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and finishes she wanted. Each of these details was
determined and delineated via hundreds of pages of
architectural drawings.
Beyond architectural detail and proportion Drysdale
has unified this great house through an extraordinarily
disciplined use of color
palette, generously
exploring fresh creams
and pale grays paired
with a modern approach,
sometimes almost
minimal, with respect
to the arrangement of
furnishings and antiques. If
the details and furnishings
of this house are steeped in
tradition, their presentation
is all 21st century, with
a serene spareness that
is at times Japanese in
inspiration, even as the
artifacts are decidedly French.
The rooms are virtually all paneled with neoclassical
styled boiserie. Drysdale renders this treatment in light
rather than ponderous colors, creating a startlingly
modern backdrop for collections of contemporary
prints and paintings on these classically defined
