At home with society architect Addison Mizner
A new book explores society architect Addison Mizner’s 1924 residence on Worth Avenue and its impact on Palm Beach.
At home with society architect Addison Mizner
A new book explores society architect Addison Mizner’s 1924 residence on Worth Avenue and its impact on Palm Beach.
- See more at: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/at-home-with-mizner/nfL29/#sthash.c27aFn13.dpufAt home with society architect Addison Mizner
A new book explores society architect Addison Mizner’s 1924 residence on Worth Avenue and its impact on Palm Beach.
- See more at: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/at-home-with-mizner/nfL29/#sthash.c27aFn13.dpuf
By Darrell Hofheinz
By Darrell Hofheinz
With 184-pages, Villa Mizner
is filled with historic photos of Palm Beach, Mizner-designed homes and
the apartment itself, complemented by more-recent pictures. Included
are two nearly identical photos of the dining room — one dating from
1924 and the other taken in late 2012. The room’s heavily carved
paneling is said to have belonged to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
of Spain as part of the royal castle in Salamanca.Silvin’s breezy text presents history lessons in imaginative ways. He has written one chapter, for instance, in the first person but from the apartment’s point of view — “Mizner lived for his work and I was the perfect backdrop for impressing clients,” he wrote. The same chapter mentions Mizner’s most famous pet, the monkey Johnnie Brown, who is buried in Via Mizner.
Elsewhere in the book, Silvin has imagined conversations between Mizner and his guests at the 1924 housewarming party he gave at the residence. Other passages are more straightforward.
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WHERE TO BUY IT
‘Villa Mizner: The House That Changed Palm Beach’ (Star Group Books, $75) by Richard René Silvin is available at Classic Bookshop, 310 S. County Road; The Palm Beach Book Store, 215 Royal Poinciana Way; Island Home, 224 Worth Ave.; and Barzina, 66 Via Mizner. For more information, call 779-8032 or visit rrsilvin.com.
With 184-pages, Villa Mizner
is filled with historic photos of Palm Beach, Mizner-designed homes and
the apartment itself, complemented by more-recent pictures. Included
are two nearly identical photos of the dining room — one dating from
1924 and the other taken in late 2012. The room’s heavily carved
paneling is said to have belonged to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
of Spain as part of the royal castle in Salamanca.
Silvin’s breezy text presents history lessons in imaginative ways. He has written one chapter, for instance, in the first person but from the apartment’s point of view — “Mizner lived for his work and I was the perfect backdrop for impressing clients,” he wrote. The same chapter mentions Mizner’s most famous pet, the monkey Johnnie Brown, who is buried in Via Mizner.
Elsewhere in the book, Silvin has imagined conversations between Mizner and his guests at the 1924 housewarming party he gave at the residence. Other passages are more straightforward.
- See more at: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/at-home-with-mizner/nfL29/#sthash.c27aFn13.dpuf
Silvin’s breezy text presents history lessons in imaginative ways. He has written one chapter, for instance, in the first person but from the apartment’s point of view — “Mizner lived for his work and I was the perfect backdrop for impressing clients,” he wrote. The same chapter mentions Mizner’s most famous pet, the monkey Johnnie Brown, who is buried in Via Mizner.
Elsewhere in the book, Silvin has imagined conversations between Mizner and his guests at the 1924 housewarming party he gave at the residence. Other passages are more straightforward.
- See more at: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/at-home-with-mizner/nfL29/#sthash.c27aFn13.dpuf
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