A French gilt horse head holds court above the living room’s Adam-style mantel.
In the atelier-like studio, three 19th-century Dutch oil paintings hang between English fluted oak columns.
Two Italian 19th-century oil paintings, hung from the ceiling, flank a circa-1840 Italian pine dining table and a set of bamboo dining chairs from the 1960s.
The living room features a 1970 English campaign desk in one corner and a cast-iron 19th-century French coffee table fashioned from an ancient olive press.
An 1840 marine oil painting from England hangs above the Ralph Lauren bamboo sofa.
A circa-1650 Dutch oil hangs above a 19th-century French mahogany chest and brass helmet-motif lamp.
In the master bedroom, a miniature iron steam engine sits alongside a French bronze Jesus and an English leather armchair, both dating from the late 1800s.
An Arthur Hacker portrait rests atop a circa-1740 German walnut chest.
An Austrian hunting scene hangs above a French 19th-century mahogany daybed in the library. The red lacquer “T” table was designed by Max Eicke.
Max Eicke’s white Elfenbein chairs are a contemporary foil for a 19th-century oak dining table. The French painting of a sunbather dates from 1930; the rooster ornament hanging on the wall is a circa-1850 French iron weather vane.
The patio includes a mid-20th-century American bamboo sofa and matching chairs.
This article appears in the July-1 2011 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).