textiles, furniture, antiques and color schemes. So seamless
is the synthesis of architecture and decoration, so close the
collaboration, that the result pleases mind and senses. The
5000-square foot apartment features a rotunda entry and
shallow domed ceilings reminiscent of Soane, but there is a
bright whiteness about this apartment that is less moody, more
American. Fairfax and Sammons have resurrected the spirit of
Soane with a cheerful battle cry of our republic.
Permeating almost every room of the apartment is the couple���s
love of books; libraries, plural, large and small, are lodged in
shelves in all the public rooms. Indeed, the apartment was
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