Hot Tile in the City

by Peggy Levinson

I saw an amazing installation by Los Angeles-based decorator Stockton Briggle at Rutherford’s on Lovers Lane. The entire mantel above the fireplace is tiled in Ann Sacks’ Sakura—fiery red and inspired by a Japanese textile exhibit. It is drop-dead stunning in both scale and color. “Clients are creating custom mosaics with our tiles, but very large patterns, not like the traditional intricate weaving of classic mosaic patterns. We are also seeing great interest in metallics, especially three-dimensional tiles for use outside the kitchen and bath,” Ann Sacks manager Pam Garnett says.

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