Beauty Diversity
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Martyn Lawrence-Bullard and Trip Haenisch, of Martynus-Tripp, created a European villa-style interior for a Los Angeles house designed by Harold Levitt in the early 1990s. Pierre Bonnard's 1925 Chien Chassant des Oiseaux hangs in the living room. Edelman leather and Glant velvet on sofa. Larsen fabrics on footstools. Mansour area rug.
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The dining room features a twopanel work by Edouard Vuillard, Sacha Guitry dans les Coulisses du Théâtre , 1922. Dinner service from Herend. Flatware from Christofle. Linen napkins from Hermès. Chair suede, Ralph Lauren Home. Exquisite Surfaces oak floorboards.
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"I love collections," comments Haenisch, who used the wife's office to display the clients' photographs, including work by Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, Edward Steichen and Horst. On the circa 1830 Austrian Biedermeier desk is a Cartier box. Suede from Donghia.
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"I used 19th-century paisley shawls as draperies for the master bedroom," Lawrence-Bullard says. The 1915 drawing Man with Moustache is by Albert Marquet. The 17th-century mirror, from John Hobbs, was owned by Babe Paley. Italian chair, Charles Pollock.
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"There's a funkiness I think is charming," Haenisch says of the breakfast area, which has mismatched barstools, a pair of circa 1812 lithographs of melons by George Brookshaw and an 18thcentury Dutch tall case clock. Early-19th-century Aubusson, Mansour.
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Two works from Joe Goode's 2000 Cause and Effect series are in the family room. Chinese vases and paisley pillow fabric, all of which once belonged to Tony Duquette, from Christie's. Great Plains sofa. Charles Pollock octagonal table. John Hobbs side chair. Quatrain grotto stool.
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Patio furniture by the designers provides an informal seating area by the pool, which, like the flagstone deck, is original to the house. "It takes years for vines to grow in like this," Haenisch says. "Fortunately, the clients inherited these." Exquisite Surfaces olive oil jar.