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The Climbing Vine That Refuses to Go Out of Style

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Jean Royère named his 1950s Liane fixtures for the vines they were built to resemble—liane, in French, means a climbing plant. Decades later, the design's branching, tendril-like arms are drawing more attention from designers than ever. Demand for the line keeps climbing along with the vines it was made to honor.

With reporting from Architectural Digest.

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