Running on the waves

Exquisite splendor and eclectic harmony of the interiors of the Bellisima yacht

Passing the gallery

Text: Olga Gvozdeva

A photo: - (c) Kim Sargent/Sargent Architectural Photography

Magazine: N6 (62) 2002

The combination of the “earthly”, a few magnificent comfort and sea elements is the artistic leitmotif of the Bellisima yacht. Designers involved in decorating yachts, often complain about the scarcity of the expressive means available to them. But it also has a positive side. To achieve the desired goal, it is permissible to use not expensive, but “glaringly” expensive items without fear of bad taste. For example, try a room of 25 square meters. m to put: a bar of tinted walnut; several jacquard upholstered stools; upholstered furniture in covers with frills; two dark green velvet chairs with gold-plated armrests. It would be possible to dwell on this enumeration, but it would be nice to place another coffee table with a marble table top, a pot with ivy, a leather pouf and a favorite bronze statuette. It would not have dared to count comme il faut even an apologist for kitsch, if ... If it were not about the cabin of a fashionable yacht. In the living room of Bellisima, all of the above things were arranged surprisingly organically. Enough space even for items that serve the only purpose - the decoration of life. Such, for example, are malachite columns, framing the bar counter on both sides, and a leaning colonnade along the walls. The eclectic harmony of the dining room is created by combining the incompatible. There are jute and marble, abstract lithography and magnificent furniture, created according to historical patterns. In general, in the decoration of the yacht, a pronounced feminine principle, dictated by the name itself, is guessed. This is especially noticeable in the interiors of bedrooms. There are no items that affect the pretentious forms. However, the decorator managed to achieve a strong emotional effect due to color and texture. In one of the bedrooms you can enjoy shades of melted gold. Another is solved in the range of pink quartz sand. And both of them differ in an extraordinary variety of textures - from lacquered wood to luxurious natural fabrics. Sea spirit only reminds of itself in the bathroom. The wormwood color in which it is sustained is underlined by a strict geometric pattern of squares of gray and black marble. In contrast to the riot of fantasy, the ruling ball in the daytime rooms, here is the stylistic laconism, the impeccable purity of the genre. But unchanged remains the exquisite splendor, which corresponds to the proud name Bellisima, translated from Italian meaning "the finest".

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