HYLAND
Bastone is notable for the
elevated place he reserves for
the rare bibelot. One intuits
that certain of these form the
unspoken, inspired nuclei of
any room he designs. Take,
for instance, the japoniste
pair of porcelain lion figures,
writhing and raging, signed,
in the late 19
th
century, by
none other than Emil Galle.
Another tacit punctum of
the Holiday House dining
room is the rare Italian 19
th
century oval walnut framed
plaque, with fruitwood center
of Roman warriors, which
surmounts the fireplace.
Other enrichments to
the room—a surfeit of
them gilded—chosen by
Bastone's unerring eye,
include the following: a
bronze dore and bisque
Sevres group of figures on
a Marne base, c. 1860,
from Alexander Antiques;
a Russian tea set with
eagle heads, by Imperial
Manufacturer, also from
Alexander; and a pair of
Venetian style c. 1940 mirrors,
with applied etched Roman
