INTERIOR DESIGN

100 The Palazzo Contarini-Decazes

Cultivating the spirit ot Venice

Text by Peter Lauritzen/Photography by Marianne Haas

108 Art of Living

Fluent Spaces for a Designer's Beverly Hills House

Interior Design by sally sirkin Lewis

Text by Hunter Drohojowska/Photography by Jaime Ardiles-Arce

118

Connecticut Variations

Past and Present Combine in a Stamford Manor House

Interior Design by jay spectre, asid

Text by James Reginato,

-hotography by Peter Vitale

126 Knossos Moderne

Rehned Lines for Palm Springs

Interior Design by Val Arnold

Text by Irene Borger / Photography by John Vaughan

134 La Maison Opera

The Paris Residence of Nicole Toussaint du Wast

Text by Susan Mary Alsop/Photography by Derry Moore

146 In a Collective Spirit

Dynamic Arrangements Fill an East Hampton Carriage House

Interior Design by leremiah Goodman

Text by Charles Bricker/ Photography by Peter Vitale

180 A Designer's Villa Above Los Angeles

Redefining a Traditional Space in the Hills Interior Design by Robert D. Mentzer, ASID

Text by Irene Borger / Photography by Mary E. Nichols

192 Transatlantic Currents

Mr.

and Mrs. Douglas Auchincloss in New York and London Text by Susan Mary Alsop/ Photography by Derry Moore

ART AND ANTIQUES

14O Antiques: Automata

Small Wonders of Mechanical Movement

Text by lames R. Mellow

174 Art: Children's Books

Illustrated Classics for the Young at Heart

Text by Richard Conniff

SPECIAL FEATURES

156 The Allure of Autographs

Historical Fragments from Legendary Figures

Text by Jeffrey Simpson

160 Architectural Digest Visits: Jean Simmons

Interior Design by Thomas C Achille

Text by Steven M. L. Aronson /Photography by John Vaughal

166 The Collectors: American Anthems

Winton and Carolyn Blount in Alabama

Interior Design by Glenn Pearson Bear

Text by William C. Agee/Photography by Mary E. Nichols

186 Architecture: Richard Meier

Text by Paul Goldberger /Photorraphy by Tony Soluri