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A Collector's Kitchen
New York, New York 2007
Judith DiMaio
Challenged with a dual mission, DiMaio was called upon to re-interpret a New York kitchen into a modern functional kitchen for a collector of photographs, and simultaneously fulfill the client's vision to create a space for the display of his sepia-toned photographs of Roman antiquity.
Here she finds another form of validation in the successful co-existence of two realms: the kitchen for what it is, albeit beautifully detailed with lush materials; and as the display case where photographs are cantilevered from hidden brackets as if floating or sliding. They are counterpointed by replicas of ancient bronze statuary, intended for inflection and figural juxtaposition.
Detail:.cantilevered photograph ‘wall,' masking the kitchen’s pantry and wine ‘cellar.’ The sepia printed photographs are by Steven Brooke, photographer
All photos: © Chun Lai Photography
Detail of stainless steel gutter between stainless steel window sill and marble countertop
Detail at window with bronze statue of the Marble Faun — a reproduction of the Dancing Faun from the House of the Faun in Pompeii
Overall view into kitchen
Overall view into kitchen