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Who Picked The Rug?
A Kips Bay Show House room by Robert K. Lewisfeatured in an ad for F.J. Hakimian.Architectural Digest, January 1990.In the days prior to internet exposure, decorator showhouse rooms were often an...
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Mark Hampton and the Single Fabric Scheme
A double-height Drawing Roomdecorated by Mark Hampton.Photo by Peter Vitale for Architectural Digest.Having worked with a number of 'name' interior designers, I am often asked if there are formulas for...
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Hanging With Alec Cobbe, Hatchlands Park
Alec Cobbe in the room now used as a Libraryat Hatchlands Park, his home in Surrey, England.Photo by Simon Brown for Architectural Digest.Pick up just about any design/shelter magazine and it is clear...
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Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman.Photo via tumblr.comSome other issues in the life of The Devoted Classicist last January prevented the mention of the passing of design legend Andrée Putman at age 87. A current...
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Broadlands
Broadlands.Photo by Derry Moore for Architectural Digest.Broadlands is a handsome house in Hampshire near Romsey that is best known as the residence of the late Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma....
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Parisian Pied-à-terre
The Sitting Room of a Parisian apartmentdecorated by Alidad.Photo by Simon Upton for House & Garden.The London furniture and fabric designer known as Alidad is also an interior designer. (The firm...
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Bonnie Dune, Southampton
Bonnie Dune, 376 Gin Lane, Southampton.As it appeared when it was the beachfront residence of the Carl Spielvogels.Photo by Billy Cunningham for Architectural Digest.For Devoted Readers at the beach --...
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace from the southeast.The wing containing Apartment No. 1Aoverlooks a private garden to the south.With the anticipation of the birth of an heir to the British throne, an up-grade in...
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Never Plain Jayne
The cottage is seen from the added porchof the main house as furnished by Thomas Jayne.Photo by Pieter Estershohn.Decorator Thomas Jayne approached a project for a young couple with an 18th century...
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Notable Homes: Beatriz Patino, Plaine Monceau
The Living Room of the Plaine Monceau apartmentof Madame Antenor Patino as decorated by Francois Catroux.Photo by Marina Faust for Architectural Digest.The series of posts of The Devoted Classicist...
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Hotel Blumenthal-Montmorency, Paris
The principal elevation of the mansion known as thehotel Blumenthal-Montmorency.Image: private collection.The previous post of The Devoted Classicist was a presentation of the last Paris apartment of...
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Aline, Countess of Romanones, NYC
Aline, Countess of Romanones,at her desk in her New York Cityapartment, circa 1988.Photo: Peter Vitale for Architectural Digest.Devoted Readers always enjoy a comparison of similar concepts for...
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William Kent, Ultimate Tastemaker
William Kent's design for the Great Dining Hallat Houghton Hall, Isaac Ware, draughtsman, 1743.Plate 38 from the book 'The Designs of Inigo Jones and others.'Image: Victoria & Albert...
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Pickings of a Happy Booker
"Uncle Charles' Library"Image by John J. Tackett.Despite all the dismal news in recent years projecting the end of glossy coffee table books, the bountiful new selections available this fall disprove...
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Naguib Abd Allah, Eaton Square
The Yellow Salon in the London apartmentof Naguib Abd Allah, overlooking Eaton Square.Photo by Derry Moore for Architectural Digest.These Derry Moore photos are from the January, 1995, issue of...
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Now Offering: The Residence At River House, $130 Million (Raw)
A vintage view of the former East River dockat River House, New York City.Image: nyc-architecture.comDevoted Readers know that the New York City cooperative apartment building River House (see the...
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Mellon-White Townhouse, Another Manhattan Landmark For Sale
The Mellon-White townhouseentrance from the sidewalk125 East 70th Streetas it appeared in 2013.Photo: Sotheby's International Realty.The most popular of all the posts of The Devoted Classicist is a...
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Deja Vu All Over Again
One of the most talked about features of Architectural Digest magazine is their annual "Before & After" issue. Some of the articles in these past issues have been real "eye-rollers" with the only...
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The Apartment, Part II
The apartment's Living Room as decoratedby Robert Denning for Marlene and Spencer Hays.First, it must be explained that The Devoted Classicist has been planning for quite some time to do a series of...
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The Apartment, Part III
Although being published out-of-sequence, this post will be the third of a series to show how an Upper East Side Manhattan apartment has been furnished by different owners. This shows the current...
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