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Doris Duke – Champion of Detail
I was recently in Hawaii and visited Shangri-La – the Doris Duke estate on the East side of Diamond Head in Honolulu. If you don’t already love Doris for her wealth, beauty, eccentricity, or athleticism, love her for this: she imported an all marble prayer room from a palace in Damascus in the 1930’s and cleaned the entire its entire surface with nothing but Q-tips for two years.
Shangri-La is an incredible testament to Islamic Art. Ms. Duke was its collector, curator, visionary and laborer for roughly 40 years. Enjoy the pics!
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November 26th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I love the picture of the side table with the light streaming through the window – so many vivid textures combinations and colors…
February 17th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Interesting blog, look forward to more.