The dining hall is lit at night only by candles. The table is centered under wooden ceiling lanterns from John Rosselli. The 18th-century gilded sunburst mirror is from Florence; dining chairs are reproductions from San Francisco’s Therien. Two Waterford crystal compotes sit on the console beneath a 19th-century Flemish painting of a woman. A Modigliani hangs over the fireplace.
The new main entrance is reached via a fieldstone path. The gates and lantern were made by a local artisan.
Recent plantings on the grounds look like they’ve been there forever. Renovations capitalized on the view of a church steeple in the distance.
Homeowner Joseph Cicio and his two wirehaired fox terriers, Asta and Piper, relax on a slipper chair covered in a luxurious silk velvet leopard fabric woven by Rubelli.
The day room is a favorite spot for curling up with a good book.
Two bronze lions from Stair & Co. rest under the marble-topped console. The 17th-century painting of four putti is done in the monochromatic grisaille technique. Traditionally, these paintings were placed over doorways to give the impression of architectural reliefs.
Walls of the black-paneled entrance hall are hung with part of Cicio’s collection of intaglios. He designed the leaded glass doors and added his own 19th-century English pulls. The black lacquer grandmother clock is Swedish.
Cicio’s favorite backgammon set sits on a Biedermeier writing table in the game room/stairwell between the entrance hall and living room. A French crystal caps off the newel post.
A bank of bookcases hides a door to the master bedroom.
In the white marble master bath, an exceptional collection of Academy drawings lines the walls.
A carved wooden Elizabethan canopy bed is hung with drapes from the Italian silk house, Ometto.
Cornwall’s Michael Trapp found the 19th-century zinc French tub, which is used to store wood for the living and day rooms’ fireplaces. The tub is flanked by a pair of Thonet bentwood chairs. Paisley wallpaper is by Brunschwig & Fils. Framed crab and egg collections are from Privet House.
A 19th-century English tole trunk sits under a 19th-century washstand, which holds a sample of Cicio’s 300-plus perfume-bottle collection.
A marble bust of an 18th-century English scholar from Sotheby’s, London, rests atop a bistro console from Paris’s Marché aux Puces.