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by Jeffrey Alan Marks. ON
THE COVER: The guest room
in Katherine Bryans Paris
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by Studio Peregalli. Produced
by Cynthia Frank. Photography
by Pascal Chevallier.

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DEPARTMENTS

TOP LEFT: WILLIAM ABRANOWICZ; BOTTOM RIGHT: PAMELA COOK/STUDIO D

40 EDITORS PAGE
By Michael Boodro
44 SCENE + HEARD
The people & places behind the
stories
52 STYLE SHEET
Fashion-forward design
59 WHATS HOT
Dispatches from the world of design
67 WHATS NEXT
Alexander Calder on the move, a
sleek new hotel in Madrid, Polaroid
power, and more
74 TREND ALERT
The timeless poetry of Japanese
florals inspires new designs
77 THE A-LIST 59
Our annual compilation of the top
interior design talents from
around the world. Plus, a spotlight
on the four new members
84 SHORTLIST
The 12 things innovative interior
designer and furniture maker
Kelly Behun cant live without
86 APPRAISAL
California designer Walter Lamb
used salvaged metals from
World War II to create curvaceous
outdoor furniture that is still in Linen cushion
productionand more sought-after by Utopia
Goods.
than ever. By Tim McKeough

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91 INSPIRATION
Any summer soiree is certain to
be a glittering success when
elegant new porcelain and crystal
mix with the seasons most
seductive jewels
100 GREAT IDEAS
Theres no better vantage point on
a sunny afternoon or a starlit night
than a table in the great outdoors
106 TRUTH IN DECORATING
Sheila Bridges and Tom Scheerer
gather round tables that take center
stage in the entry. By Catherine Hong
114 UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Architect Hugh Hardy on the power
of theatricality and the importance
of preservation. By Peter Terzian
The entryway 118 DANIELS DISH
of Ernest de la Braised in wine and paired with
Torre and Kris
Habermans creamy burrata, artichokes embody
house in Snedens the essence of early summer.
Landing, New York. 164
By Daniel Boulud

170 The front door of John

Alexander and Fiona
Waterstreets Amagansett,
New York, weekend
home, designed by
Richard Mishaan.

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123 DESIGN SOLUTIONS
A neglected midcentury home on
Ibiza gets a stylish update, thanks to
123 an architect in tune with the islands
laid-back vibe. By Michael Lassell
ABOVE: The terrace 178 RESOURCES
of a vacation 146 Where to find it
house on Ibiza by
architect Pascal 180 ENDPAPER
Cheikh Djavadi.
RIGHT: A bedroom
in a Bridgehampton,
New York, home
FEATURES
designed by 131 ELLE DECOR STYLE
Steven Gambrel.
132 URBAN PASTORAL
In the middle of Los Angeles,
Jeffrey Alan Marks crafts a house
that brings country pleasures to a
whole new level. By Julia Reed
140 ON A HIGH NOTE
Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson
employ a restrained palette, luxe
fabrics, and gleaming surfaces to
compose a stirring ode to Manhat-
tan glamour. By Nancy Hass
146 LESSON PLANS
Steven Gambrel brings clarity and
coherence to a Bridgehampton
home that has been an amalgam of
farmhouse and school building
since the 1840s. By Peter Terzian

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156 OPEN TO INTERPRETATION
capture summers spirit and ease:
For her Left Bank pied--terre,
Katherine Bryan turns to Studio
Actress Amanda Seyfrieds charm-
Peregalli to conjure the romance of
ing retreat in upstate New York.
bygone Paris. By Dana Thomas
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164 THE BIG SWITCH
The color-saturated Connecticut
country home of textile maestro
Updating a 1950s ranch house in a
John Robshaw.

170 FIELD NOTES
An outdoor armchair
designed by Walter Lamb in
the 1940s.
Hudson River hamlet for his family,
designer Ernest de la Torre changes
everything. By Celia Barbour
A pair of barns in Amagansett
makes an ideal home for artists, but
only after designer Richard
Mishaan steps in. By Vicky Lowry
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A rustic-chic home in Pennsylvania
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AT FIRST GLANCE,
it might not seem that rock and roll and
interior design have a lot in common. But
as we were working on this A-List issue,
I was also reading Bruce Springsteens
autobiography, Born to Run, and came
across a passage that I think applies to
designin fact, to any creative field.
Many of musics most glorious
moments feel as though they were
birthed in an explosion of raw talent and
creative instinct (some of them even
were!) he writes. But . . . if you want to
burn bright, hard and long, you will need
to depend upon more than your initial
instincts. You will need to develop some
craft and a creative intelligence that will
lead you farther when things get dicey.
Thats whatll help you make crucial
sense and powerful music as time passes,
giving you the skills that may also keep
you alive, creatively and physically.
Design probably requires a bit less
stamina than performingand, one
hopes, fewer late nights and drug-fueled
raves. But Springsteens point about
creative longevity rings true. Our cul-
ture tends to celebrate the young and
the new, often to a fault. But experience
and wisdom, skills practiced and refined
over years, as well as an expanded base of
knowledge and contacts, should never be
underestimated or undervalued.
And it is not just because I am older
(I wont even reveal how many decades I
have been a Springsteen fan) that I appre-
ciate experience. I have heard young
designers boast that they will never com-
promise, that they will make each project
40 ELLE DECOR
Steven Gambrels first
appearance in our pages:
His house in Sag Harbor,
June/July 2004.
better than the previous, that they will
never repeat themselves or fall back on
tropes tried and true. Those who have
sustained their careers for many years
only smile in the face of such navet.
Many of those on our A-List first
appeared in our pages years ago, long
before we even published a list. We have
witnessed their talents develop, broaden,
and become richer and more varied.
Each of them has managed to devise a
signature style without being boxed in.
They have the flexibility to adapt to a
range of clients, settings, and locales,
without ever losing the distinctive touch
that makes their work immediately
recognizable. That kind of Debut perfor
assurance and ease comes mances. LEFT:
A living room in
only with time. the Hamptons
It is one of the great plea- designed by
Richard Mishaan,
sures of working for this mag- June 2007.
azine that these talentedand BELOW: A
Manhattan
wise and experiencedA-List dining room
designers entrust some of their by Jamie Drake, PORTRAIT: WILLIAM WALDRON; INTERIORS, FROM TOP:
January/
WILLIAM WALDRON, ERIC PIASECKI, SIMON UPTON
best projects to our pages. February
They and their work continu- 2009.
ally delight and inspire us.
Michael Boodro, Editor in Chief
elledecor@hearst.com
Follow me on Twitter: @MichaelBoodro
and Instagram: @michaelboodro
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SCENE + HEARD The People & Places Behind the Stories
Senior market
editor Catherine
Lee Davis.

FAR LEFT:
INSPIRATION AT HAND Richard Mishaan.
NEAR LEFT,
I nearly always design from a place of need, says FROM TOP:
Richard Mishaan, who decorated the house in Mishaans Cairo
Amagansett, New York, featured on page 170. He also zebrawood
tagre, Tribeca
creates custom furniture for clients, as well as pieces granite-topped
for Bolier and Dering Hall. When he cant find the console, and
right console for a clientsay, one with the lines Tribeca occa-
sional chair.
of a vintage piece but made from modern materials
Mishaan starts sketching. My best pieces are born
out of a specific situation, but they seem to fill
the very same niche in the wider market, he says.

MULTIFACETED
Senior market editor Catherine Lee Davis, a producer of the
luxury-themed Inspiration feature that begins on page 91,
has been developing her eye for precious stones and pearls
since she was a young girl captivated by her mothers antique
jewelry collection. It doesnt matter how many diamonds
wrap around a rose-gold cuff or the size of the topaz in a ring,
its the quality of the stone and how the setting is made,
says Davis. The best jewelers mix materials and design to
challenge us to look at their art in a fresh way.

PLAYING THE NUMBERS

James Merrell, who photographed the
house in Bridgehampton, New York, seen
on page 146, makes his own home on a
DAVIS: DAVID LEWIS TAYLOR/STUDIO D

boat moored on a canal in Surrey, England.

FROM LEFT: Merrells On the Street,
Corner of Lafayette and Kenmare,
New York, 2016. In the Woods, Mole
Valley, England, 2010.
When not on assignment for magazines,
hes likely to be working on a series of
photos he began after seeing Drowning by
Numbers, a 1988 Peter Greenaway film in
which numerals from 1 to 100 pop up in
the scenery. I was intrigued by the seem-
ingly random placement of numbers in
everyday life, says Merrell. He has been
capturing them with his camera ever since.

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 NYC 508 W 20th St - L.A. 8371 Melrose Ave

design India Mahdavi

SCENE + HEARD Cedar Island
Lighthouse.

Bloom home-design
store in Sag Harbor.
The Beacon
restaurant.
The Custom House
museum: The 18th-
century house was
home to the powerful Plants for sale
at Sag Harbor
custom master back Florist.
when Sag Harbor was
the only deep port on
the eastern end of Long
Island. Its fully pre-
served and a fascinating
PORT OF CALL experience. splia.org
Steven Gambrel, who /custom-house/
designed the Bridge- Cedar Point County
hampton house Park: A beautiful desti-
featured on page 146, nation for a bike ride or
has owned and restored picnic. You can walk amazing sunset views.
six homes in the nearby The 1765 through old forest to the beaconsagharbor.com
Custom House Cedar Island Light-
town of Sag Harbor.
museum. Bloom: Mona Neren-
He shares his favorite house. cedarisland berg, the owner of this
spots in the former lighthouse.org home-design store, has
whaling port: Sag Harbor Florist: The Beacon: A won- a good eye for heavy
Barons Cove: The Great topiaries and derful spot for dinner Belgian linens, hand-
cocktail lounge down- fresh-cut flowers. And during the summer. Its dyed napkins, and
stairs has a nice, relaxed you can count on them part of an old marina bleached-out wooden
vibe and live music to put together a beau- which is fun because of objects. The look is very The lobby bar at
on weekend nights. tiful arrangement. all the boat action youll Swedish, perfect for the Barons Cove hotel.
baronscove.com sagharborflorist.net seeand it has the most beach. 631-725-5940

FROM TOP:
A conference room in An embroiderer
Drake/Andersons New creates test
York design studio. motifs for a
museum
restoration
project. Founder
Ernie Smith.
Swatches for
opera, ballet, and
film costumes.

STITCHES IN TIME

BLOOM: HEATHER CLAWSON; SMITH, EMBROIDERY, SWATCHES: LUIGI MENDUNI;

Penn & Fletchers roster of clients
reads like a joke: Bunny Williams,
Dolly Parton, and the elephants of
CLEAN HOUSE Barnum & Bailey circus walk into an
embroidery shop.... Funny, but true.
Look no further than the says Drake of the design.
Founded by set designer Ernie Smith
OFFICE: MARCO RICCA/COURTESY OF DRAKE/ANDERSON
new offices of Drake/ But within limits: We
in 1986, the 13-person workshop in
Anderson to see the used marble and bronze
Queens, New Yorkwhose embroi-
direction the firm of and great contemporary
dery highlights our annual A-List on
Jamie Drake and Caleb artworks to add com-
page 77uses modern equipment
Anderson is currently plexity, he says.
and rare old machines, including a
taking. The pair, who
foot-operated model from 1878.
designed the Manhattan
Embroidery has a texture and life
apartment on page 140,
that people love, says Smith.
recently moved into a
studio near Gramercy
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HAPPENINGS

SCAVOLINI
Flux Swing, a collection by Giugiaro Design for Scavolini, represents an evolution in design from the original Flux concept introduced over 10
years ago. The new collection conceptualizes space as enabling a dialogue between the kitchen and living room areas in which the two can
liaise perfectly with each another or act independently while maintaining a similar identity. The Flux Swing Kitchen (above left) stands out
for its unique shape as well as for its stylish color combination of Sun Yellow and Titanium Grey. The Scavolini Flux screen independent living
room solution (above right) is distinguished by wall units with Prestige White gloss lacquered shaped doors, to match with style the Alaska
Blue gloss lacquered finish on the shelves and wall claddings. For more information, visit scavolini.com.

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In February, ELLE DECOR participated as National Media Sponsor of Palm Springs Modernism Weekan annual celebration of midcentury modern
design, architecture, art, fashion, and culture. Weekend events included a presentation by ELLE DECOR A-List Designer, Madeline Stuart on her
redesign of the iconic Beverly Hills home of set designer Cedric Gibbonsarguably the most important art director in the history of American cinema,
as well as creator of the Oscar statuette. Editor in Chief Michael Boodro closed the weekend with a keynote panel, Midcentury for the 21st Century
Maintaining an Iconic Style, with author Steven Price (Trousdale Estates: Midcentury to Modern in Beverly Hills, by Regan Arts) and renowned
modernist architect Leo Marmol of the L.A.-based firm Marmol Radziner. Following both events, guests were treated to receptions at the Palm Springs
Architecture + Design Center, co-sponsored by ELLE DECOR partners Clinique and Titos Handmade Vodka.
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Henry Samuel, Country Villa,
Monfort DAmaury, France, 2002.

Fashion-Forward Design

DREAM PALACES
For much of the past century, painter Jere-
miah Goodman has evocatively captured the
living rooms, bedrooms, and libraries of
some the worlds brightest stylesetters, pro-
ducing glamorous portraits of spaces once
inhabited by Greta Garbo, the Duchess of
Windsor, and Tony Duquette. This spring, a
retrospective of the 94-year-old artists work
in Los Angeles brings together 55 of Good-
mans interior and garden scenes rendered in
gouache, including several that have never
been displayed in public, like his moody
Carolina Herrera,
study of the chinoiserie sitting room of Betsy
Sitting Room,
New York, 2009. Bloomingdales Holmby Hills estate (through
June 9; dessinfournir.com).

J-B-J Interior Stick Ivanovo

cotton pouf. silk velvet.

Calle Ocho
EYE OF THE blouse.
NEEDLE
It was after her children had grown up and left home in 2010 that Jackie Villevoye decided
to realize her lifelong dream of becoming a fashion designer by launching Jupe by Jackie,
a collection of quirky blouses, trousers, dresses, and knitwear featuring hand embroidery
executed by a group of gifted artisans that she sought out, and ultimately employed,
in Indias Uttar Pradesh state. Seven years later, the Dutch designer has
ventured into interiors with her J-B-J Interior line of fabrics, pillows, and
poufs featuring the masterful needlework that has become her signature
multihued chevron stripes, dizzy swirls, and clouds of butterfliesin part to
shine light on an ancient technique threatened by mechanization (j-b-j.com).

Mardi Grass silk FROM LEFT: Flinders

velvet. silk velvet and Lacma
52 linen cushion covers.
STYLE SHEET CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:
A mule and the wallcovering
of Aquazzuras Milan
showroom, both in Tropical
Chinoiserie by Aquazzura for
de Gournay. Sterling silver
candlesticks by Tiffany & Co.
Voutsas Tahitia wall panel.

EQUATORIAL
INFLUENCES
Lush and exotic palms, a feature
of luxe interiors for centuries, are
once again casting a languorous
spell over designers. Toucans,
macaws, and monkeys frolic amid
fronds against a dusty pink back-
ground on Tropical Chinoiserie
wallcovering and shoesa collab-
oration between de Gournay and
Florentine shoe brand Aquazzura
(matchesfashion.com; degournay
.com). The soft orange fronds
of Voutsas new Tahitia pattern
are printed on tex-
tured grass cloths
and heavy woven
cottons (voutsa
.com); likewise,
Tiffany & Co.s
o n e - o f- a - k i n d
Blue Book sterling
silver candlesticks
are stylized riffs on
the rare Hawaiian
Oahu lobelia plant
(tiffany.com).

CELEBRATED One hundred years after the birth of

De Stijl, the cubistic arts movement, the
IN STYLE Netherlands is staging an anniversary
celebration of primary colors and right
angles in museums throughout the country. After a recent renovation,
the MondriaanhuisPiet Mondrians childhood home in Amersfoort

MONDRIAANHUIS: MIKE BINK; COURTESY OF BRUNS; SKETCH: CMU/PICTORIGHT, AMSTERDAM

has reopened with an exhibition of the artists iconic grid paintings
and a video installation tracing his evolution from realistic landscapes
to austere geometric studies (mondriaanhuis.nl). At Utrechts Centraal
Museum, architect Gerrit Rietvelds iconic Zig Zag and Red Blue chairs
are displayed alongside works by contemporaries Theo van Doesburg
and Bart van der Leck (centraalmuseum.nl). Meanwhile, in Eindhoven,
the Rietveld-designed De Ploeg weaving factory has been restored to
its original, rigorous splendor (deploeg.bruns.nl).

A Gerrit Rietveld
drawing, c. 1924.

ABOVE: An
installation at
Mondriaanhuis
museum. RIGHT:
The interior
of the restored
Rietveld factory
in Eindhoven.

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OPTIC VERVE
Spirals and swirls of rich color embellish French
STUART TYSON/STUDIO D

glassware designers Laurence Brabant and Alain Ville

changes Helix collection of tumblers and carafes, each
blown and shaped by hand from borosilicate glass.
Clockwise from top left: Carafe H in Lapis, 9.5 h., $540;
Carafe I in Blue, 9 h., $520; Tumbler A in Black, 4 h., $190;
Tumbler CC in Blue, 5 h., $165; Tumbler A2 in Lapis, 4 h.,
$190; Tumbler BB in Grey, 4 h., $140; other colors
PRODUCED BY BENJAMIN RE YNAERT available. laurencebrabant.com

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WHATS HOT

1 / SHELL GAME
The dramatic Lapa light fixture by New
3 Yorkbased designer David Weeks is com-
posed of hand-formed aluminum shades,
each of which rotates 320 degrees to redirect
light, clustered around a steel frame in
a brass finish. Ivory Satin, shown, is one
of three powder-coated colors.
21 dia. x 32 h., $22,000. davidweeksstudio.com

2 / CARNIVAL COLORS
DaTerra drew upon the energy and vivid
palette of Brazils most vivacious city for its
Sugary Rio collection of hand-painted stone-
ware, including, clockwise from left, a pasta
bowl, salad bowl, platter, mug, and side plate.
Salad bowl and platter, $59 each; all other
pieces, $27 each. daterrawithlove.pt

3 / GRAPHIC APPEAL
Indias love of bone inlay inspired the Vanilla
Noir collection by Matteo Cibic for Scarlet
4 Splendour, a Calcutta-based company that
uses updated materials to carry on the tradi-
tional technique. The Sheik, a wooden con-
sole cabinet, is inlaid with resin by hand.
47 w. x 20 d. x 36 h., $8,000.
scarletsplendour.com

5 4 / IN FULL BLOOM
For its Native Classics line of linen cushion
covers, Utopia Goods looked to the flowering
plants of the Australian bush. The collection
includes Waratah Heritage, left, and
Banksia, rendered in richly saturated hues.
20 sq., $115 each. utopiagoods.com
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5 / SLEEP STUDY
Hong Kongbased designers Vincent Lim and
Elaine Lu playfully contrast soft and hard in
their Mass daybed. Cushions in sherbet col-
ors top a stainless steel base in a brass finish.
71 l. x 24 w. x 16 h., $2,700; custom sizes and
colors available. limandlu.com

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WHATS HOT
1 / A MATTER OF TIME
The hourglass-shaped Clessidra table lamps
by Contardi emit a fluorescent glow from a
white glass top, while a vintage-style LED
illuminates its semiopaque glass bottom.
Kronos, left, and Kayros are each available
in chrome, left, and bronze finishes.
Kronos: 11.5 dia. x 16 h., $1,890; Kayros:
9.5 dia. x 23 h., $1,990. designlush.com

2 / UNDER THE BIG TOP

The festive Circus table by French design
team Colonel features a melamine top on
a base of lacquered metal. Shown in Blue,
the top also comes in Coral and Black. 1
27.5 dia. x 14 h., $383. moncolonel.fr

3 / ANGLE OF REPOSE
The Joinery lounge chair and ottoman by 2
Billy Cotton take Bauhaus style to a new
level of luxury. Shown in Walnut with Brass
and upholstered in a Holland & Sherry
linen, each piece can be ordered in a variety
of woods and metals and covered c.o.m.
Chair: 26 w. x 30 d. x 25 h., $9,000; ottoman:
28.5 w. x 16 d. x 15 h., $4,000. billycotton.com

4 / RIDE THE WAVE

Modeled after a design by French Art Deco
master Jean-Michel Frank, the Small Wave
Moderne mirror by Carvers Guild is made
of hand-cast resin and comes in a range
of painted colors and metallic finishes.
29 w. x 37 h., $1,300; custom sizes available.
thegildedmirror.com
3
5 / ON THE GRID
Designers Chelsea and James Minola of
Grain combined four colors to create the
optically intriguing El Prado rug, hand-
woven from wool and cotton in Guatemala.
6 x 10, $850; 4 x 6 also available.
graindesign.com 5

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Cross, 1936, sheet
metal, wire, wood,
WHATS
NEXT
string, and paint,
by Alexander
Calder.
CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY, NEW YORK

BACK IN THE SWING

A once-in-a-generation exhibition presents
Alexander Calders poetically balanced hanging and standing mobiles
just as their creator intended themin motion

The art of Alexander Calder, whose delicately poised and some-
times vividly colored mobiles brought motion to abstract art in
the 1930s, has stood the test of time, but all too often by doing
just that: standingstill and unmoving. Safeguarded in muse-
ums, Calders kinetic sculptures rarely wheel in a breeze these
days or, in the case of his early motorized constructions, clank
and rattle on cue. But Calder: Hypermobility, a new exhibi-
tion at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, puts
some of his most famous works back into action, including a
few that have remained static, despite his intentions, for
80 years. Granted special permission by the Calder Founda-
tion, museum staff will use fans, motors, and their own hands
to activate a selection of hanging and standing mobiles, wall
panels, and Calders percussive Gongs in a series of demonstra-
tions that will prove how joyous and engaging his pieces are.
Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose
motions, the artist, who had a deep interest in choreography,
once said (June 9October 16; whitney.org).

PRODUCED BY PATRICK ROG ER S

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WHATS NEXT Los Angeles, Back
Alley, 1987, by
Dennis Hopper.

Untitled, 1979,
by Bruce
Charlesworth.

THE ART OF NOW Charles Jourdan,

1978, by Guy Bourdin.

Before smartphones with built-in cameras made

documentarians of us all, Polaroid cameras and
film offered a thrilling first taste of the instant
gratification that we now take for granted. Inventor
Edwin Lands revolutionary click-peel-and-shake
brand of photography, introduced in 1948, was a
hit with consumers, and it provided flexibility and
inspiration for artists as varied as painter Chuck
Close, fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, and even
the great landscape photographer Ansel Adams.
The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art

HOPPER, COURTESY OF THE HOPPER ART TRUST; BRUCE CHARLESWORTH 1979; MARK KLETT; BRANDON SCHULMAN
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: THE GUY BOURDIN ESTATE 2017/COURTESY OF LOUISE ALEXANDER GALLERY; DENNIS
and Technology, at the Amon Carter Museum of
American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, includes the
works of more than 100 artists and photographers.
Many adopted the Polaroid as a crucial tool (fash-
ion stylists taking test shots, police detectives at
crime scenes), amateurs loved it as a way to create Contemplating
the View at
playful interactions, and creative artists used it to Muley Point,
experiment with the very bounds of the medium Utah, 1994, by
Mark Klett.
(June 3September 3; cartermuseum.org).

VILLAGE VANGUARD
I was an original SoHo brat, says furniture designer
Todd Hase, who opened his first showroom in that
once-bohemian Manhattan district when he was in his
20s. But times change, and so do neighborhoods. He
recently moved to a tree-lined street in the East Vil-
lage, with boutiques, bars, and storefront art galleries
all around. With its Beaux Arts facade and original tin
ceilings, Hase says, the new space is an ideal backdrop
for his Art Moderneinspired furniture designs, as well
as an array of vintage pieces, including Lucite tables
and Jean Dufy lithographs. I painted it white from ceil-
ing to floor, so when people are window-shopping at
night, post-cocktails, it glows (toddhase.com).

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SPANISH MODERN
A giant striped statue of a bear, the local
mascot, tips its gold top hat to those entering
Barcel Torre de Madrid, a new luxury hotel
in the heart of the Spanish capital. Decorated
throughout with hometown design star
Jaime Hayons signature whimsical touches,
the 1950s-era skyscraper, one of the tallest in
the city center, houses 256 guest rooms fur-
nished with mirrored panels etched in gilt
and cartoonish concrete monkey tables with
upstretched arms that serve as perches for
the telephones. In the gold-hued bar area set
off the vast lobby stands the establishments
main attraction: a soaring two-story bottle
tower that glows with lights from within after
dark (barcelo.com).

BRIGHT YOUNG THING

The fiery biblical drawings of poet William Blake might not seem like an obvious
inspiration for a new outpost of Londons famed Ivy restaurant, but then Blake
was born just down the street. Designer Martin Brudnizki has filled the Ivy Soho
Brasserie with burnt orangeleather banquettes, armchairs covered in cobalt and
mustard velvets, and graphic prints from floor to ceiling that joyfully pay trib-
ute to Blakes intensity, if not exactly his piety. The menus traditional Brit fare
(shepherds pie, kippers) has been similarly energized (theivysohobrasserie.com).

VINEYARD HAVEN
Outside of Cape Town, in the Breede Valley wine country, a glass-
walled chapel with a roof that mirrors the clouds is the latest ame-
nity for visitors to the historic Bosjes Wine Estate and guesthouse.
The creation of South Africaborn, London-based architect
Coetzee Steyn, the nondenominational sanctuary rises above the
vineyards and olive groves, offering open views of the mountains
beyond. Although modernist in attitude, the swooping roof has
roots in the past, says the architect, specifically an Old Testament
psalm that refers to Gods protecting wings, as well as the gables
of an 18th-century Cape Dutch house (bosjes.co.za).

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: PAUL WINCH-FURNESS; KLUNDERBIE; ADAM LETCH

Bosjes Chapel in South

Africas Western Cape.

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BY FREDRICK RAMOND,
HINKLE Y S LUXURY LINE
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HER FAVORITE CRAYONS WERE MAGENTA AND GOLDENROD.
HER HOUSE IS NOW HER HOME.

the ART of interiors

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 TREND ALERT Cherry
Hampshire silk-and-
wood screen by
Branch Jardins en Fleur.
linen* by
Quadrille.

Branches B glass-
and-steel light Blossom porcelain
fixture by Canopy garden stool by Oriental Oro di Doccia
Designs. Furniture for The Mine. porcelain plates
Sierre cotton* by Richard
by Missoni. Ginori.
Cherry
Blossom Moon
marquetry,
diamond,
pearl, and gold
clutch by Silvia
Furmanovich.

A room at the
Hommaru Palace,
Nagoya, Japan.

INTERIOR: ALAMY; LINEN, PLATES, WALLCOVERINGS, FLOWER COTTON: STUART TYSON/STUDIO D. FOR DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES
Silk-twill dress from
spring/summer 2017 by Spray silk-
For Restless Sleepers. wool rug*
by Emma

JAPANESE FLORALS Gardner.

The timeless poetry of blossom-

bedecked branches and delicate blooms
Kiku rose gold,
lends an ethereal beauty to fabrics,
yellow gold, and furnishings, and fashion.
diamond brooch by
Mish New York. BY LUC Y BAMMAN Blossom Almond
Tree vinyl
wallcovering by
Avenue Coordonn for
Classic Cherry NewWall.
Chinoiserie
Flower cotton* Blossom white
by Designers gold, diamond,
Guild. and pink sap-
phire watch by
Harry Winston.

Prunus silk
wallpaper by
Fromental.

Metallic Willow Cherry Blossom

silk-velvet pillow Akoya pearl, diamond,
by Kevin OBrien. and white gold neck-
Painted silver leaf
lace by Mikimoto.
and-wood armoire
by Bradburn Home.
*Available to the trade only.
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ALL BACKGROUNDS: STUART TYSON/STUDIO D; FABRICS: AVANT LINEN BY KELLY WEARSTLER FOR GROUNDWORKS; EMBROIDERY: PENN & FLETCHER. FOR DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

2017
WHEN A DESIGNER IS AT THE TOP
OF HIS OR HER GAME, AN UNMISTAK ABLE SENSE OF
CONFIDENCE, EASE, AND SPIR IT IS
EVIDENT IN EVERY DETAIL. THESE TALENTS ACHIEVE
THAT LEVEL OF MASTERY MORE OFTEN THAN MOST,
WHICH IS WHY WE CELEBR ATE THEM
AND WELCOME FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO THEIR
DISTINGUISHED COMPAN Y

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THE A-LIST
THE ELLE DECOR A-LIST
The Talents Who Inspire Us Most
ALIDAD DAVID KLEINBERG
AMAN & MEEKS RICHARD KEITH LANGHAM
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Konigs design
of a dining room
in Mill Valley,
California.

R ITA KONIG

The daughter of prominent British interior

designer Nina Campbell, Rita Konig grew
up surrounded by fine furniture and fabric
swatches and has long worked to welcome
others into that world. With her London-
based interior design firm, she designs
sprightly spaces with a timeworn edge for
clients and hosts workshops for those who
just need a little help. A lot of people want
to do interior design for themselves, but
they dont completely know how, she says.
Konig also dispenses design advice through
her column in British House & Garden and as
the European editor of T Magazine. She is
always focused on easy livability. Its about
how you feel in the room, she says, not just
how it looks.

A Los Angeles living

room by Dunham. PETER DUNHAM

I have a French sense of restraint, an

English sense of architecture, and the mod-
ernism and lightness of American taste,
says Los Angelesbased Peter Dunham,
who was raised in France and educated in
Great Britain, where he met one of his big-
gest influences: the legendary designer
David Hicks. Much like Hicks, Dunham has
become as well known for the masterfully
eclectic interiors he creates for clients such
as Jennifer Garner, Drew Barrymore, Jessica
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shop, Hollywood at Home. I mix the mod-
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avoid an excess of polish to make rooms
more personal, he says.

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When Richard McGeehan started out as a

dealer of high-style 19th-century American
decorative-arts pieces, he created show-
stopping room-like booths at antiques fairs.
Even as he sold antiques to such institutions
as New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art
and Londons Victoria and Albert Museum,
private buyers desired more: They would
ask me to make a whole room or house for
them, says the New Yorkbased McGeehan.
Since jumping to interior design in the early
1990s, he has continued to search out excep-
tional objects with a curators eye, embrac-
ing all periods including the contemporary.
My process starts with the objects, he
A Provincetown,
says. I fall in love with individual pieces and Massachusetts,
build up the rooms from there. kitchen by
McGeehan.

The library of
a Manhattan THAD HAYES
apartment by Hayes.
Interiors designed by New Yorkbased Thad
Hayes always have a serene sense of edited
calm, where every object seems essential.
The way I like to think about it is that add-
ing or taking away one thing would throw the
equilibrium off, says Hayes, whose clients
have included Evelyn and Leonard Lauder.
Its an approach he began developing in the
early 80s, while working on homes with a
high-tech industrial edge at Bray-Schaible
Design. Since founding his own firm in 1985,
Hayes has become known for infinitely
softer and warmer rooms that give collector-
grade antiques and art serene settings and
room to breathe. Its a psychological and
an emotional thing, says Hayes. Minimalist
interiors make me feel better.

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WALTER LAMB
After World War II, this California designer used salvaged metals to create outdoor
furniture that is more sought after than ever. BY TIM McKEOUG H
Walter Lamb was an inventive recycler
long before recycling became a popular
cause. Living in Hawaii during the after-
math of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor,
Lamb came to see opportunity where
others saw only destruction. Working
with bronze, brass, and copper tubing
salvaged from sunken naval ships in
the mid-1940s, he set about designing
outdoor furniture composed of sculp-
tural metal frames wrapped with cord.
The results were full of natural magic
rather than rusting like steel or rotting
like wood, these pieces aged gracefully,
developing a beautiful patina over time.
Lamb
armchair and
side chair,
c. 1950.
86 ELLE DECOR
Lamb, born in 1901, was
soon fielding requests from hotels and
private clients; he moved to California
by the early 1950s. But the most impor-
tant inquiry came from Robert Brown,
cofounder of Brown Jordan, which was
then a small company making wrought-
iron breakfast sets in Pasadena.
Brown knew who Walter Lamb was
and wanted to get Brown Jordan noticed,
says Stephen Elton, the companys chief
brand curator. So Brown struck an agree-
ment to produce the Walter Lamb Bronze
collection, which included a chaise
longue with sinuous armrests that swoop
CLOCKWISE FROM
FAR LEFT: A chaise
longue, c. 1952;
a pair of Walter
Lamb Bronze
stools, designed
for Brown Jordan in
the 1950s; a c. 1952
plant pedestal with
fiberglass container;
Lambs 1940s
glass-topped dining
table, reissued
by Brown Jordan
for Design Within
Reach in 2007.
COURTESY OF JF CHEN; COURTESY OF LAMA; COURTESY OF DWR; COURTESY OF LAMA
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: COURTESY OF MARK McDONALD, DWAYNE RESNICK;
down to become legs, a rocking chair
with runners that curl up to support the
seat, and glass-topped tables with tubu-
lar U-shaped legs. The press started
writing about the company, Blooming-
dales called, and it went from this little
operation to the national brand that it is
today, says Elton. It all came from that
connection with Walter Lamb.
To tweak the designs for production,
the sharp angles and butt joints in Lambs
original concepts were translated into
rounded corners, which simplified weld-
ing. They actually made the pieces more
curvy and sensual for ease of produc-
tion, says Andy Hackman of the Cali-
fornia Living furniture company.
Walter Lambs work is ageless, says
dealer Joel Chen of Los Angelesbased
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JF Chen, who installed pieces by Lamb
in his recently opened 3,000-square-foot
garden space and donated a chaise to the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It
has a sense of fluidity that you can put
in any environment, traditional or mod-
ern. Yet despite the increasing visibil-
ity of Lambs designs, the man himself
remains something of a mystery. Little is
known about his lifeto the point that
no photograph of him seems to exist.
As appealing as the forms that Lamb
designed was their materiality. It just
gets better with age, says Mark McDon-
ald, a dealer based in Hudson, New York,
who sold out his booth at Design Miami
in 2013 after stocking it exclusively with
vintage Lamb. Near the ocean, he says,
the furniture becomes more green, and
in a low-humidity environment, it turns
darker brown.
Indeed, the patinas were so popular
that Brown Jordan gave the pieces, which
were eventually made with new metal
when salvaged material dried up, a head
start in the factory. You could buy them
with a verdigris, golden, or dark bronze
patina, says Peter Loughrey, director
of Los Angeles Modern Auctions, which
has sold hundreds of Lamb pieces over
Lamb furniture
in Brown
Jordans 1954
catalog.
88 ELLE DECOR
the past decade. Then they take on addi-
tional patina when you put them outside.
Lambs designs fell out of favor in the
1970s before his death in 1980, and Brown
Jordan stopped making them. But by the
aughts, the lounge chairs and chaise
longues were fetching more than $3,000
at auction as interest in the designer
swelled. In 2007, Brown Jordan reintro-
duced many of Lambs pieces, but with
raw brass frames and polyester marine-
grade cord for improved durability.
Available through Design Within Reach,
they are intended to gradually change
color in the elements. They become
more beautiful, and part of your personal
story, over time, says John Edelman,
Design Within Reachs CEO, just like a
gorgeous Herms bag.
Three-seat
bench, c. 1950.
A reissued side
table designed in
the 1940s.
Sleigh chair and
ottoman, c. 1950.
A dining
table
originally
designed in
the 1940s.
A c. 1952
bronze-
andcotton
cord rocking
chair.
WHERE TO FIND IT
Walter Lamb wasnt the only California
designer to play with cord-wrapped
bronze furniture. Robert Lewis did it
before him, and Kipp Stewart did it
after. Pieces by both designers are
easily confused with Lambs vintage
work, which is typically unmarked, but
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clarity can be found in Brown Jordan
COURTESY OF LAMA; COURTESY OF DWR; COURTESY OF BROWN JORDAN; COURTESY OF LAMA
catalogs from the 1950s.
1stdibs.com
Design Within Reach, dwr.com
JF Chen, Los Angeles, jfchen.com
Galerie XX, Los Angeles,
galeriexx.com
Los Angeles Modern Auctions,
lamodern.com
Mark McDonald, Hudson, New York,
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A BRILLIANT
START to
a BRILLIANT
EVENING
JEWELRY AND FASHION:
Tourmaline, tsavorite, and diamond
ring set in 18-karat gold, and a
diamond-and-platinum bracelet,
both from the Tiffany Blue Book
collection. Silk georgette dress by
Bottega Veneta, early fall 2017.
ACCESSORIES (FROM TOP):
Fluted crystal coupe by Richard
Brendon. Cabana dessert plate by
Laboratorio Paravicini. Padua
embroidered linen napkin
by Deborah Sharpe Linens. For
details, see Resources.

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DESIGNED to ELICIT
SPARKLING
CONVERSATION
JEWELRY (CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP LEFT): Peri gold collar
necklace with Torus pendant of
onyx and gold by Duro Olowu
for Sidney Garber. Oak Leaf
Spiral garnet, eggshell, and gold
ear clips by Nicholas Varney
Jewels. Kate bracelet of black
spinels, diamonds, and gold by
Mish New York. Tire diamond,
enamel, and gold ring, and
Doorknocker diamond, enamel,
and gold earrings by David
Webb. TABLESETTING
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT):
Cercles porcelain dessert plate
from the Initiales collection by
Puiforcat. Porcelain charger and
dinner plate by Reichenbach.
Mediane dessert plate
by Puiforcat. Dinner plate by
Reichenbach. Triangle dessert
plate by Puiforcat. Bernadotte
sterling silver dinner fork
by Georg Jensen. For details,
see Resources.

92 ELLE DECOR
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the MINDS
JEWELRY (CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP LEFT): Bouton dor pendant
of onyx, chrysoprase, diamonds,
and gold by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Cellini Dual Time Everose gold
watch by Rolex. Slab necklace
of aqua tourmalines and
diamonds by David Yurman.
Panthre small-model gold
watch and Infini gold bracelet
by Cartier. TABLESETTING
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT):
Jade ceramic dessert plate
by Giovanna La Falce.
Mediterannee terra-cotta dinner
plate by La Tuile Loup.
Porcelain dessert plate by
Bottega Veneta. Polished Gold
stainless steel knife and fork by
Vera Wang for Wedgwood.
Guatavita stoneware dinner
plate by DaTerra. Mediterannee
salad plate by La Tuile Loup.
Town & Country Ashton Lane
crystal wineglass by Waterford.
Dot water glass by Nason
Moretti. Rice bowl by Bottega
Veneta. Linens by Sferra. For
details, see Resources.

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Cadenas Rubis rose Emerald Quartz

goldand-ruby watch white gold watch
by Van Cleef & Arpels. and Oval Solitaire
Desert Rose Mink sapphire, diamond,
Steel evening dress, and platinum ring
early fall 2017, by by Harry Winston.
Bottega Veneta. Aurea porcelain
Crosshatch crystal dessert plate
wineglass by Asprey. by Richard Ginori.

Art Deco amethyst,

ruby, diamond, and
gold ring by Roberto Coco Crush gold cuff by
Coin. Geodesia Blue Chanel. Fish Scale
china cup, saucer, porcelain salad plate
bread-and-butter and Silk Ribbon
plate, and dinner porcelain dessert plate
plate by Lenox. by Herend.

96 ELLE DECOR
PREPARING
for a GRAND
FINALE
FROM TOP: Masai gold-
andpav diamond
bracelet by Marco Bicego.
Toi et Moi 22-karat-gold
ring by Belperron. Cape
Crest dress by Brunello
Cucinelli. Parure porcelain
dessert plate by Marie
Dage. Silver-plated
dessert fork by Christofle.
Chair by Madeline Stuart.
Les cailles background
fabric by Le Manach. For
details, see Resources.
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By EVENINGS END,
ALL BETS ARE OFF
JEWELRY (FROM TOP): Perles
Impriales diamond-androse
gold watch by Breguet. Bomb
diamond-and-platinum ring by
Graff. Playing Card gold ear clips
by Mahnaz x Sidney Garber.
Le Rveil du Tsar rose gold watch
by Breguet. BARWARE (FROM
TOP): Kikatsu engraved glass by
Kimura Glass. Bar Double Old
Fashioned crystal glass by Moser.
Cocktail table by Madeline
Stuart. All furniture from Profiles.
For details, see Resources.

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Where better to enjoy
sunny afternoons or starlit
nights than at a table set
in the great outdoors?
On the shaded terrace of historic Libbey
Ranch, actress Reese Witherspoons
secluded seven-acre family retreat in
Ojai, California, designer Kristen Buck-
ingham surrounded a wood-topped din-
ing table with vintage iron and wicker
chairs. The lantern is antique.

WILLIAM WALDRON

100 ELLE DECOR

GREAT IDEAS
1. Designer Vicente Wolf created a minimal-
ist seaside dining area on the deck of the bun-
galow that furniture-gallery owner Ralph
Pucci and his wife, Ann, share in Amagan-
sett, New York. The dining chairs and chaise
longues are by Crate & Barrel. 2. The terrace
of designer Timothy Whealons Manhattan
penthouse features an aluminum table and
bench by Harbour Outdoor, a screen of cedar
slats, lanterns by Restoration Hardware,
and plantings of English ivy, boxwood, and
magnolia. 3. Restaurateur Keith McNally
decorated the front porch of his Marthas
Vineyard vacation home with bistro chairs
arranged around a reclaimed-wood table.
4. For a Dominican Republic retreat, Juan
Montoya designed an imposing copper pen-
1 dant light fixture; the chairs are upholstered
in raffia, and the table is a custom design.

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California, estate, designer Kim Alexan-
driuk paired an 18th-century French stone
table originally used by fishmongers with
19th-century carved stone benches to cre-
ate a shaded dining area beside a fountain.
The garden path is paved with reclaimed
limestone. 6. At the Hollywood Hills home
of TV producer Jamie Tarses and her family,
Pamela Shamshiri of the Los Angelesbased
firm Commune maximized views of the city
104 ELLE DECOR
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by placing a custom table and chairs beneath
a pergola; the floor is paved with cement tiles
from Granada Tile. 7. In the pool cabana of
her familys Southampton, New York, beach
house, which was designed by the archi-
tecture firm Sawyer Berson, decorator and
furniture designer Kelly Behun sited a teak
table and chairs by Bonetti Kozerski Studio in
front of a stucco wall adorned with staghorn
ferns and baskets made in Zambia. The floor
is limestone, and the rug is from Morocco.
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SB: Its ideal for a space that looks like Scandinavian teak,
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white marble will go with any wood. And its quiet, which lets
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SB: Combining high-shine TS: This might be my favorite.
stainless steel and dark walnut I love the proportions, which
gives this a modern glamour. make it ideal for a center table
But the X-shaped braces are as well as a dining tableper-
decorative, not structural. I see fect to sit under. Its got a bit of
this in a newer building. a Sputnik vibe, but still neutral.
TS: For me, this has a retro feel. SB: Its chic and super versa-
Im thinking of the Normandie tile. Theyve distressed the
or the 1930s. I like the fact that notched edges of the legs, but
the metal hoop around the in a contemporary way.
rim is seamlessan expensive TS: And the lacquer finish isnt
detail. Its dressy and urban, so polished that it reveals
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the rim and legs is lovely; the
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I imagine it with antiques, clas-
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Glass-topped tables can feel entryway in a city apartment.
rickety, but the tripod base SB: It could also make a stylish
makes this one sturdy. breakfast table. The diameter
TS: Im impressed that some- is small, but it still makes a
thing this complicated, made big statement, thanks to the
of such rich materials, comes juxtaposition of the black
at such a reasonable price. lacquer and matte wood.
And the burnished brass gives You can actually move the
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travertine top. You could even can ignore. In fact, I wouldnt
use it on a covered porch. put anything on top of it.
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made, it would break you would play beautifully in a
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HARDY ON THE POWER

OF THEATRICALITY
Hugh Hardy came to New York City by way of
Oklahoma! As a boy growing up in Westchester
County, he saw the Rodgers and Hammerstein
musical upon its debut in 1943 and was instantly
smitten with the stage. Though he became one
of the citys most prolific architects, designing
apartment towers, restaurants, and museums,
Hardy was perhaps best known for the theaters
he meticulously and inventively restored. His
rehabilitations of Radio City Music Hall and
the New Amsterdam Theatre captured the Hugh Hardy at Lincoln
exuberant color, texture, and detail of their origi- Center in 2011.
nal incarnations. For the Brooklyn Academy
of Music, he transformed the chipped-plaster walls of the dilapidated ever had. He was able to transform the
Harvey Theater into a decorative element that evoked the buildings little Broadway boxa little brick box, thats
all the stage isinto any realm on earth.
long history, while ensuring that it functioned for a wide variety of pre- He was on top of the world, designing for
sentations, and added a contemporary glass canopy to complement the Tennessee Williams plays and Rodgers and
grand Beaux-Arts facade of the Academys nearby opera house. His new Hammerstein musicalshe did absolutely
buildings were no less elegant, including the Claire Tow Theater, con- everything I thought was first-rate in the

structed atop the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. Hardys
love of the stage lasted a lifetime: He passed away at the age of 84 on
March 17, one week after this interview, after watching a performance at
the Joyce, a former Art Deco movie house he had transformed into a
cherished theater for dance. PE TER TER ZIAN
ON WITH THE SHOW
I was fascinated by theater even before I
knew that I wanted to work in it. At Princeton
I worked with the Triangle Club, an under-
graduate organization that puts on a big
musical once a year in the McCarter Theatre,
which was built on the scale of a Broadway
house. I painted scenery by hand and built
sets for shows. I found that the people in
theater were more energetic than the ones
in architecture school.
I think theater is a part of democracy at its
best. I like the communal aspect and the fact
that so many people come and sit together,
none of whom know one another, and have
a common celebration of performance.
I love being in an audience.
Theater is about the experience of things.
And architecture is all about physical
dimensions and putting together known
commodities. Theres no mystery in archi-
tecture, whereas everything about theater is
mystery, and as a kid I found that fabulous.
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50s. Jo got the assignment of designing the
interior of Eero Saarinens Vivian Beaumont
Theater at Lincoln Center. I had written
about Lincoln Center as my graduate the-
sis, so I knew something about it. I was the
one who translated between Eero and Jo,
because they both spoke English, but
they didnt understand each other at all.
Their minds worked totally differently.
I wanted to become an architect because
of Eero. He was working on Dulles Airport
at that point and just finishing up the TWA
terminal at JFK. I had been to architecture
school, I had all the degrees, but I wasnt
motivated. Working with Eero was abso-
lutely astonishing.
I opened three firms over my career, the
most recent being H3 Hardy Collaboration
Architecture. The idea of collaboration
came out of working in theater. You cant
have a star without the supporting players.
Everybody in theater is important. My
mantra is that collaboration produces the
RADIO CITY: WHITNEY COX. FOR DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES
best work. Its how this place is run.
Manhattans Pier A,
restored in 2013.

STAGE DIRECTION
After college and the army, I ended up
working with Jo Mielziner, who was the
most extraordinary scene designer weve

The grand foyer of Radio City Music

114 Hall, restored by Hardy in 1999.
UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
RESTORATION DRAMA
When I was at school, eclectic was a bad
word. You were supposed to have the disci-
pline and the authority to make something
that was pure. I dont believe in that. I think
with architecture, the richer the better.
Materials are important when restoring a
building. If a building is made out of stone,
you have to be consistent in the use of that
material. If its made out of Sheetrock, ditto.
A different character results if you do it right.
I think thats wonderful. Thats what makes
architecture so richthat you can pursue a
variety of systems and a variety of materials
in generating whatever you want to do.
Hopefully, when people go to the theater,
they dont spend all their time looking at
the architecture. The architecture should
improve whatever else is happening within
itI would hope that the building itself
doesnt get in the way.
MANHATTAN TRANSFER
We restored the 1872 Central Synagogue
in midtown Manhattan, which is the most
outlandish thing Ive ever seen. Talk about
stencil work and gold leafit is just over
the top. The theory was that you were on
the way to heaven. Its something that you
could only experience at the synagogue.
116
Radio City Music Hall was built to be a
spectacle. It was an amazing achievement
that could only happen in New York, where
there was that kind of money and dedica-
tion. Everywhere you look, it was carefully
designed. It seemed to me that you couldnt
improve on that; the trick was to return it
to the way it was. I never had more fun in my
life than the restoration of Radio City.
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
The past is very much part of the present
for me, always. You cant live in a city and not
understand that. New York is not just about
tomorrowit got here because of yesterday.
I think New York is in better shape to be
a good place to be part of in the future than
any other city, but then I would always say
that. Even when New York was flat on its
back and people were leaving, I said that.
Its not the New York I grew up inits more
corporate, more shiny, and less what I think
of as a great city. But it still is a great city.
As one gets older, one thinks, I havent
done enough to identify myself and
my point of view as special. Ive taught, but
Im not part of academia. Ive only written
one book. I dont proselytize my point of
view. And maybe I should have done that.
But I have no regrets. If I had it all to do
over again, Im sure Id do the same thing.
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:
The Claire Tow Theater at
New Yorks Lincoln Center,
2012. The Brooklyn Academy
of Musics Harvey Theater,
restored by Hardy in 1987.
Central Synagogue in
New York, restored in 2001.
BOTTOM LEFT: Botanical
Research Institute, Fort
Worth, Texas, 2011.
REMEMBER ING
HUGH HARDY
Hugh wanted to live life to its fullest
and do things as best as he possibly
could. He wanted his contributions
in architecture to make New Yorks
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civic life better than he found it. He
was engaged with many institutions
as a friend or member, and occasion-
HARVEY THEATER: DURSTON SAYLOR; SYNAGOGUE: PETER AARON; BOTANICAL INSTITUTE: CHRIS COOPER
ally as a leader, and through all of that
he confronted many of the important
issues of the day, from landmarks
and their status to development to
the importance of public space.
Malcolm Holzman,
Hardys former business partner
Hugh had a wonderful theatrical-
itynot the theatricality of an
over-the-top thespian, but more of a
great song-and-dance man. He played
the piano and had a very nice singing
voice, and in fact he did voice-overs
for the Buick car company in the
1980s. His renovations and reinven-
tions of historic buildings were some-
thing special. He brought the New
Amsterdam back to life beautifully,
introducing modifications that were
necessary for 21st-century theater
without losing the extraordinary
qualities of the original building.
Robert A.M. Stern,
architect and author
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When braised in wine and paired with creamy burrata, baby
artichokes embody the essence of early summer. BY DANIEL BOULUD

With their tough armor of thorny leaves, arti-
chokes can appear intimidating, and many
home chefs find the idea of preparing them
daunting. The process is admittedly a little
more laborious than peeling a potato, but
the result is worth the effort. Trim your way
past the green outer leaves, and you will be
rewarded with the sweet yellow inner leaves
and the meaty, succulent heart.
This recipe is a traditional Provenal
barigoule, in which artichokes are braised
in a fragrant broth of olive oil, herbs, and a
little white wine, along with carrots, pearl
onions, tomatoes, and celery. Normally this
dish doesnt include cheese, but Ive added
burrata, made with mozzarella and cream, to
give it a luxurious quality. For some added
punch, spoon over the top a little pistou, a
basil-and-garlic sauce, also from the south of
France. Barigoule makes a superb main dish
or a hearty appetizer for a late-spring meal.
To keep things in a Mediterranean vein,
serve it before roasted lamb or skewers of
grilled eggplant and zucchini. You can also
use barigoule to garnish a fillet of fish, roast
chicken, or even shrimp or lobster.

Creamy burrata and

basil pistou top a dish
of braised artichokes.
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by Bordallo Pinheiro,
and the tablecloth is
by Serena & Lily. For
details, see Resources.

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ARTICHOKES BARIGOULE AU PISTOU
Serves 4 as an appetizer
3 lemons, halved
12 baby artichokes or 5 globe artichokes
12 cup olive oil
8 red pearl onions, halved
1 celery stalk, sliced
1 carrot, cut in half lengthwise
and sliced into 14-inch-thick
pieces
2 sprigs thyme
Salt and freshly
ground white pepper
1 cup white wine
1 cup unsalted vegetable stock
2 Roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded,
and cubed
2 T diced pancetta (optional)
4 bunches fresh basil,
leaves only
3 T toasted pine nuts
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
One 8 oz. burrata
120 ELLE DECOR
BELOW: A German white
or a gin cocktail pairs well;
the runner and napkin
are by Serena & Lily. For
details, see Resources.
Add the juice of 2 12 lemons to 4 cups of
water in a large bowl. If youre using baby
artichokes, remove the outer leaves until
you reach the pale yellow leaves. With
a paring knife, trim each stem and cut
34 inch from the top. With a peeler, peel
the stems and base, then immediately
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place the artichokes in the lemon water
to prevent them from browning. After
trimming all of the artichokes, cut each
one in half lengthwise and return to the
water. If you are using globe artichokes,
trim the base of each and cut about 1 inch
from the top, then peel the stem and base.
Cut into quarters, scrape out the fuzzy
interior with a spoon or paring knife,
then place them in the water.
In a large, shallow pan, warm 3 T of
olive oil over medium heat. Add the
onions and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stir-
ring occasionally. Add the celery, carrot,
and thyme, season with salt and white
pepper, and continue cooking for 3 min-
utes. Drain the artichokes and add to the
pan. Season again and cook for 2 min-
utes. Add the wine and continue cooking
until its reduced by half. Add the stock
and return to a simmer, then cover the
pan and cook for 10 minutes. Add the
tomato and pancetta, if using, and cook
uncovered for 5 minutes. Season to taste,
remove the barigoule from the heat, and
let cool to room temperature.
Chop the basil and pine nuts and com-
bine with the remaining olive oil in a
large bowl. Season with salt and add the
garlic. Stir the pistou with a fork and set
aside for at least 5 minutes.
To serve, squeeze the remaining lemon
half over the artichokes and use a slotted
spoon to divide them among 4 shallow
bowls. Whisk the pistou into the remain-
ing liquid in the pan and ladle 14 cup of
the broth into each bowl. Cut the burrata
into quarters and add one to each bowl,
with a pinch of salt and white pepper.
WHAT TO DRINK
Artichokes are notorious for causing
wines to taste metallic, says Raj Vaidya,
head sommelier of Daniel restaurant. But
there are exceptions. Weingut Kellers
Grner-Silvaner Trocken 2015 [$23], a
savory and herbaceous dry white from
Germany, plays off the green bitterness of
the artichokes, as well as the herbal flavors
of the basil. A fun alternative would be a
cocktail. I love the Last Word, a concoction
of gin, Chartreuse, Maraschino, and lime;
the gins herbal notes match the artichokes
while the Maraschino offers fruit and a bit
of bitter to go with the pine nuts.
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In the kitchen and living

area of a vacation home on
Ibiza, which was designed
by architect Pascal
Cheikh Djavadi, the 1960s
armchairs are by Pierre
Guariche, the cocktail
table is from the 1980s,
the lamp is a reissue of a
1959 Bernard Schottlander
design, and the ceramic
floor tiles are by Gio Ponti.
For details, see Resources.

ISLAND GROOVE
The main terrace overlooking
the Mediterranean,
with landscaping designed
by Mazdak Rohani.
A neglected midcentury structure on Ibiza
gets a stylish update, thanks to an architect in
tune with the islands laid-back vibe

ELLE DECOR : This isnt the first house youve renovated on the
Spanish island of Ibiza, is it?

PASCAL CHEIKH DJAVADI: No. There have been a dozen going

back about 15 years. The typical Ibizan house is called a finca,
and it is a lovely stone peasant houseclosed against the sum-
mer heat and beautifully proportioned. But Casa Daria, as we
call this one, isnt a vernacular house. I would say its quite typi-
cal of the 1960s, when it was built.

INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL LASSELL / PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHIEU SALVAING / PRODUCED BY JRME DION

ELLE DECOR 123

DESIGN SOLUTIONS
The kitchen island is made
of black granite from ED: What is the area like?
Zimbabwe, the sinks are by
Blanco, and the aluminum PCD: Its on the north coast of the island, near the Punta Mos-
door and window frames
are by Cortizo. carter lighthouse, in a small development of about 15 houses on
the side of a hill. It had been uninhabited for quite some time
when I first saw it in 2012, but it wasnt in bad shape. The prop-
erty consisted of two units, one on each of two floors.

ED: What did your clients want from this house?

PCD: They are a couple in their 40s with a young daughter. Hes a
French businessman; shes an Iranian lawyer whom Ive known
for many years. Their only request was as many bedrooms as
possible, since this is a vacation home for family and friends.
So we combined the two units, added an internal staircase,
and removed the load-bearing walls on the lower level to cre-
ate one large, open living space. We made a new kitchen and
bathrooms, restructured the terraces, added a small pool, and
reworked the facades. We ended up with four bedrooms.

ED: How big is the completed house?

PCD: Its about 2,150 square feet. We changed the floor plan and
redesigned the terraces to make them more practical, but you
cannot get permission to expand the footprint today.

ED: What inspired you to use Gio Ponti tiles for the floor?

PCD: The terraces and floors inside the house are all stone, and
the exterior walls are coated in cement and painted white. I
In the dining area, wanted to emphasize the midcentury period of the house with
a walnut-topped
Saarinen table by
ceramics, however, and also to echo the presence of the sea, so I
Knoll is surrounded by chose tile that Ponti originally designed for the Parco dei Prin-
Hans Wegner chairs;
the lounge chair is by
cipi Grand Hotel & Spa in Sorrento, Italy, which some people
Pierre Paulin, and the consider his masterpiece. I very much admire Ponti.
pendant light is by
Modular Lighting. For ED: I assume the black frames around the windows are designed
details, see Resources.
to highlight the views?

PCD: Yes, the aluminum frames on the windows and sliding

doors are purely graphic. They create an actual frame around
select views of the garden, the sea, and the hillside. They work
the other way around, too: When you are outside, the interiors

The floor plans.

SWIMMING
LOWER TERRACE
POOL

LIVING DINING
AREA AREA

OFFICE
KITCHEN

PANTRY BATH

FIRST FLOOR

UPPER TERRACE

BEDROOM
MASTER ENTRY
BEDROOM HALL

BATH
BATH
BEDROOM
BEDROOM

SECOND FLOOR

124 ELLE DECOR

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WHAT THE PROS KNOW

Vintage Gio Ponti tiles are expensive
and all but impossible to find in
quantity. So Djavadi had the Ponti-
designed ceramics for the floors
of Casa Daria custom made and
hand-painted by La Riggiola in Italy
(lariggiola.net). Other Ponti tiles are
still in production: Twelve of his blue-
and-white patterns for the 1962
Parco dei Principi hotel in Sorrento
are available from Francesco de Maio
in Italy (francescodemaio.com).

Djavadi created the long, low box

that separates the living area from the
kitchen using a black granite from
Zimbabwe. Its the only granite that
does not have a flower pattern, says
the architect, which gives it a very
plain, very black graphic appearance.
For continuity, he used the same
stone in the upstairs bathrooms.

The landscaping for Casa Daria

was designed by Mazdak Rohani,
In the master
bedroom, the a close friend and colleague of the
walnut-and-metal architect. The terraces, planters,
bed is a custom walls, and stairways are made from
design; the Gio
Ponti floor tiles in contemporary and traditional
the hallway were materials ranging from honed stone
commissioned for and concrete to hand-hewn local
the house.
rock typical of Ibizas indigenous
architecture. The garden, although
sophisticated in its mix of plantings,
also feels right at home on the
rugged hillside, and includes Aleppo
and umbrella pines, Phoenician
look like framed paintings. On the front door, which is Corian,
junipers, palms, and cacti, as well
by the way, the round glass inserts echo the circular pattern
as a variety of aromatic plants to
of the Ponti tiles and are also a tribute to Jean Prouv, whom I perfume the sea breeze.
adore. In the afternoon, the light comes through the glass and
plays on the floor in a way I find really delightful.

ED: The kitchen is extremely minimal. Is that usual for you?

PCD: I am definitely attracted to simplicity. I try to eliminate

all that is superfluous and celebrate a purity of line and space.
Of course, doing things simply is often the most complicated.
The walls are American walnut, which is the same material as
the counter stools I designed, as well as the beds. Keeping the
materials limited creates a sense of continuity and serenity.

ED: Did you choose the furniture for the house?

PCD: Yes, in consultation with the clients. All of the pieces

are vintage except the Saarinen table, which is manufactured
by Knoll. The colors are quite saturated but share a common
themethe sea. Theyre also inspired by the Mediterranean,
which can be seen right outside, in various lighting conditions.

ED: Why is the house called Casa Daria? The houses cement-
coated exterior walls
PCD: Well, casa is Spanish for house, because Ibiza is part of are painted white. For
details, see Resources.
Spain, and daria is Persian for sea. So, House on the Sea.

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PASCAL CHEVALLIER

The living room of a Paris apartment

designed by Studio Peregalli, page 156.
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In the living room of a house in Los
Angeles designed by Jeffrey Alan Marks,
the custom chesterfield sectional is
upholstered in an Ashbury Hides leather,
a pair of circa-1960 French lounge chairs
has cushions covered in a Donghia fabric,
the zebra-print cocktail table is a custom
design, and the floor is polished concrete.
OPPOSITE: The facade is illuminated with
sconces by Rejuvenation, and the front
door is painted in Farrow & Balls Pitch
Black. For details, see Resources.
 Urban Pastoral
For a stylish couple who dreamed of a bucolic retreat
in the middle of Los Angeles, designer
Jeffrey Alan Marks crafts a sleek house and stable that bring country pleasures to
a whole new level of sophistication

T E X T by J U L I A R E E D PHOTO G R A PH Y by W I L L I A M A B R A NOW ICZ

PRODUCE D by ROB E RT RU F I NO

When designer Jeffrey Alan Marks was hired for a project in the
Brentwood area of Los Angeles, the woman of the house gave
him a succinct brief: I want a rock-and-roll farmhouse. By that
she meant no chintz or checks, and no quaint cottagey touches
to call up the charms of country living. Instead, she wanted
bold, beautiful, and maybe a tiny bit butch.
There was no need to conjure the nostalgia usually associated
with the rural aesthetic, because the house was already situated
on an actual farm of sorts: The property includes three struc-
tures on less than two acres, with a garden and a stable that
can house as many as 12 horses. The trick, says Marks, was
to make a house in the middle of L.A. look like a farmhouse in
the middle of nowhere.
The homeowners, who had lived in Europe for a number of
years, purchased the plans from Napa Valleybased architect
Howard Backen, who is renowned for structures inspired by the
farmhouse vernacular. By the time they called Marks, they
already had changes in mind. Originally, the U-shaped house had
been oriented around a pool, but the couple decided that they
would prefer a substantial cutting and vegetable garden. It was
also important to them that all the building materials be rustic.
Thus began a journey that led to Chicago, where bricks that now

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The custom concrete sofas on a
screened porch are topped with
Brenda Antin pillows, the 1990 Mats
Theselius chair is Swedish, the
1953 Bigfoot cocktail table is by
Paul Frankl, and the wall is clad in
reclaimed farmhouse boards.
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On a covered porch, the vintage
Arne Norell leather love seats and the
ironwood block tables are from JF Chen,
the wall sculpture is a wartime
gas mask for horses, and the walls are
painted in Farrow & Balls Down Pipe.
make up the floors of the larder, laundry, and wine rooms were
procured (from a recently razed building), and Austin, Texas,
where Marks reclaimed wood and metal siding from old barns.
For the designer, the project was well outside his comfort
zone. Im used to using luxurious fabrics like silk velvets and
linens, he says. For me, its all about the mix and the texture.
My houses are very layered. He laughs as he explains that the
client wouldnt allow him to cover the windows. For her, a
feminine fabric is leather.
Instead, the construction materials create their own kind
of texture and layering. The corrugated metal that makes up
most of the ceilings was carefully placedby virtue of a graph
drawn up by the designerso that the rusted pieces would not
be grouped together. Most of the floors are polished concrete.
Then there was the cache of treasures the clients had stored
in units in Europe and L.A.: There were beautiful things that
had been inherited or collected, Marks says. I started putting
everything together in a way that wasnt messy or contrived.
Several of the decorative objects he discovered in storage
now reside on the contemporary shelves of the library, where,
Marks observes, they look fresh and new. It was also important
to him that the room not look overly decorated. To that end,
he surrounded a big center table with chairs that are differ-
ent and sort of wonky and hung an iconic artichoke pendant
light by Poul Henningsen above. I wanted it to look as though
this house had evolved over a hundred years, he says. Since
I couldnt layer in a lot of fabrics, I used a variety of furniture
that didnt match.
In the library, the familys dachshund, Spartacus,
rests on one of a pair of armchairs from
Obsolete covered in Ralph Lauren Home plaids;
the oak table is from Lucca & Co., the early-
20th-century leather armchair is English, the
bookshelves and ladder are from Style de Vie,
the Poul Henningsen artichoke lamp is from the
1960s, and the ceiling is clad in metal siding
from Texas barns. For details, see Resources.
 In a daughters room, the Italian shell bed came from the
owners former house in Europe, the mirrored side table
is from JF Chen, and the chandelier was found on 1stdibs.
OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The stable garden is
planted with lettuces, vegetables, and herbs, with tuteurs
for climbing peas and beans. The stable houses up to a
dozen horses and is painted in Farrow & Balls Pitch Black,
with reclaimed-barnwood shutters. In the guest bath, a
chair is upholstered in the California state flag, the sink
and fittings are by Waterworks, the custom wallcovering is
by Nathalie Lt, and the door is painted in Farrow &
Balls Studio Green. For details, see Resources.
137
 On the guest room
patio, the cocktail table
and daybed, which has
cushions covered in a
Holland & Sherry fabric,
are midcentury pieces The vanity in the master bath
by John Good. is a custom design, the sink
fittings and floor tiles are by
Waterworks, the walls are
sheathed in marble, and the
jewelry box is from the 1880s.

To keep the house from being too severe, Marks says, he

The master bed- felt it important to give the interiors a modicum of playful-
rooms 19th-century
rocking chair and ness. On one of the porches, theres a pair of furry hide-topped
table are English. French stools; on another, two gnomes double as side tables.
The gnomes were among the few things we took from their old
house, he says. She had a whole collection of them. I wasnt
totally happy about it at first, but in the end, I realized they were
needed. Likewise, the string lights in several of the outdoor
sitting areas are permanent fixtures. I wanted it to feel a little
like a farm picnic, says the designer.
Elements of elegance abound as well. In the master bedroom,
for example, Marks hung a wall of artworks from the couples
collection above a decidedly feminine Italian giltwood settee.
In the master bath, the carriage lights flanking the mirror and
the 19th-century jewelry box give the space some civility, he
says. You can tell these people lived in Europe by what they
collected.
In the end, the client got the rock-and-roll farmhouse she
desiredan idyllic, bucolic home that feels completely unex-
pected within its urban surroundings. Still, she is grateful that
her designer didnt let her get too carried away. Jeffrey calmed
us down and steered us away from getting too austere, she
says. He brought a feeling of comfortable luxury to the archi-
tecture, which is masculine and relatively simple in structure.
And while the project represented a departure for Marks, the
results, he says, are incredibly serene and rejuvenating, with
lush picking gardens overlooking the horse stables. I still cant
believe were in the middle of Los Angeles.

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 In the master bedroom, the gilt-
wood settee is Italian, the light
fixture made from vintage air-
plane trusses is from Get Back
Inc., the Swedish rug is from Lief,
and the flooring is walnut. For
details, see Resources.
 ON A HIGH NOTE
In one of New Yorks tallest towers, Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson employ a restrained palette, luxe
fabrics, and gleaming surfaces to compose a stirring ode to Manhattan glamour

T E X T by NA NC Y H A S S PHOTO G R A PH Y by T R E VOR TON DRO

PRODUCE D by ROB E RT RU F I NO

140
 In the living room of a Manhattan apartment
designed by Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson of
Drake/Anderson, the sectional sofas by Avenue
Road are covered in a Great Plains mohair,
the pair of vintage Gio Ponti armchairs are from
Karl Kemp Antiques, the glass cocktail table
by Fredrikson Stallard is filled with feathers, the
round side table is by Holly Hunt Studio,
the lamp on it is by Charles Paris, and the custom
rug is by Tai Ping. For details, see Resources.
In the kitchen, the table is by Egg Collective, the Holly Hunt
chairs are covered in a leather from Keleen Leathers, and the
light fixture is by Lindsey Adelman. OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP LEFT: The entry hall bench is by Paul M. Jones,
the light fixture is by Paul Loebach, and the rug is by Kyle
Bunting; the walls are sheathed in a custom shagreen by
Edelman Leather, the trim is painted in Benjamin Moores
Days End, the flooring is ebonized oak, and the artwork is
by Damian Loeb. In the living room, the mirrored chair is by
Julian Mayor, the side table is by Sebastian Herkner, the
Serge Mouille floor lamp is from Design Within Reach, and
the custom wall light is by Studio Drift. The foyers console
and mirror are by Hudson Furniture, and the cocktail table
beyond is a custom design. For details, see Resources.
BEING ASKED TO CREATE AN APARTMENT in one of the tallest
residential skyscrapers to rise in midtown Manhattan in the
last few years would be a high-water mark for any designer.
The architect and designer Jamie Drake, whose swashbuckling
39-year career has taken a new turn due to his recent partner-
ship with former protg Caleb Anderson, concedes that even
heno stranger to ultra-luxurious commissionswas glad-
dened by the epic opportunity to deck out this sprawling pied-
-terre overlooking Central Park.
The clients are two grown siblings and their children, who
live abroad but alight in New York as often as their whirlwind
schedules will allow; they envisioned the apartment as a ref-
uge in the clouds. The project was a perfect fit for the design-
ers. Drake certainly has had plenty of experience channeling
the antiques-laden desires of the international elite: He made
his name designing several homes for former New York City
mayor Michael Bloomberg, including a classically adorned
Upper East Side limestone mansion, a 6,000-square-foot get-
away in Bermuda, and a vast formal townhouse in Londons
South Kensington neighborhood.
Still, the designer considers himself essentially a modernist.
As such, he has rejoiced in watching the zeitgeist move in recent
years toward a new kind of minimalism, one that eschews cold-
ness while embracing bold gesture. He gravitates toward simple
interiors with statement pieces by young artists, set off by a
backdrop of hand-hewn finishes. His own much-photographed
homea 3,000-square-foot Chelsea apartment in an Annabelle
Selldorf buildingis simultaneously a color riot, a pared-down
retreat, and a place to throw massive cocktail parties, complete
with late-night dancing.

143
 The homeowners offered few parameters beyond wanting a
neutral palette of black, white, and gray; they understandably
requested that nothing should distract from the incomparable
skyline views. They also explained that they arent the type of
clients to micromanage the design of their homes, instead pre-
ferring to be surprised by a big reveal. Such freedom enabled
Drake and Anderson to push boundaries. We were relieved
in the end because it turned out to be exactly what they were
looking for, says Drake. Its relaxing and, at the same time,
stimulating.
In fact, the three-bedroom apartment is so high in the sky
that it has a spaceship feel, and the designers decided not to
fight that. The goal, says Anderson, was to create a glamorous,
transporting, otherworldly place that is extremely urbane.
Instead of bringing in a lot of vertical pieces to balance the
large scale of the rooms, most of the furniture is actually
streamlined and low-slungthe better to gaze out upon the
vast city and its rivers below, stretched out like a topographical
map. Smaller seating areas were arranged around the periphery
to encourage guests and family members to simply sit and drink
in the view.
While the designers largely hewed to the restrained palette
requested by the clients, they managed to sneak in a bit of azure
to echo the sky itself. In the living room, the blue adds a celestial
touch that enlivens the muted atmosphere while balancing the
graphic quality of the black Serge Mouille floor lamps. Through-
out the apartment, walls are embellished with subtly textured
surfaces ranging from plaster to shagreen.
The rooms are furnished with spectacular contemporary fur-
niture made by a new generation of artisans. Barlas Baylar of
Hudson Furniture created a console in the foyer that looks like
a pile of giant stones, including some bronze ones; in the liv-
ing room sits a jagged-looking mirrored chair by East London
based Julian Mayor that lends a note of Brutalism, says Drake.
To ensure the place doesnt look too much like a showroom,
the designers were careful to mix in some vintage pieces,
including chairs by Gio Ponti.
The art was also chosen to reflect both the 21st-century sen-
sibility of the owners and the incomparable setting. With so
little wall space due to the expanses of glass, each piece had
to carry enormous aesthetic weight. A large triptych by John
Noestheden on the dining room wall resembles an abstract star
chart, and a sculpture-cumlight fixture by the Dutch team Stu-
dio Drift is made of LEDs covered in ethereal, fluffy dandelion
headsreal ones.
We wanted the apartment to respond to where things are
headed, says Drake. You look out of these windows, and you
see everything: the man-made world and nature. And somehow,
its all in harmony.

OPPOSITE: The master baths sink and tub fittings are by Dornbracht,
and the flooring is marble. LEFT, FROM TOP: In the master bedroom, a
bed by Minotti is dressed in linens by E. Braun & Co., the bedside
table is from Philippe Hurel, the custom rug is by Tai Ping, and the
walls have a custom textured finish by Atelier Premiere. The guest
rooms Joseph Jeup bed is upholstered in a Toyine Sellers fabric, the
bench by Anne and Vincent Corbiere is covered in a Soie de Lune
fabric, the bedside table is by HH Ruseau, the Roberto Rida lamp is
from Bernd Goeckler, and the curtains are of an Osborne & Little fabric.
For details, see Resources.

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 L E S S ON P L A N S
Steven Gambrel brings clarity and coherence
to a Bridgehampton home that has
been an unwieldy amalgam of farmhouse and school building since the 1840s

T E X T by PE T E R T E R Z I A N PHOTO G R A PH Y by JA M E S M E R R E L L
PRODUCE D by M I E K E T E N H AV E
In the 1840s, a farmhouse was erected in Bridgehampton, New
York, a quiet agricultural community on the South Fork of
Long Island. The builders relocated an old one-room school-
house from the main street of the village and turned it into a
wing of the house, a common practice in the 19th century
why waste perfectly good wood? The house continued to grow
over the decades, with additions in the 1870s and 1900s, until it
became something of an architectural jumble, with an ill-suited
Italianate cornice and porch columns.
Still, it was a lovable jumble. Five years ago, a couple with
three young daughters stumbled across a listing for the house
on 1stdibs. The Manhattan residents already owned a weekend
house in neighboring Sagaponack. Wed always been enam-
ored with the idea of finding an idyllic farmhouse, says the
wife. But we didnt plan on moving. My husband said, Over
my dead body are we buying another house. Then we drove to
see it the next day, and within 24 hours, we had put in an offer.
It was clear, however, that their new purchase needed to be
gently coaxed into the 21st century. Through mutual friends,
the couple became acquainted with the family who had, until
recently, owned the house for three generations. It hadnt really
changed much, says the wife. Same layouts, same floors. The
only change they had made since their grandmothers day was
to add bathrooms. Back then, they would use chamber pots.
The couple soon realized that they didnt have a clear sense of
how to make the house function for their family.
Enter Steven Gambrel. The husband and wife, who both work
in the hedge-fund industry, met Gambrel when he did a project
for one of her colleagues. The interior designer, who has worked
on dozens of homes in the Hamptons, has also owned six cot-
tages in nearby Sag Harbor. He embraced the farmhouses mix
of architectural styles. Its a quirky house, and I didnt want
to lose that, he says. The 18th-century schoolhouse wing is
an important part of the history of the area, and I wanted to
maintain its spirit.
Nonetheless, the house had to be largely reconstructed from
the foundation up. Gambrel enlisted Historical Concepts, a firm
based in New York and Atlanta that builds and restores houses
while respecting a projects local vernacular, from materials
to colors. In the end, says Gambrel, every single thing was
replaced except the interior staircase and railing. But it looks
like the same building on the outside. In fact, it looks immea-
surably better. The inappropriate Italianate details have been
jettisoned. A new wing wraps around two sides of the build-
ing and encompasses the living room, master bedroom, and a
OPPOSITE: In the living room of a weekend home in Bridgehampton,
New York, designed by Steven Gambrel, the custom sofa is uphol-
stered in a Mark Alexander fabric, the same Arabel Fabrics linen is used
for both the curtains and the armchair, the Thebes-style caned stools
are vintage, the cocktail table is by Dos Gallos, and the abaca rug is by
Stark; the ceiling is painted in Super White by Benjamin Moore, with
beams in Armory by Pratt & Lambert. ABOVE: Awnings shade the back
of the house. For details, see Resources.
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 The family rooms custom furnishings
include a sofa upholstered in a Lee Jofa
fabric, a tufted sofa in a Chapas Textiles
weave, a leather ottoman, and a pair of
armchairs covered in a Kravet linen blend;
the 1950s cerused-oak side table and
19th-century copper lantern are French,
the curtains are of a Home Couture fabric,
and the wallpaper is by Phillip Jeffries.

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 The dining rooms Julian
Chichester chairs are covered in
Lulu DK and Rose Tarlow
Melrose House fabrics, the
18th-century pendant light is
French, the curtains are of a
fabric by Eskayel, and the
trim is painted in Aegean Teal
by Benjamin Moore.

A custom sofa in the living room is

upholstered in a de Le Cuona fabric, the
side table is by Henredon, the chest is a
19th-century ships cabinet, and the
French still life is from the 1930s.

The mudrooms ceiling light is by

Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co.,
the 19th-century mirrors were
found in Antwerp, the pine floors
are from Heritage Wide Plank
Flooring, and the door is painted in
Coach Green by Fine Paints of
Europe. For details, see Resources.
 The kitchens marble sink has fittings by Sonoma
Forge, the cabinetry is painted in Benjamin
Moores Hearthstone, and a collection of 1930s
Bea Evan paintings found in Europe are in new
frames by Bark Frameworks. OPPOSITE: On the
covered porch, the dining table and benches are of
New Zealand teak, the rattan sofa by Bielecky
Brothers has cushions in a Perennials fabric, and
the pendant lights are from Circa Antiques; the
walls are painted in White, the ceiling in Silver Gray,
and the window frames and doors in Black, all by
Fine Paints of Europe. For details, see Resources.

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In the master bedroom, the bed is
upholstered in an Arabel Fabrics
linen and dressed in Schweitzer Linen
bedding with a Serena & Lily quilt,
the sofa is covered in a Mark
Alexander fabric, and the chair and
ottoman are upholstered in a Lauren
Hwang fabric; the side tables by
Olivier Gagnre are from Neotu, the
chandelier is from the 1940s, and the
1973 screen prints are by Robert
Mangold. For details, see Resources.
The laundry rooms washing
machine is by LG, the sea-
grass hamper is from Crate
& Barrel, and the marble
wall tile is by Walker Zanger.

In a bathroom, the ceiling

lights are by Remains
Lighting, the walls are
painted in Benjamin
Moores Stonington Gray,
and the window frame is
painted in Genteel Gray
by Pratt & Lambert; the
wooden ship artwork was
found in Europe.

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 screened porch. The formerly choppy interior has been recon-
figured to comfortably accommodate a contemporary family
of five. True to houses from this era, the rooms feel intimate,
with low ceilings. Its not a grand home, says Gambrel. Its
rambling and charming.
At the beginning of the endeavor, Gambrel walked the clients
through his own Sag Harbor residence. My husband and I fell
in love with its cozy elegance, the wife says. We wanted that
vibe, and Steven gave it to us. For their living room, Gambrel
chose a palette of pale neutrals. Its old Hamptons, he says,
sand and biscuit and oyster and driftwood, dry and not shiny.
The room is meant to look like its always been there. A lofty
family room now occupies the schoolhouse wing, which has a
similar color scheme but is accented in bursts of green and blue
that complement the garden outside the window. Bohemian
patterns give the room a younger, hipper feel.
A pair of run-down buildings in a corner of the yard posed a
challenge. One was a potting shed with a huge tree growing out
of the middle, the wife says. The other was a garage that was
so rotten with mold, I wouldnt let my kids near it. Gambrel,
working with Historical Concepts, transformed the structures
into an entertainment space and a guesthouse outfitted with a
bedroom, dining table, bar, and fireplace. The family installed
a pool, as well as an open-air glass pergola for lounging that
was inspired by a greenhouse-style dining pavilion the wife had
admired at Stockholms Ilse Crawforddesigned Ett Hem hotel.
The hardest part about working with Gambrel, the wife says,
is the fact that the home is now complete. When Steven leaves
your life, you feel like a little bit of creativity slips through your
fingers. Im dying to find another project to work on with him,
because he brings so much joy to the process.

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 Beside the pool, the awning is made of salvaged
corrugated-and-wired glass, and the custom outdoor
furniture is topped with cushions covered in a
Perennials fabric; the pool surround and patio are of
Kota stone, and the topiaries are boxwood; the
garden design is by Marders. OPPOSITE: The guest
room in the poolhouse contains a John Himmel
bed dressed in Schweitzer Linen bedding, a
Swedish painted chest, and a rug by Restoration
Hardware; the matchstick Roman shades are
custom. For details, see Resources.

155
 OPEN to
I N T E R PR E TAT ION
To create the
ultimate Left Bank pied--terre,
American socialite
Katherine Bryan turns to the
Italian design firm Studio Peregalli,
which conjures all the romance
and understated
grandeur of bygone Paris

T E X T by DA NA T HOM A S
PHOTO G R A PH Y by PA S C A L CH E VA L L I E R
PRODUCE D
by C Y N T H I A F R A N K

In the living room of Katherine Bryans 18th-century

apartment on the Left Bank in Paris, which was
designed by Roberto Peregalli and Laura Sartori
Rimini of Studio Peregalli, the sofas are custom
designs, the carved armchairs are Louis XVI, the
bench with a needlepoint cushion and the Italian
gilt-wood chandelier are 18th century, and the side
tables are hand-painted with a Moorish pattern
based on a drawing by Renzo Mongiardino; the
Agra rug is from the early 19th century and the
rooms original plasterwork was hand-painted in
gold and pale blue-gray. For details, see Resources.
157
WHEN AMERICAN SOCIALITE KATHERINE BRYAN
and her husband, Damon Mezzacappa, gave up their New York
City home to live in Palm Beach, he found he was missing what
she calls a metropolitan experience. While on holiday in
France, he said, We love Paris. Why dont we just buy an apart-
ment there? Bryan, a psychologist who honed a sharp eye for
architectural gems while working for Sothebys real estate
in New York, set off to the Left Bank and found a dilapidated
18th-century, first-floor apartment that had once been a part
of an htel particulier. It was steps from the Muse Rodin and
bathed in light, and Bryan could see the potential. I wasnt sure
Damon would agree, she recalls. But he said, If thats the one
you want, get it.
During her three marriagesto writer George Gurley, finan-
cier and telecommunications executive Shelby Bryan, and her
longtime friend, the widowed MezzacappaBryan moved
many times, she said, and she became so adept at decorat-
ing homes, usually with the aid of Mark Hampton, that she
occasionally guided friends with their places. For the Left
Bank flat, however, she knew she needed help. She had read
about Studio Peregalli, the Milan-based design team of Roberto
Peregalli and Laura Sartori Rimini, who were known for Renzo
Mongiardinoinspired decor and top-to-bottom renovations of
grand homes, and thought they might be the perfect fit. I knew
I didnt want to be minimalistic in that apartment, she says. I
felt it should be the way it already wasbut better.
With its soaring twelve-and-a-half-foot ceilings, original
plaster moldings, and a floor plan that flows easily from one
room to the next, Rimini says, The apartments bones were
really nice. But it needed some renovation and rearranging:
Rimini and Peregalli replaced the worn parquet with antique
oak flooring from Italy; created a formal dining room in what
had been a gallery, adding a gentle vaulted ceiling to make it
enveloping; and converted a smaller bedroom into a sumptu-
ous library.
For the decor, Peregalli says, We wanted to do our idea of
Francesomething 18th century, poetic. That meant, natu-
rally, loads of gold. But not Versailles-style bling, which,
Peregalli notes, is very strong and shiny. Instead, they chose
a more subtle and soft gold, like one finds in Italy, he explains.
Its not real gold leaf; its painted. Thats the difference. Its not
a grand and imposing atmosphere; its more cozy and intimate.
In the kitchen, they retained the original cabinetry but reposi-
tioned and extended it to line the entire space. The 18th-century
Portuguese tile on the backsplash is similar to what Rimini has
in her own kitchen. For the guest-room walls, Peregalli and
Rimini chose panels of 19th-century, Genoese mezzaro fabric
and had their artisans produce similarly hand-printed linen to
connect it all together. In the dining room, they enlisted artists

OPPOSITE: In the dining room, the 19th-century furnishings include a

French table of walnut and rosewood, a set of Flemish dining chairs,
and a gilded-bronze chandelier; the walls are clad in antiqued mirrors
hand-painted in a floral design. RIGHT, FROM TOP: Bryan in her living
room. In the entry hall, the armoire with silver-plated metal decorations
and the silver-plated bronze chandelier are both 19th-century French,
the Flemish chair, upholstered in horsehair, is antique, the hand-
painted wallpaper is in a design by Studio Peregalli, and the wainscot-
ing was painted to resemble marble. For details, see Resources.

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 The kitchen chairs are 17th-century
French, the chandelier is Napoleon III,
and the backsplash is lined in 18th-
century Portuguese tile; the fireplace
is original to the apartment, the
custom French oak boiseries and cabi-
nets are in the style of the 18th century,
and the flooring is antique oak.

In the library, the sofa is The dressing room,

upholstered in a cotton dam- which is designed to
ask, the armchair is covered resemble a military
in a silk velvet, and the slip- tent, has a custom
per chair is based on a brass ladder, a 19th-
Mongiardino design; the desk century bronze-and-
is Louis XV, the chandelier is glass pendant light,
Louis XIV, and the 19th- and walls covered in
century rug is Persian. French cotton with
gilded trim.

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 The guest bedrooms custom
Turquerie-style sofa bed and
canopy are covered in a
hand-printed cotton that was
also used on the walls.
For details, see Resources.
 to paint floral vines in muted tones on antiqued mirrors, to give
the room a Flemish flavor of the 16th or 17th century, Peregalli
says. The mirrors also serve as an optical device: They enlarge
the room, Rimini explains, and the candles create a gentle,
flickering light at night.
Bryan traveled regularly to Paris to check in on the renovation
and was charmed by her designers. They spar a lot with each
other, but its amusing, she says. Its just the way they are. She
is the organizer, and he is the inventor-artist type. They have
wonderful taste, and they work together wonderfully.
Once the construction was complete, Peregalli and Rimini
took Bryan shopping for furniture and art in the Paris flea mar-
kets and visited the antiques dealers in the Carr Rive Gauche,
the gallery-laden neighborhood between the Quai Voltaire and
rue de lUniversit. At Fremontier, on the quay, they found a
roulette table that now serves as the dining table.
The biggest surprise for Bryan was when the designers chose
a pine-green paisley carpet based on a Madeleine Castaing
drawing for the bedroom. I would have used sea grass! Bryan
admits. So the idea of putting that design on the floor was sort
of a shock to me. But I love it. They had to push me sometimes,
because Im a creature of habit. Its much more elaborate than
anything Ive lived in before.
Sadly, Mezzacappa, her husband of four years, passed away in
2015, before the home was complete. But Bryan still uses it as
her pied--terre for long stretches each spring and fall, and she
hopes to welcome her three sons and their families there soon,
too. When Katherine arrives, all she needs is a bunch of flow-
ers, and thats it, Rimini says. Its really her Paris home.

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 The bed in the master bedroom is 19th-
century Italian, the Louis XVI armchair and
18th-century dresser are French, the rug is
based on a Madeleine Castaing drawing,
and the wallcovering was painted by hand.
OPPOSITE: In the master bath, the circa-
1760 rosewood-and-bronze writing desk
and 18th-century gilded wood stool are
French, the pendant light is made from a
19th-century lantern, the shower doors
are steel, and the walls are sheathed in
striped plaster. For details, see Resources.
In the living room of designer Ernest de la Torre
and Kris Habermans home in Snedens Landing,
New York, the custom sofa is upholstered in a
Toyine Sellers fabric, the 19th-century Belgian
cabinet was found at an auction in London, the
bronze pendant light is by Herv Van der
Straeten, and the Georgian fireplace is attrib-
uted to Robert Adam; the walls are coated in
waxed plaster, the flooring is Indian sandstone,
the silk rug is by Fort Street Studio, and the
painting over the mantel is by Ross Bleckner.
For details, see Resources.
THE
BIG
SWITCH
When transforming a 1950s
ranch house in a
Hudson River hamlet into
his family home, designer Ernest
de la Torre changes virtually
everything, front to back
and top to bottom

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PHOTO G R A PH Y by R ICH A R D P OW E R S
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 De la Torre, left, Haberman,
and their son, Parker, in the
side garden off the kitchen. The
Christopher Dresser bench is
circa 1900, and the flooring is
antique glass-and-steel sub-
way grates from London.
upstate New York auction was fitted with a
countertops are by Bulthaup, the refrigera-
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The family rooms Jean-Michel Frank
sofa is by Ecart Paris, the wooden chair
carved in the style of Pedro Friedeberg
came from a Paris flea market, and the cock-
tail table by Etienne Allemeersch is from
Art-Design-Carta; the walls are sheathed in
inlaid straw marquetry from Paris, and the
alpaca rug is by Sacco Carpet.
In the kitchen, a root table found at an
glass top, the Josef Hoffmann chairs are
covered in a vintage Larsen fabric, the
ceiling incorporates beams from a 19th-
century Pennsylvania barn, and the lights
are by Isamu Noguchi; the cabinetry and
tor is by Sub-Zero, the oven is by Miele,
the sink fittings are by Grohe, the flooring
is Cuban cement tile, and the walls are
painted in Benjamin Moores Linen White.
F
The foyers parchment con-
soles were found at auction,
the Marc Bankowsky bench
is from Maison Gerard, and
the 1919 bronze chair is by
Armand-Albert Rateau; the
pendant lights are from
Murano, and the doors are
painted in Benjamin
or many of us, the impulse to follow a wild and beauti- Moores Midnight.
ful dream is kept in check by an inner voice of caution: Surely
it would be too risky, too time-consuming, too dear. Designer
Ernest de la Torre has a knack for tuning out such misgivings,
at least judging by the house that he shares with his husband,
Kris Haberman, and their son, Parker. From the broadest ges-
ture to the smallest detail, their home is a testament to the
rewards of going all in.
Located in Snedens Landing, New York, a historic community
a dozen miles north of Manhattan, the house offers surprises at
every turn. A kitchen counter is inlaid with petrified wood; brass
parakeets pivot to turn on a bathroom faucet; cloud reliefs
float on hand-troweled plaster walls; blown-glass dragonflies
flit around translucent light fixtures; and raindrop mirrors cas-
cade down a wall. A garden theme unifies the house, but nature
here has a wonderland quality. I like things to be unique, says
de la Torre, so that someone cant come along and say, Well, I
could do that too. Id rather create something new.
Not that de la Torre jumped blindly down this rabbit hole.
Before undertaking the work, he and Haberman spent eight years
living with the homes limitations. The 1950s structure is a back-
split ranchone story in front, dropping to two at the back. In the
original configuration, all of the public rooms were on the upper
floor, with the bedrooms downstairs. We were always going out
the front door and around to the back of the house to be in the
beautiful yard, says de la Torre. So I had this crazy idea to take
the floor out, creating a double-height living room at the back.
Also swept into this somersault was the kitchen, which had been
situated by the front door. Once those changes were decided,
we pretty much repositioned everything, says de la Torrea
process that required structural reinforcements so complex,
the designer describes it as his masters degree in construc-
tion. It would have been cheaper to tear the place down and
rebuild, he admits. But the house would have lost its charm.
Another key goal was illuminating the interior. The house
was really dark, says Haberman, who works as an account
executive for ESI Design. To that end, the roof was punctured
with skylights, and solid walls gave way to expanses of glass.
Ive always ogled steel casement windows, says de la Torre,
who planned to use them in just the living room. But this is
how it starts with decorators, right? Now, the entire house is
outfitted with custom windows and matching doors.
Not to be outdone by this influx of sunlight, lamps and over-
head fixtures also offer flashes of brilliance. Im really big on
lighting, says de la Torre. It draws your eye. Its like jewelry.
A giant bronze cocoon light by Herv Van der Straeten hovers
above the living room, while a pair of Charles Rennie Mackin-
tosh sconces flickers beside a nearby fireplace.
The designer paid as much attention to how the house would
function and feel as to how it would look. Underlying every- The living rooms circa-1905
Josef Hoffmann chairs are
thing, I want it to be super comfortable, says de la Torre, who
covered in Burmese python, a
credits his former boss and mentor Peter Marino with helping sculpture by Sol LeWitt serves
to develop his appreciation for texture. Whether upholstered as a cocktail table, and the
Wendell Castle pedestal was
originally a newel post. For
details, see Resources.
 In the front garden, the custom
benches, planters, and widows
walk are painted in Farrow & Balls
Pitch Blue, the lanterns are by
Bevolo, and the pavers came from
a quarry in nearby Rockland
County, New York.

in leather, fur, snakeskin, wool, or silk, every seat in the house

encourages lingering, just as virtually every wall surface begs
to be touched.
The eclectic mix of furnishings includes a handful of favor-
ite pieces the designer had stashed away in storage over the
yearsin particular, some whose outsize proportions had been
waiting for an outsize space like the living room. Giant newel
posts designed by Wendell Castle in the 1970s now serve as
pedestals; the cast-iron balconies came from a robber barons
house, he says. Equally grand is the span of years: An 18th-
century Robert Adam mantel faces a 1980s cocktail table by Sol
LeWitt. Its fun to have furnishings play off of each other, says
de la Torre, like an interesting cocktail party.
The renovation itself could not span a similar breadth of
years. Indeed, de la Torre had to meet a critical deadline: his
June 2015 wedding to Habermanwith the reception to follow
at their house. Yet even as that cutoff approached, de la Torres
imagination would not sit still. Just before the wedding, he
asked artist Shantell Martin to create a mural for the powder
room walls and door. She sat down with the two of us and said,
OK, tell me the story of your life. Then she disappeared into
the bathroom. An hour later, it was done. It has the places we The powder room mural is by
Shantell Martin, and the
grew up, the story of how we met, says de la Torre. All of which wainscoting is painted in
makes it a perfect symbol to mark the end of the construction of Benjamin Moores Midnight.
one kind of dream, and the beginning of another.

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The bed in the master bedroom is upholstered in
an Edelman leather and dressed in Pratesi and
Frette linens, the bedside tables are by Jallu
Ebnistes, the Carol Egan stool from Maison
Gerard is upholstered in a Toyine Sellers fabric,
and the circa-1970 Mazzega ceiling light was found
at a Paris flea market; the walls are upholstered in
a Ralph Lauren wool suiting, the ceiling is covered
in a Stark tea-leaf paper, the custom wool carpet is
by Hokanson, and the artwork over the bed is by
Richard Serra. For details, see Resources.
 A century ago, potato fields and agricultural barns were
as common on the eastern end of Long Island, New York, as
seagulls and swallows. Most of that land was later sold off for
residential development and golf courses; nowadays, original
barns on the South Fork are nearly extinct.
But 41 summers ago, when artist John Alexanderat the invi-
tation of Willem de Kooningdrove his 1970 El Camino from
Houston, where he was teaching, to the Hamptons, barns still
existedfor rent and sometimes for sale. In short order, Alex-
ander uprooted from Texas and moved into a SoHo loft, made
a name for himself on the downtown New York art scene, and
started renting summer places out east.
In the mid-1980s, Alexander learned that a pair of old barns
on a two-and-a-half-acre property in Amagansett would soon
come on the market. He envisioned the ideal setup for an art-
ist: He could paint in one barn and live in the other. No mat-
ter that someone was renting the property that summer and
the homeowner wouldnt let Alexander inside the converted,
connected buildings. He bought the barns sight unseen. (The
late-1960s bathroom, with its mirrored walls and sunken tub,
would not have been a deterrent.) It was perfect, he recalls.
I could move in and have a studio immediatelyI didnt have
to miss any work.

ABOVE: Artist John Alexander and ceramist Fiona Waterstreet, with

their cockapoo, Archie, at their Amagansett, New York, weekend house,
two linked barns that date from the late 18th or early 19th century; the
interiors are designed by Richard Mishaan. RIGHT: In the living area, the
sofa by Jonas and the cushions on the antique wood chairs are uphol-
stered in Brunschwig & Fils fabrics, the custom ottoman is covered in a
Cowtan & Tout fabric, and the lacquered cocktail table is from Mishaans
boutique, Homer Design; the side tables are English antiques, the lamps
are by Barbara Cosgrove, the sisal rug is by Patterson Flynn Martin, and
the painting, Poppies, is by Alexander. For details, see Resources.

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 Field Notes
An artist born and bred in Texas and a British ceramist find that
a pair of rustic barns in Amagansett makes the perfect family homebut only after designer
Richard Mishaan steps in to add his inimitable flair

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PRODUCE D by ROB E RT RU F I NO
In the family room, the beige sofa and the rug
are by Restoration Hardware, a custom sofa is
upholstered in a Cowtan & Tout stripe, the
leather armchair and cocktail table are antiques,
and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moores
Opaline. OPPOSITE: A George Smith chair in the
living area is covered in a Nina Campbell floral;
the charcoal drawing is by Alexander. For
details, see Resources.
 When he wasnt painting, Alexander, who grew up in East
Texas, worked on cultivating the land. He planted lots of trees
(I didnt want to see the road, and the road didnt want to see
me) and, with the help of water lilies, cattails, and flowering
plants, made the pond on the property look like the Gulf Coast
swamps of his youth. The pond is my baby. Its an integral part
of my art, he says. I fell so in love with gardening and being
outdoors. My paintings softened because of that.
Other than removing a loft area in the main barn to create
more open space and jettisoning the bathroom decor, Alex-
ander sought to retain the rustic simplicity of the structures,
which date back to the late 1700s or early 1800s. The spartan
aesthetic lasted until he married Fiona Waterstreet, a vivacious,
color-loving, pattern-happy Englishwoman, who came into his
life with her young son, Harrison, two decades ago. I brought
my English sensibility, says Waterstreet, a ceramist. I wanted
boxwoods and lavender, that kind of thing.
Florals and botanicals of a different sort began to infiltrate the
interiors in the form of textiles, which Waterstreet passionately
collects. When, over time, her affinity for boldly upholstered
antiques and patterned pillows threatened to upend the barns
raw spirit, the couple called on their interior-designer friend
Richard Mishaan, who had previously helped decorate their
SoHo loft (ELLE DECOR , September 2014).
Mishaan, who has a weekend house in nearby Sag Harbor,
made a barn call. Fiona told me to get rid of anything, and I said,
Im going to disappoint you in a funny wayI wanted to keep
so much, Mishaan recalls of the charming vignettes that the
couple had assembled throughout. John said, If anyone comes

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 The zinc-topped kitchen table
is from ABC Carpet & Home,
the stools are by Arthur
Umanoff, the range hood is
by Thermador, and the walls
are painted in Benjamin
Moores Simply White.

The lily pond is planted to

recall the landscape of
Alexanders native East Texas.

Alexanders studio, located

down the road from
the house; the walls are
painted in Benjamin
Moores Super White.

An antique English refectory table in

the dining area; the fronts and seats
of the French chairs are upholstered
in a Kravet linen, and the porcelain
candleholders are by Waterstreet.
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 The desk in the study is antique, a George
Smith stool is covered with a Mexican serape,
and the painted wood flooring is original to
the barn; the artworks include a Chinese
watercolor, photographs by Ashley Pridmore
and Bernard Plossu, a framed antique Tibetan
thangka textile, and, on the desk, a portrait by
Jessica Benjamin of Waterstreets son,
Harrison. For details, see Resources.
 In the master bedroom, the sofa, an
antique from Ruby Beets, and the
desk chair are covered in Manuel
Canovas fabrics, the curtains are of a
Kravet linen, the desk is 19th century,
and the painting is by Alexander.

in my house and describes it as fancy, youve not done your job.

An antique chair in the master
In the end, it was up to me to hash out what was best for them. bath is topped with a cushion
A gifted mix master and serious art collector, Mishaan has covered in a Kravet fabric with
tassels by Samuel & Sons.
a special knack for crafting eclectic, layered interiors that
always look balanced and orderly. Often, he lets the art dictate
the order. For the barns living and dining area, for instance, a
painting by Alexander of a field of poppies informed the pal-
ette. Mishaan introduced a beige animal print and upholstered
a pair of sofas in emerald velvet to play off the paintings foli-
age. (When Waterstreet found them too bright for summer,
slipcovers were made from an embroidered Mexican fabric.)
The couples dining chairs were refashioned with floral backs
but given plain fronts because, as Mishaan explains, there was
already a lot going on in the living area: We took it just to the
limits of where John was going to start to scream.
In the process of the redo, Alexander moved his painting stu-
dio to another place down the road, and the second barn was
transformed into a spacious family room, with a guest bedroom
above. Its Harrisons wing when Waterstreets now-27-year-
old son visits from Los Angeles, where he works at the talent
agency CAA. It retains all of the character of a rustic 200-year-
old barn, despite the polished look of a well-considered seating
arrangement and the gallery effect of the artists works.
Richard helped create a calmer, much more organized envi-
ronment, even though its very colorful, says Waterstreet of
the spruced-up home. I created clutter, she adds with a laugh,
and he cleaned it up.

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On the veranda, the teak table is by
Barlow Tyrie, the wicker chairs are by
Restoration Hardware, and the antique
wood chairs are from Ruby Beets; the
pergola supports a wisteria vine and is
surrounded by boxwood topiaries. For
details, see Resources.
R ESOURCES
Items pictured but not listed are from private
collections.
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#BG737-B-YW, $36,950, by Marco Bicego (marco
bicego.com). Toi et Moi 22-karat-gold ring, $10,500,
by Belperron (belperron.com). Cape Crest dress, in
Vanilla, $3,245, by Brunello Cucinelli (brunello
cucinelli.com). Silver-plated dessert fork, #00012015,
$96, by Christofle (christofle.com). Parure porcelain
dessert plate, in Amber/Blue Crpuscule/Gold, $135,
by Marie Dage (mariedaage.com). Les cailles fabric,
in Amethyst/Black, #L3914N, by Le Manach, to the
trade from Pierre Frey (www.pierrefrey.com).
Rebecca dining chair, in Medium Walnut, $6,450, by
Madeline Stuart, from Profiles.
PAGE 98: Perles Impriales diamond-androse gold
watch, #GJ29BR8924TDT8, $112,600, by Breguet
(breguet.com). Bomb diamond-and-platinum ring,
price upon request, by Graff (graffdiamonds.com).
Playing Card gold ear clips, $14,000, by Mahnaz x
Sidney Garber. Le Rveil du Tsar rose gold watch,
#5707ER299V6, $40,200, by Breguet. Kikatsu
engraved glass, #K-6949, $102, by Kimura Glass
(japanesemoderndesign.com). Bar Double Old Fash-
ioned crystal glass, in Ocean Green, #BAR-10100-1-
OGR, $200, by Moser (moserusa.com). Honore coffee
table, in Brass/Gold Leaf, $12,360, by Madeline Stuart,
from Profiles.
UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
PAGES 114116: H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
(h3hc.com).
DANIELS DISH
PAGES 118120: Daniel Boulud of restaurant Daniel
(danielnyc.com). Rua Nova dinner plate, in Green,
$56, by Bordallo Pinheiro (alchemyfinehome.com).
Palermo tablecloth, $98, Tropez runner, $78, Brela
napkin, $32 for a set of four, all by Serena & Lily
(serenaandlily.com).
DESIGN SOLUTIONS
PAGES 123126: Architecture by Pascal Cheikh Dja-
vadi of Atelier Arcos Architecture (arcosarchitecture.fr)
and Maria Rodriguez-Carreo Villangmez of Arqui-
tectura Minimum (minimumarquitectura.com). Land-
scape design by Mazdak Rohani of Land8 (land8.fr).
In kitchen and living area, Mantis BS 1 floor lamp, by
Bernard Schottlander (schottlander.fr). In kitchen and
living area, aluminum window and door frames by
Cortizo (cortizo.com). In dining room, Saarinen table
from Knoll (knoll.com). Pendant light by Modular
Lighting Instruments (supermodular.com).
URBAN PASTORAL
PAGES 132139: Interior design by Jeffrey Alan Marks
(jam-design.com). Architecture by Backen, Gillam &
Kroeger Architects (bgarch.com). Landscape design
by Joe Sturges of GSLA Studio (gslastudio.com).
PAGES 132133: In living room, lounge chairs uphol-
stered in fabric, to the trade from Donghia (donghia
.com). Custom sectional upholstered in leather from
Ashbury Hides (ashburyhides.com). Custom shelving
by Style de Vie (styledevie.com). On facade, sconces
by Rejuvenation (rejuvenation.com). Walls painted in
Pitch Black, #256, by Farrow & Ball (farrow-ball.com).
PAGE 134: On screened porch, stools from Hollywood
at Home (hollywoodathome.com). Pillows by Brenda
Antin (323-934-8451). Wall sconce by Schoolhouse
Electric & Supply Co. (schoolhouse.com).
PAGE 135: In library, armchairs from Obsolete
(obsoleteinc.com), upholstered in fabrics from Ralph
Lauren Home (ralphlaurenhome.com). Leather arm-
chair from Coup dEtat (coupdetatsf.com). Custom
ladder by Style de Vie. Vintage artichoke lamp by
Poul Henningsen from Galerie Half (galeriehalf.com).
PAGES 136137: In daughters room, side table
from JF Chen (jfchen.com). Chandelier from 1stdibs
(1stdibs.com). On stable, boards painted in Pitch Black,
#256, by Farrow & Ball. In guest bath, custom wall-
covering by Nathalie Lt (nathalie-lete.com). Sink
and fittings by Waterworks (waterworks.com). Walls
painted in Studio Green, #93, by Farrow & Ball.
PAGE 138: On guest room patio, daybeds uphol-
stered in fabric, to the trade from Holland & Sherry
(hollandandsherry.com). In master bath, sink fittings
and floor tiles by Waterworks. In master bedroom,
table and rocking chair from Galerie Half.
PAGE 139: In master bedroom, Swedish rug from
Lief (liefalmont.com). Giltwood settee from JF Chen.
Light fixture from Get Back Inc. (getbackinc.com).
ON A HIGH NOTE
PAGES 140145: Interior design by Jamie
Drake and Caleb Anderson of Drake/Anderson
(drakeanderson.com).
PAGES 140141: In living room, round side table
to the trade by Holly Hunt Studio (hollyhunt.com).
Custom rug by Tai Ping (taipingtent.com). Glass
cocktail table by Fredrikson Stallard from David Gill
(davidgillgallery.com). Table lamp by Charles Paris to
the trade from Donghia (donghia.com). Vintage arm-
chairs from Karl Kemp Antiques (karlkemp.com).
PAGE 142: In kitchen, Hadrien armchairs by Holly
Hunt Studio, upholstered in Asti leather from
Keleen Leathers (keleenleathers.com). Oscar dining
table with custom marble top from Egg Collective
(eggcollective.com). Agnes chandelier by Lindsey
Adelman from Roll & Hill (rollandhill.com).
PAGE 143: In entry foyer, wall trim painted in Days End,
#2133-30, by Benjamin Moore (benjaminmoore.com).
Four Seasons rug by Kyle Bunting (kylebunting.com).
Bench by Paul M. Jones from John Boone (johnboone
inc.com). Walls in custom shagreen, to the trade from
Edelman Leather (edelmanleather.com). Artwork by
Damian Loeb from Acquavella Galleries (acquavella
galleries.com). Halo chandelier by Paul Loebach from
Roll & Hill. In living room, Bell side table by Sebastian
Herkner from Avenue Road (avenue-road.com). Serge
Mouille Three-Arm floor lamp, #464314, from Design
Within Reach (dwr.com). Chair by Julian Mayor from
Twenty First Gallery (21stgallery.com). Fragile Future
wall light by Studio Drift from Carpenters Workshop
Gallery (carpentersworkshopgallery.com). In foyer,
custom Magnolia mirror and Stones console by
Hudson Furniture (hudsonfurnitureinc.com). Rug by
Tai Ping. Custom sectional sofa from Avenue Road,
upholstered in Silk & Sexy mohair, in Satellite, by
Great Plains, to the trade from Holly Hunt.
PAGE 144: In master bedroom, custom Eclipse rug
from Tai Ping. Hamilton bed, #1123946, by Minotti
from DDC NYC (ddcnyc.com). Bedding by E. Braun
& Co. (ebraunnewyork.com). Elliot nightstand by
Philippe Hurel (philippe-hurel.com). Custom wall fin-
ish by Atelier Premiere (atelier-premiere.com). In guest
bedroom, Pli bed by Joseph Jeup, to the trade from
Holly Hunt, upholstered in Phinda R fabric by Toyine
Sellers (toyinesellers.com). Bedding by E. Braun &
Co. Cage bench by Anne and Vincent Corbiere from
Twenty First Gallery, upholstered in fabric by Soie de
Lune (soiedelune.com).
PAGE 145: In master bathroom, CL.1 fittings by
Dornbracht (dornbracht.com).
LESSON PLANS
PAGES 146155: Interior design by Steven
Gambrel of S.R. Gambrel, Inc. (srgambrel.com).
Architecture by Andrew Cogar of Historical
Concepts (historicalconcepts.com). Landscaping by
Marders (marders.com).
PAGE 146: In living room, custom armchair upholstered
in #P904 fabric, from Arabel Fabrics (arabelfabrics
.com). Custom rug from Stark (starkcarpet.com). Cus-
tom sofa upholstered in Hypotenuse fabric, #M257,
to the trade by Mark Alexander (markalexander.com).
Cocktail table from Dos Gallos (dosgallos.com).
Ceiling beams painted in Armory, #29-26, by Pratt &
Lambert (prattandlambert.com). Window frame
painted in Englewood Cliffs, #1607, by Benjamin
Moore (benjaminmoore.com).
PAGE 148: In family room, armchairs upholstered in
Nunui linen blend, #31859, to the trade from Kravet
(kravet.com). Custom ottoman upholstered in Little
Angels II leather by Keleen Leathers (keleenleathers
.com). Custom sofa upholstered in Cartmel fabric, in
Cream, #2012121-1, by Lee Jofa (leejofa.com). Custom
tufted sofa upholstered in Aegean fabric by Chapas
Textiles (chapastextiles.com). Madera curtain fabric,
in Cream, #HC1850C-02, by Home Couture from
Quadrille (quadrillefabrics.com). Driftwood
wallpaper, in Morning Fog, #6203, to the trade from
Phillip Jeffries (phillipjeffries.com).
PAGE 149: In dining room, Lucia chairs, to the trade
from Julian Chichester (julianchichester.com). Chair
seats and fronts upholstered in Oasis fabric, in
Mediterranean, #63580-3, by Lulu DK (luludk.com).
Chair backs upholstered in Ticking fabric, in Pewter/
Mallard, #2330/04, to the trade from Rose Tarlow
Melrose House (rosetarlow.com). Wall trim painted
in Aegean Teal, #2136-40, by Benjamin Moore.
Natale curtain fabric, in Viridian, by Eskayel from
Studio Four NYC (studiofournyc.com). In mud room,
pine flooring by Heritage Wide Plank Flooring
(heritagewideplankflooring.com). Doors painted
in Coach Green, #3088, by Fine Paints of Europe
(finepaintsofeurope.com). Alabax light fixture, by
Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. (schoolhouse.com).
In living room, side table by Henredon from Archive
(archivehome.net). Custom sofa upholstered in
Buffalo fabric, in Dust, #BUF6, by de Le Cuona
(delecuona.com). Tape trim by Studio Four NYC.
PAGE 150: In kitchen, Brownstone faucet, to the
trade from Sonoma Forge (sonomaforge.com). Door
painted in Coach Green, #3088, by Fine Paints
of Europe. Artwork in frames by Bark Frameworks
(barkframeworks.com).
PAGE 151: On covered porch, rattan sofa from Bielecky
Brothers Inc. (bieleckybrothers.com). Cushion
upholstered with In The Rough fabric, in Pumice,
#957-208, to the trade from Perennials (perennials
fabrics.com). Light pendants from Circa Antiques
(circaantiques.com). Ceiling painted in Silver Gray,
by Fine Paints of Europe.
PAGES 152153: In master bedroom, side tables
by Olivier Gagnre for Neotu, from H.M. Luther
(hmluther.com). Custom sofa upholstered in Tel-
luride fabric, in Natural, #M287/01, to the trade by
Mark Alexander. #P485 bed fabric, in Wine Berry, by
Arabel Fabrics. Chambers quilt from Serena & Lily
(serenaandlily.com). Custom bedding by Schweitzer
Linen (schweitzerlinen.com).
PAGE 153: In laundry room, sea-grass hamper from
Crate & Barrel (crateandbarrel.com). Ursula curtain
fabric, in Flaxen, #4244, to the trade from Pindler
(pindler.com). Marble wall tiles to the trade from
Walker Zanger (walkerzanger.com). TurboWash
washer by LG (lg.com). In shared bath, walls painted in
Stonington Gray, #HC-170, by Benjamin Moore. Win-
dow framing painted in Genteel Gray, #33-12, by Pratt
& Lambert. Easton faucets, #EALS11, from Waterworks
(waterworks.com). Billie flush-mount light fixtures,
#HL1497, from Remains Lighting (remains.com).
PAGE 154: In poolhouse bedroom, area rug from Res-
toration Hardware (rh.com). Art Moderne bed, #JLP
04 KNF, from John Himmel (johnhimmel.com).
Custom bedding by Schweitzer Linen. Custom shades
by Mark David Interiors (markdavidinteriors.com).
PAGES 154155: On covered pool deck, Rough N
Rowdy cushion fabric, #955-28, from Perennials.
OPEN TO INTERPRETATION
PAGES 156163: Interior design by Roberto Pere-
galli and Laura Sartori Rimini of Studio Peregalli
(studioperegalli.com).
THE BIG SWITCH
PAGES 164169: Interior design by Ernest de la Torre
of De la Torre Design Studio Ltd. (delatorredesign
.com). Architecture by Eric Robledo Autrey of De la
Torre Design Studio Ltd.
PAGES 164165: In living room, custom wall plaster by
Fresco Decorative Painting (frescodeco.com). Antique
fireplace from Westland London (westlandlondon
.com). Indian sandstone flooring from Paris Ceramics
(parisceramicsusa.com). Sofa upholstered in wool-silk
blend by Toyine Sellers (toyinesellers.com). Artwork
over mantel by Ross Bleckner from Mary Boone Gal-
lery (maryboonegallery.com). 19th-century Belgian
cabinet from Christies (christies.com). Pendant light
by Herv Van der Straeten (vanderstraeten.fr). Silk rug
by Fort Street Studio (fortstreetstudio.com).
PAGE 166: In family room, inlaid straw marquetry wall-
covering by Lison de Caunes (lisondecaunes.com).
In kitchen, chairs upholstered in fabric by Larsen, to
the trade from Cowtan & Tout (cowtan.com). Cuban
ceramic floor tile from Paris Ceramics. Island counter-
top and cabinetry from Bulthaup (bulthaup.com). Sink
fittings by Grohe (grohe.com). Pendant lights by Isamu
Noguchi from Noguchi Museum (noguchi.org). Oven
by Miele (mieleusa.com). Walls painted in Linen White,
#912, by Benjamin Moore (benjaminmoore.com).
PAGE 167: In foyer, wall painted in Pitch Blue,
#220, by Farrow & Ball (farrow-ball.com). Bench by
Marc Bankowsky from Maison Gerard (maison
gerard.com). Door painted in Midnight, #2131-20, by
Benjamin Moore.
PAGE 168: In front garden, planter boxes painted in
Pitch Blue, #220, by Farrow & Ball. In powder room,
walls painted in Midnight, #2131-20, by Benjamin
Moore. Artwork by Shantell Martin (shantellmartin
.art). Sink fittings by Waterworks (waterworks.com).
PAGE 169: In master bedroom, walls upholstered
in wool suiting by Ralph Lauren (ralphlauren.com).
Ceiling covered in tea-leaf paper, to the trade from
Stark (starkcarpet.com). Wool carpet, to the trade
from Hokanson (scottgroupstudio.com). Embroidered
curtain fabric, to the trade from Holland & Sherry
(hollandandsherry.com). Stool by Carol Egan from
Maison Gerard. Coverlet by Pratesi (pratesi.com).
Sheets by Frette (frette.com).
FIELD NOTES
PAGES 170177: Interior design by Richard Mishaan of
Richard Mishaan Design (richardmishaan.com).
PAGES 170171: In living area, antique wood chairs
upholstered in Zhen velvet, in Turquoise, #8012129-13,
to the trade from Brunschwig & Fils (brunschwig.com).
Custom ottoman by Richard Mishaan Design, uphol-
stered in Rajah fabric, in Beige, #11028-01, to the trade
from Cowtan & Tout (cowtan.com). Armchair by
George Smith (georgesmith.com), upholstered in fab-
ric by Nina Campbell, to the trade from Osborne &
Little (osborneandlittle.com). Sofa, to the trade from
Jonas (jonasworkroom.com), upholstered in Thanon
linen velvet, in Avocado, #BR-89776-434, to the trade
from Brunschwig & Fils.
PAGES 172173: In family room, solid-colored sofa
and rug from Restoration Hardware (rh.com). Walls
painted in Opaline, #OC-33, by Benjamin Moore
(benjaminmoore.com).
PAGE 174: In kitchen, antique stools by Arthur Umanoff
(1stdibs.com). Table from ABC Carpet & Home (abc
home.com). Range hood by Thermador (thermador
.com). In dining area, antique chair seats and fronts
upholstered in linen, to the trade from Kravet
(kravet.com). In studio, walls painted in Super White,
#PM-1, by Benjamin Moore.
PAGE 175: In study, stool by George Smith.
PAGE 176: In master bedroom, antique sofa from Ruby
Beets (rubybeets.com), upholstered in Grimaud fabric,
in Indigo, #4852-02, by Manuel Canovas, to the trade
from Cowtan & Tout. Curtains in linen, to the trade
from Kravet. In master bath, chair cushion covered in
Chic Velour fabric, in Raspberry, #26117-7, to the
trade from Kravet. Cushion tassels, to the trade from
Samuel & Sons (samuelandsons.com).
PAGE 177: On veranda, antique chairs from Ruby
Beets. Wicker chairs by Restoration Hardware. Table
by Barlow Tyrie (teak.com).
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