One Place, Two Decades Courtyard some 200 skilled women work

some 200 skilled women work at home hand sewing the decorations and many have been doing so for more than ten years

New York studio of Laura Anderson Barbata

reminiscent of the Italian countryside

eventually

These six essays were originally presented at a symposium organized by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

One Place, Two Decades Courtyard some 200 skilled women workThis book explores an extraordinary family compound from the first person perspective of the architect, Salvatore LaRosa: the landscape architect, Douglas Reed: and the photographer, Scott Frances. The design chronicled here in words and images is at once modern, classical, and romantic. The book that transports readers into this one of a kind domain is also a beautiful artifact in its own right. Written by Salvatore LaRosa with contributions by