Living with antiques:.(southern California's Villa San Maurizio)(Brief Article)

Villa San Maurizio in southern California

When the owner of the Villa San Maurizio left the East Coast for the milder climate of southern California, he decided he did not want to build just another Mediterranean-style house. Instead he desired a house that reflected the kind of life embodied in the country seats designed by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) for wealthy Venetians in the sixteenth century. A collector of eighteenth-century English furniture, bronze sculpture, and ceramics, he felt the Palladian style would provide a harmonious setting for his collection.…