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"The Return of Nemours\nAlfred I. Dupont's 1910 Delaware Residence Emerges from a $39 Million Restoration\nMary Werner DeNadai, of John Milner Architects, was the architect in charge of the $39 million restoration of Nemours, the 1910 Carr\u00E8re &amp;amp; Hastings-designed Beaux Arts estate built in Wilmington, Delaware, for Alfred I. duPont. The grounds were restored by landscape architect Rodney Robinson.\n\nAbove: The front elevation and its gardens.\nThe reception hall. \"The paint finishes were all examined microscopically to determine the sequence of the layers,\" says DeNadai. \"The scheme achieved is that of the 1920s, when A. I. duPont remodeled the original colors to reflect a more current style of those times.\"\nA portrait of Alfred hangs above the reception hall mantel.\nIn the garage are various classics owned by the family, including a 1924 Cadillac and a 1960 Rolls-Royce Phantom V.\nThe drawing room. Above the fireplace is a Pierre Troubetzkoy oil of Jessie Ball duPont, Alfred's third wife. To the right of it is a portrait of Alfred's great-grandmother, Marie Le Dee duPont. Drapery fabric, Scalamandr\u00E9.\nThe library. \"Although originally designed in Beaux Arts-style polychromed decorative plaster, the duPonts later added the quarter-sawn antique oak paneling from England,\" DeNadai says. The plaster ceiling, the wood paneling and the carved-stone hearth have been restored.\nThe master bedroom's furnishings, including the dresser, the tea table, the mirror and the four-poster bed, all Chippendale pieces, are as they were when the family occupied the house. Kravet drapery, bed and chair fabrics.\nThe terraced lawn, the reflecting pool, the maze garden with its gilt statue as its centerpiece, the colonnade and, in the far distance, the sunken gardens and Temple of Love were all rehabilitated."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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