RARE “Prince of Chintz" Mario Buatta Signed Manhattan Inc Magazine Cover For Sale

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RARE “Prince of Chintz" Mario Buatta Signed Manhattan Inc Magazine Cover:
$299.99

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for sale the "Prince of Chintz" Mario Buatta Hand Signed Manhattan Inc Magazine Cover.

decorator. Born in West Brighton, Staten Island, New York,

he was the son of Felice Buatta, who worked as a violinist and bandleader under

the name Phil Burton. He was educated at Curtis High School, studied architecture

at Wagner College and Cooper Union,

then worked in department stores and took classes in design at Pratt

Institute, Columbia University, and in summer 1961 at the Parsons School of Design in Europe. He

later received guidance from English designer John Fowler, who greatly influenced him. Buatta

worked for Elisabeth C. Draper and then for Keith Irvine,

and started his own business in 1963. He designed interiors for clients

including Mariah Carey, Henry Ford II, Malcolm

Forbes, Barbara Irving

Newhouse, Sr., Charlotte Ford, and Billy Joel.

In 1988 with Mark Hampton he oversaw the interior

redecoration of Blair House in Washington, D.C. His most

extensive work was Carolands, a 92-room chateau located in Hillsborough, California. In addition

to his work for clients, he licensed a wide range of products, including a telephone.

Known as the "Prince of Chintz" for his use of lush floral prints, and also

as the "King of Clutter", Buatta was greatly influenced by

English interior design, especially the Regency

period, and known for rooms that evoked the English country house. Buatta

was unusual in the interior design profession in working almost alone, and

described himself as "married to [his] business".He was a mainstay of

the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse and from 1977 to 1991 chaired The Winter

Show, greatly increasing its prominence as an antiques and design

venue.

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