Every house has a window, through which a piece of the world reflects back to them. The back windows on Jersey Street look onto a viewing garden, a window within a window. It’s a small oasis retreat in a dense urban street. From the Marni chair on the deck, the residents can look out onto a specimen garden, where each plant is an example of its species or type for scientific inquiry. Yucca recurvifolia, Caryota mitis, Trichocereus macrogonus, Cannomois granids, bursting down the walls and out of the gravel.

The Marni chair may be considered among these species of curiosities.