As he helps hang ethnic textiles from his collection in Sotheby's rooms in Olympia in west London, bare white walls are transformed into a fusion of colour.
There has been much talk of late about Gessler we Francuskim, too, run by TV chef Adam Gessler since 2011, where bare plaster walls give an urban edge to an otherwise grand, high-ceilinged setting, with dark wood wainscotting, crisp white linen tablecloths and brass light fittings.