The Prince of Chintz
Raised in New York, went to Parsons school of design. Worked for Elisabeth Draper and founded own firm.
His own style is what he calls, “the undecorated look.”
He received the 1992 Cartier "Pasha" Award and named "Dean of Design" by the Chicago Merchandise Mart.
Quick Facts:
Favorite rooms to design are Libraries and bedrooms
He changes his own interiors daily.
Know when to break the rules
Influenced by his aunt
Heavy collector of antiques
First design then decorate
Clients
Mariah Carey, Henry Ford II, Malcolm Forbes, Barbara Walters, Nelson Doubleday, Mr. and Mrs. S.I. Newhouse, Charlotte Ford, and Billy Joel.
Offices of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York, and the decoration and design of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Galleries at Wilmington, Delaware, redecoration of Blair House, the official White House Guest House in Washington, D.C.
“Everything is so personal in this business,” he says. “I learn the way my clients live, and they are completely involved in what I'm putting together. I don’t like surprises or surprising people; the process is collaborative.
"A house should grow in the same way that an artist's painting grows. A few dabs today, a few more tomorrow and the rest when the spirit moves you. When the painting is completed (as no room ever should be), it never reflects the artist's original conception. A room should come together through this process, as the people living in it grow, and where their needs and paths take them, in order to achieve the ultimate timeless undecorated look."
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