Hand painted Quail
Trompe l'oeil painted curtain
Painted ceiling
Decorative painting
Hand Painting
Quail Tree House, Newport, Rhode Island
The 2003 showhouse is the fourth in the series of showplaces produced by this group. This one is in historic Quail Tree house, built in the 1860's and once the seasonal home of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, poet and short story writer Edith Wharton.
This is a particularly interesting house to decorate since Edith Wharton's first book, published in 1897, was called "The Decoration of Houses" and was the first book written on interior design.
The Quail Tree House has 29 rooms, each decorated by different designers. Designers are largely from Rhode Island, but a few come from nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut to show off their talents.
The 2003 showhouse will donate proceeds to the martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and the Women's Resource Center, echoing Edith Wharton's own devotion to raising money for charities that aid women and children.
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