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Marble busts, Victorian curiosities, sundry antiques.
Is there a method to your mingling?
I don’t know. I do it the way I like. I buy only what I would like to live
with. I can’t imagine buying an expensive table for a client just because
I thought I would make a big commission – what if someone saw it
and asked, ‘where did you get that ghastly table?’ I think it doesn’t
matter if an object or painting doesn’t have a great value if it works
under a mirror in the living room in this house, in the same room is an
18th-century statue, and on a table in the hall is a 19th-century marble
bust. I think they go together well.

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I don’t much like houses where they have hung Picassos everywhere,
you know? You might as well hang a clear plastic bag full of cash on
house some pieces have great value and some are purely decorative.
You don’t take on projects in America very often.
What was it about this one that made you say yes?
I knew the family, met them about ten years ago. They’re Americans,
but they used to live just outside London in a converted 19th-century
barn. And here, in New Jersey, they live in the country too. They have
horses. And chickens! I like to laugh, to have fun when I work.