ABOUT | Holly Hollingsworth Phillips is a residential interior designer and co-owner of The English Room.
This is my antique horn chair, which I purchased on a buying trip to Paris in the mid 1990’s when I was working at Travis and Company in charge of the antiques at ADAC. It was my first buying trip with the company. This chair was purchased after a long boozy lunch in the market. The owner of the set (yes it was part of a set...so wish we bought the loveseat too) said it came from a famous hair salon (Christophe...I think) in Paris that did Jackie O’s hair when she visited with Onassis. I was sold with the horn and leopard alone... then Jackie O thrown in. When it arrived to ADAC and we were unpacking I almost had a fistfight with another employee who also wanted it. I had dreamed of this baby ever since I saw it.
It makes me so happy and has traveled from house to house over the years. It now resides in my den.
I am an animal print fanatic. I know they can be misunderstood with so many bad examples but nothing can be more chic when done right.
