Roger Prigent of Malmaison Antiques (1923—2012) Read my Architectural Digest tribute to Roger Prigent (1923—2012), a spirited, rascal...

The Commode (also known as The Yellow Chair), 1905/12, Walter Gay. Photo courtesy of the Frick Art & Historical Center. A skille...

In the exhibition’s rotunda are, left to right, portraits of writer Pierre Louÿs, collector Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, novelis...

The bathroom of British designer David Hicks, at his longtime country house in the English village of Britwell Salome, is reminiscent of...

Brooke Astor in her New York apartment in 1997. Photo: Annie Leibovitz Last week, Sotheby's sale of Mrs. Vincent Astor's es...

The exterior of R. Louis Bofferding's shop in New York City, executed by French artist Pierre Le-Tan. To read my take on the new w...