Indian Summer

Beating our Tom-Tom for the All-American Teepee

Catherine D. Anspon and Jenny Antill
Posted:
July 27, 2010

The quintessential — and original — American dwelling, the teepee, is a sublime guest room, party hut or dinner den. Be brave. 


 
Monique Pean naturally shed buffalo-horn bangle with cruelty-free white diamonds, $2,730, and gold feather pendant $1,700, at Grange Hall

 
Chanel

 
Hermès Pointe Madras silk scarf, $410, at Hermès

 
1970s Cher Half Breed album, $9, at itunes.com

 
Tee Pee Motel in Wharton, Texas; double $67, teepeemotel.net

 
Multicolored tourmaline limited-edition necklace, price upon request, at David Yurman

 
John Galliano Homme

 
Vintage Navajo textile rug, 79 x 47 inches, $4,200, at Anteks Home Furnishings

 
Polo Ralph Lauren

 
Nineteenth-century Louis XVI settee in vintage Suzani upholstery, with brass nail-head trim, $4,800, at Ceylon et Cie

 
Dunton Hot Springs in Dolores, Colorado; teepee summer occupancy only, price upon request, duntonhotsprings.com

 
Fallow-deer chandelier in custom sizes $4,799 (as shown), at Anteks Home Furnishings

 
Wigwam Village #6, along Historic Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona; double $58, 928.524.3048. Image: "Route 66 Remembered, Motorbooks International" © Michael Witzel, 199

 
J Hill’s Hideouts, 2008, price upon request, through jhillprojects@gmail.com

 
Charles Russell’s Indian Hunters’ Return, 1900, in “The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture,” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, through August 29

 
Spencer lantern in brass and leather, $750, at Ralph Lauren

 
Water-repellent and mildew-resistant teepee, $2,200, at Design Within Reach

 
Order a custom teepee like Bruce Weber’s (shown here at his ranch) from White Buffalo Lodges, adult tents from $1,195 (poles included), whitebuffalolodges.com. Image: © Bruce Weber, "Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People"

 
Knob Creek Kentucky straight bourbon, at liquor retailers

 
Allison V. Smith’s Teepee. Marfa, Texas, 2010, edition of three, $3,500, through Barry Whistler Gallery

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