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The living room has views over the bay and is furnished with reproduction Paul Laszlo chairs by Donzella that are upholstered in Holly Hunt’s Cuba leather,
the Nepalese rug is from Rug & Kilim. The fireplace wall sheathed in green slate and a surround of ceramic tiles from Urban Archaeology, the ceiling is on
mahogany tongue-and-groove paneling: the 1955 painting is by Myron Stout, and the pottery figure is from the Eastern Han dynasty

luxurious 40s-style modernist gem, complete with a Paul Laszlo sofa
and chairs and a Milton Avery canvas coincidentally painted at this
same address 60-odd years ago.
The cool, shady master bedroom – carpeted, curtained, and
wallpapered in tones of fawn and greige – looks as if it belongs to a
Parisian aesthete.
The library, where Duffy paints, has dark panelling, tufted-leather

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armchairs, and an 18th century japanned secretary that seems right
out of an Edwardian men’s club.
Meanwhile, the lower level is as clean and current as a Richard
Meier loft space, with Indian Art Deco furniture and a striking red
1930s pool table.
Then there’s the kitchen, a Moorish-Mediterranean blue-tiled
grotto. ‘Kitchens make me uncomfortable,’ says Duffy with disarming