experience that often only international living and extensive
travel provide, he resides in New York City among a
closely-knit family. Fittingly, his book is dedicated "To my
mother, Mariya, a woman with an awe-inspiring sense
of style and joie de vivre, who took me all over the world
and exposed me to the wonders of life."
The Age of Elegance, Interiors by Alex Papachristidis,
merits much respect and attention. Rizzoli has published
a book of near-ideal size and quality: it handles well; the
paper, like fine taffeta, is crisp, noisy and weighty, the
endpapers bear decorative images of pomegranate trees.
HYLAND
