The
eagerly anticipated first monograph to celebrate the fifty-years-and-counting
career of decorating legend Mario Buatta. Influenced by the understated
elegance of Colefax and Fowler and the doyenne of exuberant American decor,
Sister Parish, Buatta reinvented the English Country House style stateside for
clients such as Henry Ford II, Barbara Walters, Malcolm Forbes, and Mariah
Carey, and for Blair House, the President’s guest quarters. The designer is
acclaimed for his sumptuous rooms that layer fine antiques, confectionary
curtains, and sublime colorations, creating an atmosphere of lived-in opulence.
This lavishly illustrated survey—filled with images taken for the foremost
shelter magazines as well as many unpublished photographs from the designer’s
own archive—closely follows Buatta’s highly documented career from his
professional start in the 1950s working for department store B. Altman &
Co. and Elisabeth Draper, Inc. to his most recent projects, which include some
of the country’s finest residences. Buatta shares exclusive insights into his
process, his own rules for decorating, and personal stories of his adventures
along the way.
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