HYLAND
Guillaume Gentet—no stranger to the vividly imag-
ined interior—would do with this Palm Beach house.
We were not disappointed, but enthralled by Gentet's
perfumed—metaphorically speaking--orchestration
of both bright colors and pastels, the latter reminding
us that Palm Beach
is the land of Addi-
son Mizner, palaces
of pale pink stone
and stucco. There
is something almost
edible about Mizner's
houses; they seem
to be stuccoed in
taramasalata. Gen-
tet, in turn, makes us
think of sorbets and
liqueurs, eaten and
imbibed in modera-
tion, of course.
If the living room walls
are pale lemon, then
the bergeres are spiked with Grand Marnier. Gentet
effortlessly mixes French antiques with the comfort of
American standbys: overstuffed club chairs and sofas
in patterned fabrics or chintz, accentuated by bright
piping. Seaweed, seashells and coral animate the up-
