Portfolio : Events
There are many aspects that contribute to great entertaining, chief among them is the design of a truly special setting. Whether for an intimate gathering or a grand celebration, creativity and sensitivity are essential to creating memorable occasions. Here are a few that we orchestrated. Wish you could have been there!
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For an autumnal dinner to support scholarship programs at The School of American Ballet, we created the décor and were one of the sponsors.
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“A Grand Tour” was the theme of the New York event to benefit Save Venice Inc.
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Rather than flowers, White Webb created a more architectural theme for the tables.
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At the request of Architectural Digest and for the Nominee Reception preceding the 2006 Emmy Awards, we designed a lounge to showcase the stunning diamonds and time pieces by Piaget.
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By creating a stark white background punctuated by black and white pieces inspired by our Intaglio collection, the pristine stage was set.
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For the Piaget lounge we created a “candelabra” centerpiece made from mannequin arms to display the precious jewels.
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We constructed many of the elements for the Piaget lounge in our design offices in California.
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For a garden party during the Casanova in California Weekend to benefit Save Venice, we set up canopies so they would appear like gondolas on the sweeping lawn.
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For the Venetian garden party to benefit Save Venice, Matthew White designed and created a replica of the Royal Barge used by the King of Italy to enter Venice in the 19th century.
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After a delicious lunch in the Venetian style, the waiters donned miniature gondolas laden with sweets.
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For the entrance to the Huntington Millennium Masquerade Ball, we designed a banquette with trompe l’œil tassel fringe and commissioned an artist to create an enormous caricature of the Blue Boy (the original is in the collection of The Huntington galleries).
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For the Huntington Millennium Masquerade Ball, we designed a tongue-in-cheek gilded age salon.
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For The Garden Party to benefit Young and Healthy, the guests became the décor when we suggested that they wear white.
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Un Ballo in Maschera was an event that benefited Save Venice, and was the first gala put on by the California Chapter.
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Guests attired in elaborate costumes and masks made the setting all the more magical when it was illuminated by candlelight.
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At Un Ballo in Maschera, Neptune floated in the pool while revelers sipped coffee and nibbled biscotti, in a party that House Beautiful included, alongside Truman Capote’s Black & White Ball, in its Party Hall of Fame.