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Sunnylands America’s Midcentury Masterpiece By: Janice Lyle Foreword by Michael S. Smith Photography by Mark Davidson The definitive story of the most ambitious and glamorous midcentury-modern house in the United States—Sunnylands, the estate of Walter and Leonore Annenberg, in Rancho Mirage, California—now revised and expanded The pinnacle of midcentury style, an English country estate reimagined for the American desert, there is no other house like Sunnylands. A stately home, designed by A. Quincy Jones, one of California’s most signifi cant architects, it contains the only completely preserved interior by Hollywood’s legendary decorator-to-the-stars, William Haines, that is open to the public. A new book, Sunnylands: America’s Midcentury Masterpiece (The Vendome Press, October), offers an intimate tour of this legendary property. It was the early 1960s when Walter and Leonore Annenberg visited the Palm Springs area, bought hundreds of acres of desert, and created a modernist dream house at the center of their own golf course. Like the landed British aristocracy—Walter Annenberg had been the Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s in London—the couple built a retreat, where politicians, movie stars, and corporate leaders could meet, relax, and refl ect in comfort and privacy. For four decades, an invitation to New Year’s Eve at Sunnylands was the ultimate social prize. Their good friends, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, would land Marine One on the greens. Frank Sinatra was married there. Richard Nixon’s golf clubs still sit in the men’s locker room. It was a vortex of plaid pants, sherbet pastel hats, de la Renta gowns, and socio-economic power. In hundreds of photographs and architectural drawings, Sunnylands captures the careful restoration of the estate’s historic rooms, examining the drawers and the closets, the trapunto quilting and embroidery on Haines’s iconic furniture, the dinner seating charts...

Ohio Amish blue & pink broken star quilt in pristine condition. Very fine quilting and piece work. Notice the fine hand stitched saw tooth binding.

1930's Appliqué eagle quilt From Pennsylvania. This Quilt is in great condition & has Fantastic Piecing & Quilting.

Gustav Stickley – Craftsman Homes, Gramercy, 1995. Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) was an American furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher, and a leading voice in the American ...

This Amish sunshine and shadow crib quilt is in good condition. It was found in Western Pennsylvania.

19Thc flying geese or birds in flight quilt in bars format. This quilt is made from such amazing calico and bandana fabrics. The condition is mint with mi...

This is a classic Log Cabin Barnraising quilt in traditionally Pennsylvania colors. The use of lights and darks gives tremendous depth to the pattern. A note attached to the back re...

This fine eight point star quilt is in pristine condition with a couple minor tiny spots. Mostly posted on the back side. This is a very large quilt.

This finely quilted and pieced broken star quilt is in fine condition. It’s most unusual with the pink trailing color. Really works well with the red...

Mariners Compass Crib Quilt. (Circa 1938) This Quilt is Very Finely Executed w/ Floating Stars on the Outside Boarder. Pristine condition. The quilt is fro...

This Evening Stars Quilt is a lovely variation of a traditional pattern. Placing one star within another and placing the red stars abutting one another creates a variety of optical i...

An incredible look through the lens of one of the most prolific American photographers of the past 5 decades, Philippe Halsman. "Portraits" contains images of some of the most iconic...