Lakeview Residence

Large and welcoming entry gallery luxury interior renovation featuring artwork by Andrew Moore and Sidney Gordin
Guest bedroom in blue and grey
Guest bathroom with Italian marble
Large and welcoming entry gallery luxury interior renovation featuring artwork by Andrew Moore and Sidney Gordin
Entry vestibule featuring a console by Gilbert Poillerat
Entry gallery detail featuring artwork by Wilfredo Lam and a black lacquer De Coene Frères sideboard

About this Project

Suzanne Lovell Inc. invigorated this lakefront residence in a full-scale, luxury interior renovation, and specified an impressive collection of Art Deco and Modern furniture in close partnership with sophisticated Clients. This project, housed in a pre-war building in Chicago by esteemed architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, won the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Acanthus Award for Excellence in Interior Design in 2016.

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Luxurious materials palette and hand sketch

The elegant palette consists of Nero Portoro with limestone paving accents, Regency Diamond architectural grilles, pewter horsehair, slate gray hair on hide leather, Macassar ebony, mirror panels in antiqued silver with beveled edge, and fabrics by Hermès and Fortuny.

Detail views of custom designed vanities and medicine cabinets
ICAA Acanthus Award for Excellence in Interior Design for Lakeview Residence interior renovation
Luxurious materials palette and hand sketch
Before photo of entry gallery in Lakeview Residence interior renovation
3D rendering of entry gallery

“Suzanne, your artistic vision, eye for detail and support of your client’s voice in the process is without equal. Your sense of humor is pretty great too!”

—Client, Chicago

Details

Console

Console by Gilbert Poillerat in wrought iron with travertine top, France c. 1940.

Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902-1982), Idolo, oil and graphite on canvas c. 1954.

Gallery Chandeliers

Pair of black leather and antique bronze chandeliers after Jacques Adnet

Entry Details

Custom-designed door hardware with Nanz in antique brass with Nero Portoro stone door base, casing and plinth.

Gallery Consoles

Important pair of Maison Jansen designed Modernist consoles, France c. 1950s in gunmetal and patinated bronze with black granite tops.

Karen Gunderson

Karen Gunderson (American, b. 1943), Churning Sea, A Mobius Moment, 2007, oil on canvas.

Jean Perzel

White opaline glass plates mounted in gilded bronze frame by Jean Perzel, France c. 1930s.

Joseph Csaky

Joseph Csaky (French, 1888-1971), Tête Cubiste, bronze, from a limited edition of 8.

Sidney Gordin

Sidney Gordin (American, 1918-1996), Construction, 1953, brass.

Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore, Campo Amor Vist Oeste, Havana, Cuba, From Cuba: 1998-2002

Ingrid Donat

Ingrid Donat, Banc haut rondelle, 2007, bronze, edition of 8 + 4EA

Eugène Printz

Eugène Printz, Modernist commode with five drawers in palm wood veneer with gilt bronze hardware and base. This is a very rare example of Printz’s all-over veneer technique.

Master Bedroom Fireplace Details

Pair of wrought iron and brass five-petaled flower form andirons, France, 1900-1910, by Louis Majorelle. Greige onyx mantle.

Ivory Room Veneer

English sycamore wall veneer.

Venini & Co.

Venini & Co. “Diamante” textured glass segments in a basket arrangement, Italy, 1940s

Kitchen Table Details

Set of 8 Danish dining chairs by Neils O. Moller c. 1960 around a Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret teak dining table, 1963, from Chandigarh, India.

Charles Henry Alston

Charles Henry Alston, African Theme III, 1952-53, oil on canvas

Halima Cassell

Halima Cassell, Staccato, 2009, bronze

In the News - Lakeview Residence

Antiques & Fine Art – Cover Story, May 2017
“The Poetry of Architecture: A modern expression framed within iconic architecture”

Marie Claire Maison, March 2018
Our Lakeview Residence is featured in Marie Claire Maison – Edizione Italiana

Galerie, February 2018
“Suzanne Lovell’s Masterful Art and Design Tips: The acclaimed interior designer and architect divulges her favorite ways to enliven a space”