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6 février 2009

Visite privée : At Michael S. Smith's Home

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A Georgian mirror, George II gilt-wood console, and antique French sconces from Therien & Co. in the entry.

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In the living room, a sofa upholstered in Bentley Rose hemp by Michael S. Smith for Jasper is grouped with a 19th-century Irish armchair covered in Chelsea Editions’ Thistle embroidered linen-cotton and a 19th-century painted library chair. The painting is by Christine Taber, the antique Japanese low table is from Charles Jacobsen, and the antique Tabriz carpet is from Mansour.

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The dining room features Tyler chairs from the Jasper collection by Michael S. Smith, a Regency mahogany table, a George II gilt-wood overmantel mirror, and custom-made De Gournay wallpaper.

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A collection of 19th-century moon flasks and a 17th-century Japanese vase retrofitted as a table lamp beneath a George III gilt-wood mirror in the living room.

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A second sofa provides extra seating during movie screenings; the painting is by Joan Mitchell.

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A painting by Beatrice Caracciolo, Bactrian alabaster ritual objects, and early-19th-century English fireplace tools in the entry; the chair was designed by Smith.

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A pair of Janus et Cie’s Deauville chaise longues on the terrace, which is paved in Turkish travertine.

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The master bath opens onto a Jacuzzi in the garden.

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Surrounding a limestone-and-marble dining table are Nice chairs by Janus et Cie.

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In the sunroom, the Pagoda lantern is by Jamb, the Japanese low table was found in Brussels, and the club chair is upholstered in Etro’s Filomarino fabric from Clarence House.

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Smith outfitted the library with an antique Dutch painted screen.

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An obelisk by Renzo Mongiardino and a Shell wall light by Charles Edwards in the library.

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George III mahogany chairs and an antique table in the breakfast room; the curtains are of Moghul Panel hemp from the Jasper collection by Michael S. Smith.

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A Sub-Zero refrigerator in the kitchen.

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In a guest bedroom, the large painting is by Peter Paul Rubens, the Naples chandelier is from the Jasper collection, and the walls are covered in Smith’s Irina Check linen-silk for Cowtan & Tout.

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The master bathroom’s Town tub and fittings are by Michael S. Smith for Kallista, and the ebonized trolley is antique.

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Town fittings and Sunset onyx–sheathed walls and floor in the shower.

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The master bedroom’s canopy bed was custom made and hung with curtains of Smith’s Indian Flower hemp; the monogrammed linens are by D. Porthault.

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The bedroom is paneled in hemlock, the gilt-wood armchair is upholstered in Arjak cotton-linen by John Robshaw Textiles, and the television is by Sony.

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Designer Michael S. Smith with his Labradoodles, Jasper, left, and Sport, poolside at his Los Angeles home. It was renovated in collaboration with Oscar Shamamian of Ferguson & Shamamian Architects.

Photographer: Simon Upton

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