"Hannibal," the recently renewed NBC drama about psychiatrist-serial killer-cannibal Hannibal Lecter, may be as fiendishly gory as TV gets, but the interior decorating is undeniably elegant.

Hannibal’s desk is an original Leif Jacobsen design purchased from Barry’s in Toronto, where we filmed. The pairing of this midcentury desk and the desk chair, with its ultra-tight leather ...