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Robert Kime

‘Ican’t define my taste. It’s an instinct; I don’t think about it. You see something you haven’t seen before, and you just have a thirst for it,’ Robert Kime says modestly of a keen-eyed talent that has enabled him to create a plethora of highly original yet timeless interiors, over a career spanning six decades. Characterised by objects that are often whimsical and historically intriguing, invariably enriched by variously patterned textiles, Robert’s interiors are testimony to an aesthetic judgement honed by instinct and a lifetime of collecting.

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