{"id":131006,"date":"2025-08-09T06:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T06:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/131006\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T06:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T06:05:14","slug":"craig-anthony-longhurst-opens-gallery-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/131006\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Anthony Longhurst Opens Gallery in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKent, Conn. has a chic new home decor<\/a> destination.<\/p>\n

\n\tInterior designer Craig Anthony Longhurst has opened an eponymous design studio-slash-gallery in the town center. Longhurst, a Melbourne native who moved to New York about 15 years ago, is known for his wide-ranging style, and the items available for sale reflect that. There\u2019s everything from 1970s-era Pozzi designs to pieces from Donghia and Cassina from the 1980s and 1990s, with Marcel Breuer \u2014 who lived not far away in New Canaan \u2014 represented as well.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Craig<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tCraig Longhurst in his Kent, Conn. store.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy aesthetic is very eclectic. There\u2019s no common theme and that\u2019s the interesting thing about it,\u201d said Longhurst. \u201cWhen I\u2019m working on a project for a client, I narrow it down, but when it comes to this space, I can be more open about what I buy, because I\u2019m not buying for anyone in particular \u2014 I\u2019m buying a piece because I really like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHis favorites include a set of 20th-century Swedish wingback armchairs with hand-carved rope pattern frames, $9,600 for the set; a signed Leda floor lamp by Jacques Jarrige, also $9,600, and a ribbon chair signed by Cesare Leonardi and Franca Stagi in lacquered fiberglass for $8,600.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe store also functions as a gallery. It is exhibiting works by Robert Baris, an artist who lived in New York, Connecticut and the South of France, and had a studio in Sharon, Conn. \u201cHe has a wonderful backstory \u2014 he was independently wealthy and never sold any of his work,\u201d said Longhurst. \u201cHe painted because he loved to paint.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Inside<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tInside Craig Anthony Longhurst in Kent, Conn.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the store opened in late February, Longhurst, who divides his time between an apartment in Chelsea and weekend home in nearby Falls Village, finds pieces all over \u2014 thrift stores, flea markets, auctions online and off. \u201cI always have my eyes open,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m always on the lookout for my clients and myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCraig Anthony Longhurst: 27 North Main Street, Kent, Conn., 917-280-8878.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kent, Conn. has a chic new home decor destination. Interior designer Craig Anthony Longhurst has opened an eponymous…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":131007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,38883,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-131006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-home-decor","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114997305401191055","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}