When he saw a pair of entrancingly dark and lustrous zitan "official's hat" armchairs in Paris in 1988, it was love at first sight. He bought them and placed them in his home in Renaissance, California, in the hills about three hours 'drive from San Francisco, so he could look at them every day.
有這麼一個美國人，羅勃．波頓，一九八八年當他在巴黎看到一對黝黑如沉的紫檀官帽椅時，一見如故，買回加州位處群丘之間，距離舊金山三小時車程的文藝復興鎮，日日相對凝視。