If you’re a card-carrying English posho, recent times have not been kind to your sense of national pride. First came Brexit and the cultural repercussions of empire, then Meghan and Harry aired their grievances to Oprah, and your soccer team just missed the Euro finals.
But in this you can sleep easy: the classic English country house has absolutely conquered the world of interior design. “The Brits really know how to make very comfortable sofas and chairs,” says the Darien, Connecticut–based decorator Virginia Tupker. “It’s what my clients want, and they’re very, very particular. And it leads you in a certain direction.”
