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Besides, it’s nice to keep things a bit loose and organic, don’t you think? Au revoir until then.FrontDesk / January-February 2009 MADISON / PARK / FIFTH AVENUES ZOO Fifth Avenue Julius Caruso Amaranth Donsuki Emilio Pucci La Houppa Ingrao Wildenstein Terramare Café Mitchel London Foods Rita Ford Music Boxes Kosciuszko Foundation Nathan A. In my previous post, Toujour Provence, I mentioned visiting the Provençal homes of Jacques Grange and François Catroux in the coming posts after this one however – though we will most definitely take these tours – it seems only natural to first visit the home of Rory Cameron, Van Day Truex’s close friend, beforehand. It is testimony to his claim, “good design is forever”. These rooms are as fresh and relevant today as when Truex conceived of them as early as the 1960’s. Van Day Truex expertly distilled the essence of the Lubéron in his country homes utilizing a natural palette, natural materials and fibers, textured wall finishes, simple furnishings of hand-made quality, and simple decorative objects, all contributing to the rustic simplicity of the region without ever appearing contrived. Van Day Truex collaborated with Cameron on the nautilus-style stairway. Les Quatre Sources, Rory Cameron’s residence in Provence. His impact on the decorative arts was not ever, in any way or sense, wild or extravagant but always restrained, disciplined, and transforming.” I can’t think of a more suitable or desired compliment. William McCormick Blair, Washington’s arbiter of good taste at the time, commented “I will always remember Van having the most rare and beautiful imagination of any man I ever met. Remarking on her visits to both Truex’s and Cameron’s homes Mrs. Les Quatre Sources would also feature a nautilus-inspired stairway which Truex so greatly admired. Truex’s collaborative design for Cameron’s Provencal mas, Les Quatre Sources, would become much photographed and talked about in the years ahead. Cameron went on to live in Ireland for a short stint before being lured to the Lubéron by Truex in the early 1970’s. They remained close with a shared enthusiasm for the decorative arts. They met in the 1950’s while Cameron was living with his mother, Lady Kenmare, at her villa, La Fiorentina, at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
Truex’s only close friend in the Lubéron was Rory Cameron. Photo from Van Day Truex’s personal collection, courtesy Van Day Truex: The Man Who Defined Twentieth-Century Taste and Style. Rory Cameron, left, with Truex in Ireland. Being in the fashion business, I offer this as my highest praise.” If I had to think of one word to describe Van’s taste I would say it was cashmere. It was so remarkably pure that it made me want to go home and eliminate the unnecessary things from my own house.
The bare-bone details embodied style and sophistication. Extremely modest, it had a monastic quality. The house was, first of all, an honest house. Of his visit to Truex’s new residence in Ménerbes Hubert de Givenchy reflected “I admired everything that Van had done. Much of the furniture came from his previous residences – rattan and wooden furniture made locally. Where curtains were used only the simplest cotton was hung. Teak wood was used for interior and exterior trim, left to age and weather naturally without paint or varnish. The floors were laid with natural, unglazed terra cotta tiles made locally. All door and window lintels were cut from native stone. Photography by Horst for House & Garden (from Van Day Truex: The Man Who Defined Twentieth-Century Taste and Style).Īll exterior and interior walls were finished in the same texture and color: beige.
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