Veranda Jul/Aug 2018

IN FULL BLOOM Welsh artist Cedric Morris was a rare polymath: a major figure of the British modern movement who also achieved renown as a serious gardener. The combination of talents served him well, allowing him to portray plants and landscapes he was intimately familiar with through a Surrealist and Cubist lens. The vivid, resplendent results—like May Flowering Irises No. 2, 1935, at left—will be on display through July 22 at the Garden Museum in London (gardenmuseum.org.uk). Morris’s interest in plants also led him to travel extensively collecting specimens—and, thankfully for us, painting along the way. “Cedric Morris: Beyond the Garden Wall,” at Philip Mould & Company (philipmould.com), is a concurrent retrospective that gorgeously documents the wanderings of an artist who mentored Lucian Freud, was said by contemporaries to rival Matisse,…

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With roots in classical Rome, cameos first depicted gods and goddesses, evolved into royal portraits, and later became keepsakes immortalizing a loved one’s profile.…

Coco Chanel had her Verdura cuffs; Bunny Mellon, her Schlumberger bangles; Daisy Fellowes, her Tutti Frutti Cartier. When a woman of style and substance blazed a fashionable trail through the salons, red carpets, and famous fetes of the 20th century, she often did so wearing a complement of jewels, leaving a glittering legacy in her wake. The styles associated with these boldface names continue to be influential today. Updated, gem-studded versions of the Maltese Cross cuff Duke Fulco di Verdura designed for Chanel in the 1930s are still sold by the house. Like the other evolutions shown here, they’re tailor-made for an entirely new generation of trailblazers. CHANEL: GETTY IMAGES; VON BISMARCK: CECIL BEATON STUDIO ARCHIVE/SOTHEBY’S PICTURE LIBRARY; POST: COURTESY OF HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM & GARDENS. MELLON: HORST P. HORST/CONDÉ NAST VIA…

BIRDS OF A FEATHER Mark D. Sikes of MDS Stripes and Cristina Lynch of Mi Golondrina have collaborated on a line of tops, skirts, and dresses that combine Sikes’s laid-back-luxe silhouettes with hand-embroidered details typical of Lynch’s ethnic-chic approach. The carefree, boho results will have you looking effortlessly well turned out through Labor Day. DOLCE VITA For her first brick-and-mortar shop, jeweler Temple St. Clair returns to her roots in Florence, Italy, where she started her business and still works with traditional goldsmiths. Perched on the Ponte Vecchio, the store mines the brand’s eclectic ethos and boasts sparkling Arno views. Ponte Vecchio 37/R. TO THE BRIM! Could there be a more stylish way to defend against the sun’s harsh rays than a wide-brimmed straw hat trailing a grosgrain ribbon in the breeze? PORTRAIT: AMY NEUNSINGER; JEWELRY,…

NAP ON THE PORCH Warmer weather transforms a screened or glassed-in porch into an extension of the living room. Furnish it with plush seating, plump pillows, and plenty of chintz and wicker, and while away an afternoon or two. LIVE LIKE AN AGNELLI Buccellati reissues the eminently stylish sterling-and-bamboo service it created in the 1960s for the tastemaking family’s yacht. KICK OFF YOUR SHOES Painted wooden floors are a deliciously understated grace note—see the whole slew of Swedish palaces, as well as the handiwork of the Bunnys Mellon and Williams—and they’re positively luscious under bare feet. These printed wooden tiles mean you don’t have to commission an artisan to install them at your weekend escape. POUR ON THE CHARM Painted furniture exudes a happy, sweet sensibility that’s ideal for this time of year. THE GARDEN IS YOUR FLOWER…