Anne Blackwell Thompson

Anne Blackwell Thompson is a botanical artist based in Richmond, Virginia. She embraces the centuries-old art form of pressed botanicals by preserving foliage and flowers and creating unique compositions. Her work reflects a culmination of her years of botanical study, formal training in studio art and art history, and lifelong love of the natural world.

After apprenticing with botanical artist Stuart Thornton in Italy, Anne began building an extensive herbarium and founded Blackwell Botanicals in 2010. Her finished pieces juxtapose tradition with a modern flair, reflecting contemporary design aesthetics.

Anne’s work has been featured in Veranda, MILIEU, Southern Living, and Garden & Gun. She has served as Artist in Residence at Tuckahoe Plantation in Virginia, Ladew Topiary Gardens, and Brookgreen Gardens. In addition to working with private collectors, she collaborates with designers and landscape architects on large-scale commercial and hospitality projects. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at McKinnon and Harris.

Interiors By David KleinbergRevered interior designer David Kleinberg invites readers inside a selection of projects representing the height of sophistication, luxury, and refinement. For over thirty-five years, David Kleinberg—whom Architectural Digest calls ‘a boldface interior [decorator] of uncommon importance and signal influence’—has created a body of work that is wide-ranging in style yet always modern in sensibility. This newest book featureseleven recent projects that embody his signature combination of antiques and design objects, covetable art, and refined furniture andfinishes, while sensitively supporting the lifestyle and character of his clients. It Includes inspiring and aspirational residential interiors in New York City, Washington DC, Aspen, Sag Harbor, Palm Beach,and London, and takes readers inside three never-before-publishedprojects as well as Kleinberg’s private East Hampton garden. Thebook’s luxe package—featuring a linen-wrapped case and tipped-oncover image—reflects the elegant, upscale interiors within.

Todd Alexander Romano founded his interior design firm and his eponymous shop in June of 1999, after training at esteemed New York firms Ingrao Inc., Saunders & Walsh and Mario Buatta. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Todd studied architecture at the University of Texas in Austin and still finds inspiration in the architecture, gardens and the decorative arts he sees both at home and abroad

With over 35 years of experience, Todd brings traditional, high- end principles and an understanding of contemporary lifestyle to his work. With his keen sense of color, beautiful wall

finishes, great art and touches of whimsy to reflect the clients’ personality, Todd creates exciting spaces. The comfortable elegance of the living spaces Todd designs illustrates his philosophy of living well and with great style. He is best known for his talent in mixing a variety of styles and periods in his interiors that are at once both elegant, unique and very comfortable.

Todd has worked on projects in Europe and throughout the United States, from Nantucket to Mustique to Paris to San Antonio and beyond, all individually designed to reflect their environment and the client’s personality. His clientele is as diverse as his interiors and ranges from bachelors, to young families, to established multi-homeowners who all receive the same attentiveness and superb quality of work.

Todd’s work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Veranda, Elle Décor, Vogue, House Beautiful, The New York Times, Town & Country and Traditional Homes He has been included on numerous lists over the years of the Top 100 Decorators in America and received accolades for his work in the 2012 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. Todd also has his own signature line of lighting, sold exclusively through F. Schumacher Showrooms throughout the United States.

Currently based in San Antonio, Newport and NYC he is at work on projects in New York City, Long Island, San Antonio and South Texas.

Thomas Jayne

Thomas Jayne is widely recognized amongst the leading practitioners of classically inspired interior design. For the past 30 years, his NYC-based firm Jayne Design Studio has designed rooms that are traditional in concept yet modern in spirit, reflecting a strong connection to history and place.

Thomas is a professionally trained decorator and curator, with degrees from the University of Oregon’s School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. He also pursued advanced studies at The Met, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and The Attingham Summer School.

Before founding his studio in 1990, he worked with design legends Kevin McNamara, Albert Hadley, and Sister Parish. Thomas has received numerous awards, including the Arthur Ross Award and the Andrew

Martin International Designer of the Year, and his firm is regularly featured on Elle Décor’s A-List. He is also the author of three acclaimed books on design.

Libby Cameron

Libby Cameron opened Libby Cameron LLC in 1995 after spending 14 years at Parish-Hadley, Inc. in New York City; she became a partner at Parish-Hadley in 1989. A protégé of famed decorator Sister Parish, Libby is known for her love of color and eclectic style. She mixes family heirlooms with new pieces, giving her rooms a warm and lively charm and creating luxurious yet comfortable rooms for high-end residential projects across the country and elsewhere. These include residences in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Washington D.C., Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, California, the Bahamas and London.
 Libby’s work has been featured in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, House and Garden, Elle Decor, Interior Design Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, Quest, Women’s Day Decorating Ideas, WWD, Avenue, Cottage Living, Coastal Living, Westchester Magazine and Miniature Collector Magazine, as well as in The Journal News, The New York Post, The New York Times (including The New York Times Home Design Spring Publication), Gannett Newspapers and The Washington Post.
 Libby was chosen to design the main Stair Hall at Edith Wharton’s house, The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts when the house was restored in 2002.
A participant in over 20 charitable events, Libby focuses on organizations benefiting children. Some of her events include Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club — “Small Wonders” miniature rooms; Tiffany & Co.’s “Tiffany Designers Show”; Isabel O’Neil Designer Vignette; Lenox Hill Christmas Bazaar Benefit; and House Beautiful & Furnish A Future’s “A Springtime Fantasy Exhibit”.
 Libby has written articles for Westchester Magazine as well as House Beautiful. Books featuring Libby’s work include Rooms with a View, Decorating with Paper, Showcase of Interior Design, East Coast, Parish-Hadley, Sister Parish Design on Decorating and three of House Beautiful’s books: Decorating Style, Paint, and Color.
 Libby was named as one of House Beautiful’s 100 Best Designers in the United States in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. She was a recipient of the House Beautiful Award for Design Excellence, “Ten Best Show house Rooms in America,” in 1992.

John Murray

John B. Murray was born in California and grew up in Philadelphia. Upon graduating with honors from Carnegie Mellon University, he moved to New York City in 1979 to begin his design career. Early in his apprenticeship, he discovered his love for residential architecture, which led him to join the prestigious firm of Parish-Hadley Associates. It was during his tenure with Parish-Hadley that John began to refine his understanding and appreciation of the vital relationship between traditional architecture and interior design and decoration, which he has continued to explore and cultivate.

With the support and endorsement of Albert Hadley, John embarked upon his own practice in 1988, with the formation of Ferguson Murray & Shamamian Architects. The growth of this firm evolved into the founding of his own independent practice in 1997, John B. Murray Architect, LLC. For over 25 years

JBMA has earned national and regional architecture awards and served the classical architecture community.

Anthony Barzilay Freund

As 1stDibs’ Editorial Director, Anthony Barzilay Freund oversees all digital and print content, including 1stDibs’ weekly Introspective magazine, The Study blog, and The 1stDibs 50, an annual celebration of interior design’s most compelling talents. He also serves as 1stDibs’ Director of Fine Art. Prior to joining 1stDibs in 2010, Freund was Editor in Chief of Art+Auction magazine and, before that, the longtime Arts and Culture Editor at Town & Country. He began his career at Esquire. Freund’s writing on art and design has appeared in a variety of magazines and he is frequently sought out as a commentator on trends and the market and as a panel moderator at industry events.

A graduate of Columbia University, Freund also attended Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.