastal Mediterranean aesthetic and Old Hollywood glamour, Ralph Lauren Home’s new bedding and textiles collection, Mulholland Drive, manifests a refined color palette of champagne, sand and opal in decorative gold beaded pillows, suede and raw silk shams, embroidered sateen sheets, and a silk jacquard throw with hand-knotted fringe—subtle shimmer woven throughout. Like everything Ralph Lauren does, the offering is an elegant and modern take on the traditional—what more could you ask for from a bedmate? 444 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-281-7200. RALPH LAURENH OME.COM
From left: WOVEN Pris Rug in Charcoal; Sima Rug, prices upon request.
WRITTEN BY KERSTIN CZARRA, MELISSA GOLDSTEIN AND JESSICA RITZ. REBEKAH MILES: RENE CORREA. MULLHOLAND DRIVE BEDDING COLLECTION: COURTESY OF RALPH LAUREN HOME. LEBRETON: MICHELLE ROSE
Dossier
Dossier (turn) WEST HOLLYWOOD
SOURCE MATERIAL Studio Woven, the new collection by venerable rug gallery Woven, was inspired by the company’s enviable inventory of antique and vintage styles. “We are creating modern designs that mix cultural references, materials and techniques,” says Sam Moradzadeh, creative director of the collection and principal of Woven. Moroccan tribal patterns and Bauhausesque blocks get a West Coast revamp via loose forms and shades of sand, sky and water. “California is a unique landscape,” says Christina Tullock, Woven’s design director. “You can create new beginnings. These styles harness that energy.” 8674 Melrose Ave., W.H., 310-652-6520. WOV E N . I S
RALPH LAUREN HOME Mulholland Drive bedding collection, $120$995.
SAN FRANCISCO
Artful Moves
New to Presidio Heights is the relocated Lebreton gallery, which has been in business since 1999 and maintains bases both in the Bay Area and the French Riviera. Owners Alain Lebreton and Karim Mehanna, who live in Monaco, curate artist-designed furniture and mid-20th-century ceramics, paintings, sculpture and works on paper by major European modern and postwar artists. Currently featured are the midcentury work of ceramist Suzanne Ramié from the legendary Madoura studio (Picasso’s clay crafters of choice), and other makers from Vallauris, France. 3307 Sacramento St., S.F., 415-291-8484. LEB RETONGALLERY.COM
Among the edited mix at LEBRETON is a pair of bronze figure sculptures and a candelabra by LYNN CHADWICK on a slate marquetry cabinet, c. 1975, by PIERRE-ELIE GARDETTE.