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 Channeling Genius
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Brunch gathering at the New York School of Interior Design with a special presentation by New York interior designer Michael Simon, "Channeling Genius: Recreating Edith Wharton's Bedroom Suite." |
Christopher J. Cyphers, President of the New York School of Interior Design and the Trustees of The Mount (the country estate of author Edith Wharton in Lenox, Massachusetts), held a brunch reception at the School this past Wednesday with a special presentation by New York interior designer Michael Simon, "Channeling Genius: Recreating Edith Wharton's Bedroom Suite."
Michael Simon has lectured extensively on the decorative arts, including for Sotheby’s and the Institute of Classical Architecture. Mr. Simon is overseeing the long-awaited recreation of Edith Wharton’s bedroom suite at The Mount. |
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Linda Ahern and Suzanne Garzon |
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Renee Landegger, Sara Hunter Hudson, and Mathilda Cox |
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Patti Roberts, Heidi Silverstein, and Allison Daugherty-Smith |
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Katharina Plath and Stephen Burks |
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Vessela Vento and Ralph Cox |
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Sunny Hayward, Sara Hunter Hudson, Lise Walker, Anne Seeler, and Debbie Donovan |
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Dina and Lisa Komis |
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Joan Rosasco, Jessica London, and Katharina Plath |
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Charlotte Moss |
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Audrey Maning and Susan Wissler |
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Aamir Khandwala |
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Susan Wissler and Christopher Cyphers |
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Renee Landegger and Geert Flammersfeld |
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Sibyl MacGroff, Jeffery Sholeen, and Sara Hunter Hudson |
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Christine Falow and Olivier Nourry |
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Michael McKinnon and Michael Simon |
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Olivier Nourry, Katharina Plath, Claudette Blackwood, and Anne Marie Kishbauch (Bernardaud) |
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Thomas Jayne, Clair Fitzgerald, Bettina Mirsepahi, and Emily Leonard |
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Pauline Metcalf, Sara Hunter Hudson, and Lynne Allen |
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Katherine Kostreva |
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Shari Markbreiter and Britt Newman |
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Mathilda Cox |
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Anne Marie Kishbauch, Claudette Blackwood, and Katherine Kostreva |
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Kim Huebner, Pierre Frey, and Veronique Boileau |
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Emman and Ellen D'Angeac |
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Katharina Plath, Claudette Blackwood, and Bernardaud |
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Christopher Cyphers, Pauline Metcalf, Sara Hunter Hudson, and Debbie Donovan |
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Aude Bronson-Howard and Eve Krzyzanowski |
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Eve Krzyzanowski and Aude Bronson-Howard |
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Beatrice Pei, Veronique Boileau, and Sara Harris |
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Thomas Jayne and Katharina Plath |
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Vessela Vento, Ralph Cox, and Christa Dowling |
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Nicholas Manville, Gordon Travers, and Sebastien Agneessens |
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Christa Dowling and Michael McKinnon |
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Michael Simon and Pauline Metcalf |
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Gail Ahye and Trudi Romeo |
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Cora Marcus and Susan Wissler |
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Olivier Nourry and Debra Brandt |
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Pauline Metcalf and Christopher Clark |
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| Last Friday, at Wally Finlay's Gallery on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, there was a premier exhibition of Artist Krista Bard's "Sacred Words" collection which benefited "The Hope For Depression Research Foundation (HDRF). HDRF was founded by Ms. Bard's sister Audrey Gruss, in honor of their mother Hope. Among those attneding were Audrey and Martin Gruss, Victoria and Minot Amory, Jessie and Rand Araskog, Annabelle and Denis Coleman, Anne Eisenhower, Lori and Bruce Gendelman, Gerald Goldsmith, Candy and Bill Hamm, Mai Harrison, John Mashek, Grace and Chris Miegher, Peggy and Alberto Mejia, Muffy and Donald Miller, John and Carole Moran, Tom Quick, Joyce and Bob Sterling, Lis Waterman and Hilary and Wilbur Ross. |
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Kim Kirsten with Annabelle and Alberto Mariaca |
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Krista Bard, Jimmy Borynack, and Audrey Gruss |
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Horst Koch and Jutta Koch |
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John Mashek, Chris Meigher, Wilbur Ross, and Martin Gruss |
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Denis and Annabelle Coleman with Muffy and Donald Miller |
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Mike and Ginger Feuer |
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Jennifer Garrigues and Jimmy Borynack |
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Blayre Farkas, Alex Coleman, Anastasia Coleman, and Struan Coleman |
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Lori and Bruce Gendelman |
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Julie McConnell, Charlotte Igoe-Amar, and Leon Igoe-Amar |
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Rand and Jesse Araskog |
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Avery Travis and Jessica |
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Kimberly Smith and Audrey Gruss |
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Mai Harrison, Arlene Dahl, and Catherine Saxton |
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Hilary Ross, Rand Araskog, and Anne Eisenhower |
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| John Jakobson and Jim Dine, the artist, are very old friends. So when Dine and his wife Diana began spending more time in New York, John and Joan decided to give a dinner party in their honor. Another friend, Paige Peterson, was on the scene with the digital. |
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Diana Mitchener, Diana Barrett, and Bob Villa |
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Christopher Cerf, Paige Peterson, and Boaty Boatwright |
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Wendy Lehman and Caitlin Rea Tashjian |
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Francesca Stanfill, Richard Nye, and Sarah Simms Rosenthal |
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Lz Robbins, Joan Jakobson, and Melinda vanden Heuvel |
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Paige Peterson and Anki Leeds |
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Christopher Cerf, Susan Calhoun Moss, and Sarah Simms Rosenthal |
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Kevin Abernathy, Chris Todd, and Alexxsa Todd |
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Stan Shuman and Lynn Sherr |
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Dotson Rader, Patrick Murphy, and Joe Armstrong |
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Suzanne Maas, Laurie Jones, and Fred Childs |
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Deborah and Peter Krulewitch |
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Diana Mitchener and Jim Dine |
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Tony Robinson, Kim Fortunato, and John Jakobson |
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Joan Jakobson and Jim Dine |
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Amb. William vanden Heuvel with Claudia and Bartle Bull |
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Susan Calhoun, John Jakobson, Charlie Moss, Joan Jakobson, and Greta and Richard Conway |
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Peter Duchin and Virginia Coleman |
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Tom Farley, Tony Freund, Joan Jakobson, and Joan Freund |
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Sydney Shuman and friend |
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