The
Orchard Hill Designer Showhouse at Old Westbury Gardens in
Old Westbury, NY held a gala preview party on Friday, May 2. Mrs.
Thomas M. Bancroft, Jr. is the Showhouse chairman. Mario
Buatta is the Honorary Showhouse chairman and Mrs.
Howard Phipps is the Honorary Preview Party chairman.
The Showhouse, which runs through Sunday, June 15, is a showcase
for America's premiere design talent. Approximately 20
top interior designers and decorative artists have transformed Orchard
Hill into a decorating masterpiece in the gracious traditional manner
of the house itself.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Old Westbury
Gardens is the former country estate of John S. (Jay) Phipps. Westbury
House, a magnificent, Charles II-style mansion, is surrounded by
200 acres of tree-lined walks, lakes, statuary, grand allées,
and indescribably beautiful gardens. Jay's daughter, Peggie
Phipps Boegner, who grew up in Westbury House and was the founder
of Old Westbury Gardens, lived in the Orchard Hill home from 1930
until her passing in 2006.
Mary Phipps, Mario Buatta and Barbara Bancroft.
Cornelia Guest.
Dita Leyland.
Mary Lynch, Tony Manning, Kay Gilman.
James Furman and Paulette Smyth.
Alexander Furman, Andy Taylor, Nancy Stout, Tracy Furman.
Eduardo and Sherrill Canet.
Barbara Bancroft and Ogden Phipps.
Renate Countess von Boyens, Robert Tartarini, Barbara Bancroft and
Kathy Wells.
Robert Burden, Janice Langrall and Dennis Rolland.
Ogden Phipps, Jenny Bancroft Kelter, Ashley Phipps and Kim Bancroft.
Barbara Cates, Betty Tilghman, Hopie Lapsley and Pat Patterson.
