A month ago on a transatlantic flight I found myself seated next to a well known London-based novelist. She had published a review of the book I was reading and we talked for a while about that. She asked me about my work and the first thing she said, when I explained what it is I do, was, ‘Are you going after anything in the Robert Kime sale? Or will everything make a fortune?’ I pondered the conversation through arrivals and the achingly long cab ride to my hotel. I should have been surprised but I wasn’t.
Kime was at the forefront of a group of dealer decorators who started working in the late 1960s and radically changed the look of the traditional English country house. Their strong look has profoundly changed how a generation decorates, and has influenced mood boards from East Acton to Eaton Square.
