In the early 2000s, Kathleen Vuillet Augustine and New York City gallerist Roland Augustine commissioned Cicognani Kalla Architect to design this barn-style, cedar-clapboard residence on 120 verdant acres in upstate New York. Vuillet Augustine, a former House & Garden editor, recently updated the art-filled interiors, and she is also responsible for a revamp of the landscaping, which was originally overseen by Peter Wyer.
Photo: FRANCESCO LAGNESE. STYLED BY HOWARD CHRISTIANPietro Cicognani Devises a Striking Barn-Style Home for a Prominent Collector
Pietro Cicognani Devises a Striking Barn-Style Home for a Prominent Collector
Pietro Cicognani Devises a Striking Barn-Style Home for a Prominent Collector
In the home’s stone-paved entrance gallery, a Joel Sternfeld photograph is mounted on top of a custom-made console by Chris Lehrecke, who also created the nearby pedestal. Abstract paintings by Josh Smith hang above antique Scandinavian chairs and on the far wall; a Jon Kessler assemblage with colored lights is visible through the doorway.
Photo: FRANCESCO LAGNESE. STYLED BY HOWARD CHRISTIANPietro Cicognani Devises a Striking Barn-Style Home for a Prominent Collector
Anchoring the central part of the living room are a pair of Chris Lehrecke sofas in red-striped slipcovers and a credenza from dealer Laurence Fox, a family friend who was the source for many of the home’s vintage and antique furnishings. Two large Christopher Wool silkscreens overlook the Blatt Billiards pool table at the far end, while an exuberant Philip Taaffe painting hangs near an antique Chinese armchair. The rug is a vintage Sultanabad.
Photo: FRANCESCO LAGNESE. STYLED BY HOWARD CHRISTIANPietro Cicognani Devises a Striking Barn-Style Home for a Prominent Collector
A black-and-white work by Christopher Wool and a Josh Smith painting energize a corner of the kitchen, which enjoys expansive views through the mahogany-framed window; chairs upholstered in a Quadrille fabric surround the custom-made cherry table by Lehrecke.
Photo: FRANCESCO LAGNESE. STYLED BY HOWARD CHRISTIANPietro Cicognani Devises a Striking Barn-Style Home for a Prominent Collector
A Vermeer-inspired Yasumasa Morimura self-portrait adds a playful note above an heirloom armchair and a Chris Lehrecke pedestal in a guest bedroom; the curtains are made of an Italian silk sourced by Cicognani’s late partner, Ann Kalla, and the Turkish rug was acquired from an Istanbul market.
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