A Gothic home office centers on a black, canopy-topped writing cabinet carved with pointed tracery, set against cobalt plaster walls and flanked by limestone columns and ribbed vaults. A brass table lamp warms stacked books as daylight pours through an arched, leaded window, casting diamond shadows on limestone flags. An oxblood leather armchair with nailhead trim and a frieze of heraldic encaustic tiles ground the scheme’s moody, monastic elegance.