Here, in Bastone���s own New York pied a��� terre, he embraces the Napoleonic Empire style with a wandering
aesthetic eye not unlike that of the period���s namesake.
Such lavish attention to detail is a hallmark of Bastone���s
work. Napoleon Bonaparte, as does Bastone, journeyed beyond the confines of his rigidly delineated imperial aesthetic ideal.
Echoing Napoleon���s dalliance in Egypt, Bastone dresses
the master bed in a manner rivaling those bed-chambers the emperor might have visited in Cairo. The dining
table is set with vintage Fornasetti and a Russian empire
tea set and flatware from Alexander Antiques that might
have served the emperor had he reached Moscow.
HYLAND
