A Carlo Bugatti throne chair in a Greenwich Village home designed by Studio Shamshiri.Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson / Styling: Michael ReynoldsCarlo Bugatti FurnitureFor most, the word Bugatti conjures images of sleek, sculptural, speedy automobilesor maybe some song lyrics referencing them. But for a growing number of design aficionados, thats no longer the case. What comes to mind, rather, are tassels, carved wood, inlaid pewter, and vellum-sheathed formsall hallmarks of the fantastical turn-of-the-20th-century furnishings of Italian designer Carlo Bugatti. More than 50 lots of his work went up for auction this year at Bonhams from the Merle and Peter Mullin collection, and fetched a pretty penny. (A rare 1907 sterling silver dragonfly bowl sold for a whopping $191,000.) The sales success sheds light on a growing interest in Bugattis works, which have been cropping up in interiors and at design fairs in recent years as a younger set of collectors looks to Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts eras with fresh intrigue.A silver pitcher and candlesticks in Adam Lippess Berkshires kitchen.Art: Patrick Demarchelier/Trunk Archive. Robert Wilson/RW Work Ltd.Grandmas SilverSilvera material whose antibacterial properties lend it to culinary usehas been a tabletop status symbol since ancient times. Through the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, as silversmithing entered its heyday across Europe, elaborate table services were an indication of social standing and wealthafter all, the material corresponded directly to currency in many nations. Even in the 20th century, silver still dazzled on the tables of those who could afford it, and a woman might inherit her mother or grandmothers service and then pass it on to her own daughter in due time. But in recent decades, a younger generation has been ditching the heavy metal tableware, gravitating towards a more casual, contemporary aesthetic. But hold on to that silver, people: The pendulum is mid-swing back in its direction.APPLY NOWGrow your business with the AD PRO DirectoryArrowThe tented dining room created by AD100 designer Josh Greene for a young family on New Yorks Upper East Side.Photo: Tim Lenz / Styling: Mieke ten HaveRuched RoomsIn the opening scene of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, a distraught Babe Paley, played by Naomi Watts, pulls her friend and confidant Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) into her sitting room to unload about the latest transgressions of her husband, Bill Paley. As she laid bare the gory details, all I could look at was the rooma recreation of the one Billy Baldwin conceived for the real-life Babes St. Regis apartment, with walls curtained in a pleated tobacco-brown Indian calico cotton, block-printed with pale pink flowers. Fabric-sheathed spaces like this oneoften dubbed tented roomshave a rich history in 20th-century decorating. But recently, more contemporary spaces have been embracing the timeless trick. For a young familys home on Park Avenue, for instance, AD100 interior designer Josh Greene recently used 290 yards of fabric to create a delightfully ruched dining room. It was cut, sewn, stapled, and pulled to the brink, then gathered on the ceiling to a central point which the chandelier canopy covers, Greene explains of the precise, rather mathematical process.