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A pair of 1960s Brazilian rosewood chairs from Noho Modern.

Living room of the Calabasas, California retreat of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Architect: Stephen Samuelson.

Photography by Roger Davies.

Architectural Digest (September 2011).

Villa Palagio, Sting and Trudie Styler's farm in Tuscany.

The giant chessboard was Sting's idea.

Landscape design by Arabella Lennox-Boyd.

Photography by Giancarlo Gardin.

Architectural Digest (January 2011).

Another view of Villa Palagio, Sting and Trudie Styler's farm in Tuscany.

Landscape design by Arabella Lennox-Boyd.

Photography by Giancarlo Gardin.

Architectural Digest (January 2011).

Living room of Elle Decor's 2010 San Francisco Showhouse.

Large Hicks pendant by Circa Lighting.

Elle Decor (February-March 2011).

Hans Wegner's Wishbone chairs in a Los Angeles house.

Interior design by Pamela Shamshiri for Commune.

Photography by Amy Neunsinger.

House Beautiful (December-January 2012).

Interior design by Richard Hallberg.

Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.

Game table, Rose Tarlow Melrose House.

Chairs, Ralph Lauren Home.

Art (Medicine Cabinet) by Damien Hirst.

Veranda (September 2011).

Giant chess pieces made of teak.

Silverbrook Farm between Leesburg, Virginia and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Photography by Helen Norman.

Traditional Home (June-July 2010).

Another view of the giant chess pieces made of teak.

Silverbrook Farm between Leesburg, Virginia and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Photography by Helen Norman.

Traditional Home (June-July 2010).