The Winter Show NYC - Collection
This week Rose Uniacke will present for the first time at The Winter Show in New York. While Rose has had many private commissions in America, not least of which is her recent reimagining of the Jane Hotel for San Vicente West Village, this is the first time that her distinct style and internationally acclaimed aesthetic is made available to the American general public.
Reminiscent of how gifts, in ancient times, were carried back and forth across what Homer called ‘the wine-dark sea’, given from king to king, Rose will be sending a collection of objects across the Atlantic worthy of a king in the same ancient spirit of homage and friendship - Rose’s own odyssey to New York.
Among the most imposing pieces on the stand is a large Gio Ponti writing desk, made to commission in Milan circa 1946. Italian walnut with the original black vinyl desk surface punched with polka dots, it stands on tapering legs finished in brass sabots. Its playful compatriot piece, a parchment gaming table by Paolo Buffa, inlaid with brass stars, has brass ashtrays and stands on slender, pin legs.
Equally striking is the collection of Axel Einar Hjorth sports cabin furniture, including twin cabinets made of stained Swedish pine, standing on pedestal bases. The centre of the stand is given to a monolithic dining table, hewn from a single Juerena tree trunk, by the ecologically avant-garde Brazilian architect and sculptor José Zanine Caldas. It is paired here with eight chairs by Axel Einar Hjorth, perfectly complementary in their natural simplicity, their softly rounded, solid backs, studded with blackened iron rivets.
By contrast Jean Royère’s set of three white glass and brass nesting tables feel refined and elegantly sophisticated, balancing the open-air grandeur of the Swedish and Brazilian pieces with a flavour of mid-century Paris. A rare gilded parclose mirror from the early 18th century brings echoes of France under the ornate extravagance of the Sun King.
On the walls of the stand, Simone Prouvé’s pale triptych tapestry, soothes and calms with its cloud-like, boulder forms in muted blue-greys, enlivened with tiny touches of red, along with delicate hangings by Peter Collingwood and a large 1920s Fortuny panel.
Lighting is provided by the masters of mid-century Scandinavia, including delicate four-shade pendants and a rare question-mark floor lamp, all by Poul Henningsen. Also from Scandinavia are a rare table lamp, by Paavo Tynell, its simple bent head like a drooping flower.
Finally, to bring the collection home, an American Aesthetic Movement mirror by the Herter brothers, who were German immigrants designing and working in New York in the late 19th century. Its striking golden marquetry, set against a polished black surface, recalls the Japanese lacquerware that was such a strong influence on the Aesthetic Movement.
The stand, with its ebonised oak floor and wall-panels upholstered in Rose Uniacke Raw Umber velvet, is a showcase for all that is finest in European design, with a particular focus on the 20th century, collected and put together with Rose’s characteristic erudition and eye for quality of craftsmanship. Her unique ability to combine the different aesthetics of each place - the austerity of Scandinavia with the grandeur and playfulness of Italy and the refinement of France - results in a collection of unusual harmony, an atmosphere of exquisite quality, serenity and intimacy.
Rose Uniacke is honoured to receive both ‘Outstanding Booth Design’ and an ‘Exhibition Highlight’ award for our ’Triptyque Panneau’ by Simone Prouvé, at this year’s Winter Show.
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The Winter Show
23 January - 1 February 2026
Stand B9, Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York City
