all of its traditional allusions, is eminently fresh,
clean and streamlined. Joseph Adler and his
sister, decorator Frances Elkins, champions
of modern classicism, would embrace these
spaces.
The richness of the owners��� commission reveals
a spirit that most assuredly is interested in broad
parameters. In viewing the pillar-like drapery
window treatment in the dining room and living
room, one thinks of noble temple columns, the
swags at top standing in for acanthus leaves.
This author wishes he could invite twelve
inquisitive minds to dine beneath them.
Tucker & Marks have created a modern classical
interior, clean and state of that art. X-rayed, its
historic antecedents, McKim, Mead & White,
Delano & Aldridge, David Adler and others are
visible. Every period must come to terms with
the design apotheosis which was the eighteenth
century. Here Tucker & Marks have done so
superlatively. H Christopher Hyland
Tucker & Marks Inc.
Design
58 Maiden Lane, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108
415.445.6789
info@tuckerandmarks.com
Matthew Millman
Photography
261 Bradford Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
415.577.3200
matthew@matthewmillman.com
HYLAND
