Tropical Formality

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"Formal, traditional rooms were created in what had been a contemporary open layout," interior designer Scott Snyder (above) says of Sam Michaels's apartment in Palm Beach, Florida.

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A late-18th-century Chinese screen overlooks the living room. William IV drum table from Florian Papp. Brunschwig Fils sofa and green armchair fabrics.

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"Classic English gentleman's–style rooms suit the resident," says Snyder. Watercolor scenes of Venice by Pierre Vignac are arranged in the library against a suede-covered wall. On the Regency- style rosewood writing table is a clock from Tiffany's.

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"We turned to Georgian architecture for inspiration," Snyder explains. Two untitled works by David Smith flank an Anglo-Chinese bureau-secretary from Kentshire Galleries in the living room. Cowtan Tout stool fabric. Colefax Fowler jardiniere. Stark rug.

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A brass lantern is reflected in a round framed mirror in the dining room. Georgian-style chairs complement the mahogany pedestal table from Florian Papp. Kentshire Irish carved cachepots on trefoil bases. English sconces with shell backplates, Christopher Norman.

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Morning No. 2 and Morning No. 3, a pair of oils by Alex Katz, hang in the master sitting room. At left stands an English glazed mahogany screen. Swing-arm lamps from Hinson Company. Colefax Fowler bergère fabric. Bergamo lounge chair stripe. Stark carpet.