decoration. Poe then imagines his ideal room. Certain
elements of that room, above all its misty romanticism,
are present in this Manhattan apartment, owned by an
art collector, created by Sam Botero. The ���rigidly Arabesque carpet��� which constitutes ���the soul of the apartment���; the silvery colors of walls and draperies; the single
gilded mirror; even the rosewood piano; and of course,
the ���portraits of women of ethereal beauty��� correspond,
item for item, to Poe���s inventory of beauty. Even if certain details differ, I feel sure Poe would have celebrated
Botero���s work, which carefully links art and furniture of
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