From Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator
![martha-stewart-summer-home-9 copy Skylands main terrace, summer home of Martha Stewart](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg094-095-copy.jpg)
Photo © Estate of Mario Buatta.
![MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg152-153 copy Sketch of a living room with fabric and color swatches.](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg152-153-copy.jpg)
Image © Estate of Mario Buatta.
MASTER CLASS
![MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg178-179 (1) copy Blue painted library at Toad Hall in Aiken, South Carolina](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg178-179-1-copy.jpg)
Photo © Scott Frances / OTTO
![MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg172-173 copy Living room at Toad Hall in Aiken, South Carolina. Designed by Mario Buatta](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg172-173-copy.jpg)
Photo © Scott Frances / OTTO
![MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg182-183 copy Mario Buatta designed bedroom at Toad Hall](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MarioBuattaAOFAD_pg182-183-copy.jpg)
Photo © Scott Frances / OTTO
Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator
By Emily Evans Eerdmans (Rizzoli, 2023)
Emily Evans Eerdmans is a design historian and founder of Eerdmans, a fine decorative arts gallery and consultancy in New York City. She is the author of several other books including monographs on Madeleine Castaing and Henri Samuel. A close friend of Buatta, Eerdmans oversaw the dispersal of his estate, including the blockbuster auction at Sotheby’s. Eerdmans has a Masters degree in Fine and Decorative Arts from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, and has taught design history at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the New York