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"Rare &amp;amp; Refined\nDesigner Michael S. Smith pulls out all the stops for a pair of longtime clients\nThe library of a Manhattan apartment decorated by Michael S. Smith, with interior architecture by Oscar Shamamian of Ferguson &amp;amp; Shamamian, is lined in antique and reproduction 18th-century Chinese lacquer panels. A Russian neoclassical desk, commode, and set of berg\u00E8res join a custom-made eggshell-lacquer cocktail table.\nA Peter Lanyon painting is displayed above a circa-1710 biblioth\u00E8que by Andr\u00E9-Charles Boulle in the entrance hall.\nAn untitled painting by Franz Kline dominates the living room, which has both northern and southern exposures. Gilt-wood armchairs from Smith's Jasper line are paired with a cocktail table by Magni Home Collection; the parchment-covered stools were purchased at auction, and the custom-made rug is by Beauvais Carpets.\nAn Empire mahogany gueridon in the dining alcove is surrounded by William Kent\u2013style armchairs by Jasper. The parquet de Versailles floors are covered in hammered German silver.\nA pair of Willem de Kooning drawings hangs in the kitchen, where Bulthaup cabinets complement pietra serena sandstone floors.\nIn the dining room, Brice Marden's Glyphs overlooks Louis XVI fauteuils; the antique dining table and the pair of 18th-century French commodes are from Galerie Perrin, and the table lamps are by Christophe C\u00F4me from Cristina Grajales Gallery. The exceptional boiserie is by F\u00E9au &amp;amp; Cie; Andy Warhol's Knives is propped in a corner.\nAn 18th-century German gilt-wood mirror surmounts a Louis XVI mahogany daybed covered in Le Havre fabric by Jasper in a guest sitting room.\nA Russian neoclassical chandelier and gilt-wood convex mirror from Christie's distinguish the study. The William III\u2013style ottoman is from Sutter Antiques; the painterly circa-1900 Agra carpet was purchased at Sotheby's.\nGold-leaf walls by Nancy Lorenz in the wife's dressing room.\nA mirror from the estate of Rose Cumming and Davlin tile by Ann Sacks in the adjoining bath.\nA Jean de Merry \u00E9tag\u00E8re in the husband's bath.\nStraw-marquetry panels, a glazed-stoneware mirror by Eve Kaplan, and Herv\u00E9 Van der Straeten sconces in a powder room.\nThe guest bath is sheathed in Asher marble by Ann Sacks.\nA mahogany secretary, a Swedish painted chair, and a Giorgio Morandi still life in the master bedroom.\nAn untitled De Kooning oil hangs above an 18th-century commode flanked by Russian armchairs from Christie's.\nThe master bedroom contains a cocktail table in silver leaf and lacquered gesso from Liz O'Brien; the mirror is 18th-century Swedish."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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