Interior designer Alex Papachristidis’s partner, Scott Nelson, holds Teddy, a Yorkshire Terrier.
The luncheon took place in two adjacent rooms in Papachristidis’s Bridgehampton home. Papachristidis is a board member of the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF).
Table settings featured Christian Dior plates, Alain Saint-Joanis flatware, and William Yeoward and Villeroy & Boch goblets.
Papachristidis inspects the tables before guests arrive.
Lisa Jackson in attendance.
Alice Minnich, Kitty McCoy, Marshall Watson, and Summer Louchheim at the luncheon.
In addition to tablecloths, placemats, and napkins designed by guest Kim Seybert.
Guests enjoyed a salad with avocados, tomatoes, goat cheese, and almonds.
Guests also enjoyed curried chicken salad.
Guests feasted on guacamole and rice chips.
Dessert offerings included fruit salad, brownie pudding, and vanilla ice cream.
A 19th-century terra-cotta bust presides over a table decorated with flowers from Sag Harbor Florist.
Papachristidis with ARF board president Lisa McCarthy.
Interior designer Nancy Corzine and fashion designer Dennis Basso share a laugh before lunch.
Lauren Thayer Weiss with ARF’s executive director and CEO, Scott Howe.
Raymond Schneider at the table.
Additional table settings included Kim Seybert placemats and napkin rings, as well as La Tuile à Loup Aptware, Tina Chen Designs’ napkins, and Ricci Argentieri flatware.
This article appears in the August-1 2018 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).