The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1979 Page: 9 of 18
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SIDE GLANCES
by Gill Fox
square foot, she has bought newspaper publisher's wife |lng buildings.
“T U SrAIWSA aT
(API - Gray D. Boone
went north a'year ago and
came back with Horizon, a
monthly cultural journal,
and now, for only $1 a
renovation project so far.
The mansion, from old
slave quarters In the base-
ment to the cupola three
stories above, contains 26
rooms, each full of history
and suffering from faded iroom,” Mrs. Boone
paint. understated. “The home is
It was built In the 1850s by structurally sound despite
Robert Jemlson, a U.S. all the work it needs. It will
Senator who named it have a very gracious feel-
Cherokee after a chief and ing about it.
his tribe for saving his “We’re restoring a
wife’s parents from a Choc- wonderful old building. It
taw massacre. was a good financial
Years later it became a move.” ‘
library and many of its Because the mansion it
rooms still contain rows of on the National Register of
stacks, along with the du& Historic Places, tax laws
an/) nnKiunhc nf Hicncn * mill annkln Mrn D nnnn
who flies to New York
regularly to meet with art
people and returns to run
her publications and con-
tinue her restoration of ag-
Her newest acquisition,
known variously as
Cherokee, the Jemison
House and the Friedman
Library, is her biggest
an antebellum mansion to
house it in.
The blending of the tren-
dy and the traditional is
typical of Mrs. Boone, a
Manufacturers Show Textiles
Italy include. Vestor boutiques have been
Bloomingdale's, Marshall opened in Macy's, Bloom-
Field, Jordan MagstgHn ingdale’s and Marshall
Btfston, Hlgbee’s in Field and thereMs also a
Cleveland and Bergdorf company owned Vestor
Gpodman. boutique in Los Angeles.
The experience of the What is it about Italian
Bassetti Company, one of design that makes
the exhibitors at the textile Americans willing to pay a
fair, is an example of the minimum of about $25 for a
possibilities for Italian single flat sheet (and much
design in the U.S. Although more for most of the Italian
a large manufacturer in sheets and other textiles?)
Europe, Bassetti was not “Italians are particular
selling its products in the about the products they buy
By BARBARA MAYER
AP Newsfeatures
Well-traveled Americans
who shop the world know
that Italian textiles are tops
in quality and style. They
can see things in shops
there that are not available
at home.
But now, stay-at-home
Americans are going to be
foot mansion all at once but
she intends to get started
right away.
She has had experience.
She bought two old homes
and renovated them as
headquarters for her Anti-
que Monthly magazine and
Horizon. And she and
the first trade fair three
jyears ago.
! This year, the company
concluded an agreement
with Springs Mills and the
first Bassetti sheets -are
now being sold by Springs
to American retailers. They
should be available in retail
by Roger Bollen
FUNNY BUSINESS
1.1-21 "\
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‘I’d like a G-rated parrot!'
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Klein’s Tune
civilization /
C3EAD
-PISH'ARE "/■
6ETTIH& THICKER./
As renovation of the
Jemison Mansion pro-
Robeft Klein, acclaimed
stores by early spring.
Award for his current starring
performance in the Broadway
hit, "They're Playing Our
Song," will star in two one-,
hour comedy specials - fore-
runners of a projected series
on NBC.
Klein, who lives in Manhat-
tan with his wife, Metropoli-
tan Opera mezzo-soprano;
Brenda Boozer, will originate
his telecasts from. New York
City, both at the NBC Studios
and on location. Production is
scheduled to begin later this
home textiles sponsored by
the Italian government.
This year in November, 40
manufacturers showed
their- wares to 800 of this
country’s retailers and
wholesalers.
The results, according to
Dr Luca Rostagno, a depu-
ty Italian trade commis-
sioner,
move headquarters of heir
two publications into the
Italianate-style building.
“We won’t be lacking
Using a technique
perfected in Italy, the
sheets are printed with a
different pattern on each
side. After' its first collec-
tion .of two designs, Springs
will introduce later in 1980 a
collection of four additional
Bassetti patterns. Even-
tually tablecloths, napkins
and probably bedspreads
will be part of the Bassetti
Collection.
After the first introduc-
tion, the products will be
designed in Italy by Basset-
ti designers, but produced
in the U.S. by Springs, said
a Bassetti spokesman.
Besides Bassetti, other
Italian names which have
beeome known to
Americans include Tai and
Rosita Missoni - who
designed sheets for
Fieldcrest in addition to
their widely known, Costly ■
apparel knits — T.J. Vestor
and Pratesi. This fall.
choking
3. Which meat is produced in
the largest quantity in the
United Stales'! (aj pork (b)
TONY SCHILLACI, A.S.I.D.
Interior Designer
Carpet-Draper ies-Mini-BI inds
Shown in Your home
Call for Appointment
ANSWERS
‘were fabulous for
the curtain and drapery
producers and satisfactory
for the others......
J s' J Z u t
Virtually
all the important depart-
ment stores sent represen-
tatives, he said. And
despite the high cost of the
textiles, a factor which has
slowed Sales growth, it is
evident .that more Italian
home textiles will be seen
and sold here in the near
future.
The reasons for this suc-
cess are not hard to find.
"Italian products are ex-
citing and stylish. And by
coming to the U.S. and
Robert Klein
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New York State School of
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1979, newspaper, November 23, 1979; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1066470/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.