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"Lone Star Classic\nHarmony, Proportion And a Feel For the Unexpected At a Dallas Estate\nThe skylighted family entrance to a Dallas-area house. While renovating the original 1929 residence for Nancy Cain Marcus, architect Peter Marino added two wings; he arranged the interiors as well. Alberto Giacometti's Head of Medusa is on a console designed by Marino's firm.\nMarino left much of the exterior intact but installed a limestone front door surround.\nJoan Mitchell's Swamp, 1956, dominates a wall in the living room, near a Jean-Michel Frank goatskin-covered low table, circa 1930. Manuel Canovas sofa and chair silk.\nIn the living room, a 19th-century low table is flanked by Marino-designed gilt-leg sofas and a pair of 19th-century bow-back Russian armchairs. An untitled 1997 piece by Julian Lethbridge is over the fireplace. The lacquered box and urns are from Christie's. Kravet sofa silk and drapery trim. Patterson, Flynn Martin carpet.\n\"The layout, the proportions, the liminal spaces, all impart a certain decorum that makes for comfort and ease,\" says Marcus. Off the west end of the house is the copper-roofed breakfast room, or conservatory, with an adjacent terrace for entertaining.\nAn extensive overhaul was necessary for the interiors. \"Pretty much everything is new, even the mantels,\" Marino says. A suite of circa 1900 Russian chairs and a circa 1830 Russian chandelier are in the dining room. Matisse's Femme au Costume D\u00E9cor\u00E9, Theme 1, Variation 3, 1942, hangs near the French doors.\nFor the subdued master bedroom, Marino chose to custom-make an intricately carved Swedish-style bed and an upholstered headboard. Atop a painted late-18th-century Swedish side table is an 18th-century glazed porcelain vase that was refitted as a table lamp.\nA series of 19th-century botanical studies by M. Guyot are displayed in the guest room. Above the desk is a late-18th-century watercolor, Sous-Bois, by Franz Kaisermann. The toile chair, wallcovering and drapery fabric was designed by Marino's company.\nAt Marcus's request, Marino imbued the master bedroom with soft, calming hues. Femmes Blouse Fleuri, 1950, by Matisse is in the room; in the hall beyond hangs Personnages dans un Escalier, 1913, by Fernand L\u00E9ger. Rug from Patterson, Flynn Martin.\n\nSee more Bedrooms \u00BB\n\"It was fun to get involved with the garden, where we added the pool,\" Marino says. \"It was a house just sitting on a lawn, and we structured the site.\" Chippendale- style chairs, a Diego Giacometti low table and a lamp converted from a Han Dynasty wine vessel fill the loggia."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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