LATE 19TH CENTURY

THE CELEBRATERD DECORATOR GASER TABAKOGLU IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR THE EXOTIC TEA ROOM HE CREATED FOR THE CARLYLE HOTEL IN 1989 INSPIRED BY THE INTERIORS OF HIS NATIVE ISTANBUL. BEFORE ESTABLISHING HIS OWN BUSINESS, HE WORKED WITH THE MILANESE DESIGNER RENZO MONGIARDINO. HIS PERSONAL STYLE WAS ELEGANT BUT INFORMAL AND SOMEWHAT ECLECTIC, REMINISCENT OF THE STYLE OF THE LATE GEOFFREY BENNISON. THIS FOX UMBRELLA STAND GREATED VISITORS TO HIS COUNTRY HOME CALLED THE BRICK HOUSE IN CLERMONT, NEW YORK.