40 Years of Fabulous EBLAD

STOLMAN
Home Reference / Design
$75.00 U.S.
STEVEN STOLMAN
Contents
Foreword
by Bunny Williams
Introduction
The Traditionalists
The Modernists
The Showmen
The Classicists
The Envelope Pushers
The Newcomers
The Legends
Postscript
Photography Credits
Acknowledgments
W
hat runway shows are to fashion
design and opening nights are to Broadway, so are designer show
houses to the rarefied world of deluxe interior design. And no show
house is as storied or revered as New York’s Kips Bay Decorator
Show House. For more than four decades, this convention of high
society arrives each spring with much pomp and circumstance. Its
alumni reads like a Who’s Who of interior décor, from legendary
names that have defined design for many years to newcomers
waiting in the wings to make their mark.
At Kips Bay, trends begin and traditions are celebrated, all in
the interest of furthering the craft of turning houses into homes. And
for the designer, adding a Kips Bay room to one’s curriculum vitae
stands as a sparkling jewel in the crown of one’s career.
A series of designer room sketches from the beginning in 1973 to our most recent show house in 2014. Across each row then down: McMillen
1973; Robert Metzger 1974; Ruben De Saavedra 1976; Ellen McCluskey 1976; Susan Zises 1980; James Rixner 1987; Parish-Hadley 1989;
Richard Lowell Neas 1989; Billy W. Francis 1991; Renny B. Saltzman 1991; Michael Simon 1998; Mark Hampton 1998; Scott Snyder 2001;
Albert Hadley 2002; Larry Laslo 2003; Mario Buatta 2006; Bilotta 2011; Brian Del Toro 2012; Huniford 2013; Alexa Hampton 2014.
From Left: Robert Metzger 1991. Above: Parish-Hadley 1989; Mark Hampton 1988, McMillen 1987..
T
his book chronicles the rooms that have delighted
people for more than forty years, with lush photographs
and charming memorabilia that will inspire anyone who appreciates beautiful
surroundings and gracious living.
Photography features designers past and present, from all around the country, including:
Albert Hadley
Bunny Williams
Mario Buatta
Jamie Drake
Alexa Hampton
Ellie Cullman
Anthony Ingrao
Ann Getty
Charlotte Moss
Robert Metzger
William T. Georgis
Kathryn M. Ireland
Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Sister Parish
David Anthony Easton
Designers pushing the boundaries. Above: Bunny Williams 2009. From Right: Eve Robinson 2004; Michel Arnaud Coffinier Ku 2010; Andrew
Raquet 2004; Louise Garcia 2013; Martyn Lawrence 2014.