Parts of Promemoria founder Romeo Sozzi’s home date from 1650.
Terraced gardens and statuary line a “lovers’ path” that leads to Lake Como.
A Murano glass chandelier hangs in Sozzi’s dining room, which features Promemoria’s velvet-upholstered Isotta chairs, an 18th-century French chest, and Italian oak flooring. The candelabra is an English antique.
Jewel-tone seating pieces surround a Bolivian rosewood cocktail table in the sitting room. The fresco on the ceiling depicts the four seasons.
An antique chandelier and an oversize rosewood mirror add drama to a purple-hued stairway.
In the master bedroom, an antique Louis Vuitton chest sits at the base of the Sozzi-designed rosewood bed; the armchair is by Ico Parisi.
The teak tub in the master bath features Volevatch fittings.
Sozzi’s terrace overlooks Lake Como and the town of Varenna.
This article appears in the December 2015 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens).