The bookstore is a clutter of dishware, furniture and chic knickknacks as well as a few books.

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She started carrying reissues of 1970s dishware from architect Riccardo Schweizer after the late designer's daughter showed her the originals.

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In fact, he owns perhaps the largest collection of Mialhe's sketches transferred onto porcelain dishware, which occupy shelves on two walls of his dining room.

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The setting is light and airy, the seating is comfortable, the visual merchandising is artfully done, and the food is served on real dishware, not in paper wrappers or on plastic plates.

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