ARTICLES - CHRISTOPHER MASON

Wolfe’s Den: Tom Wolfe’s Archive

When great American writers go to heaven—or to some infernal rotisserie—their papers generally wind up at the University of Texas at Austin, purchased for princely sums by the prodigiously… More
Socialite Patricia Altschul’s House in Charleston

Working with Mario is always a great adventure,” says longtime Manhattan society figure Patricia Altschul, fuchsia-caftaned and lounging on a pale-blue-checked bergère in the double drawing room of her… More
Woody Brock: The Theory of Everything

Even in his natural habitat “Twin Quarries”—his Arcadian estate in Gloucester, Mass., where hummingbirds gather nectar beside a tranquil quarry lake—Horace “Woody” Brock is an exceedingly rare bird. More
Alexa Hampton Renovates a Manhattan Apartment in the Pierre Hotel

Among the perils of buying a prewar New York apartment are the ravages wrought by previous generations of ambitious owners, who have ripped out original moldings or installed newfangled—but… More
Jay McInerney’s Eccentric New York Penthouse

The eccentric penthouse apartment of Jay McInerny and Anne Hearst in Greenwich Village. More
Brooke Astor: Cherished Remains of a Luxe Life

In her heyday as the bejeweled empress of New York philanthropy, Brooke Astor entertained presidents, first ladies and a potpourri of pooh-bahs and literati at her elegant 14-room duplex… More
Surviving Picasso: John Richardson

Clutching a cup of morning coffee, writer and art world raconteur John Richardson is padding around his 5,000-square-foot loft on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, an enfilade of high-ceilinged,… More
The Versailles of the North

“THE criticism I’ve had is just massive,” said the Duchess of Northumberland, as she led a visitor through the Bamboo Labyrinth of Alnwick Garden. “It’s really staggering the way… More
Furniture Restorer’s Allegations of Deception Shake Antiques Trade

John Hobbs, a London antiques dealer known for superb English and Continental furniture, has been accused by his longtime restorer, Dennis Buggins, of selling fakes. More
Pearl Lam: A Shanghai Auntie Mame

“It’s quite bonkers,” Pearl Lam said of her 22nd-floor, 9,700-square-foot loft in the French Concession district here. The apartment, a mix of ancient Chinese artifacts and Western and Chinese… More
Jacques Grange Reinvents a New York Classic

When Jacques Grange paid his first visit in early September to Galerie Mark, a Manhattan real estate sales office masquerading as an art-and-design gallery, his perennial look of wry… More
Philip Johnson’s Glass House

When Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., officially opens to the public on June 21, paying visitors will have a chance to explore one of the world’s… More

A SELECTION OF ARTICLES BY CHRISTOPHER MASON