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"The St. Regis\nA Gracious Fifth Avenue Landmark Gets a Stylish New Look\nNew York's legendary St. Regis hotel\u2014a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, Marlene Dietrich, Salvador Dal\u00ED and John Lennon\u2014has undergone a glamorous redesign at the hands of Stephen Sills and James Huniford.\nThe reception area of the 1904 hotel epitomizes the Beaux Arts style.\nThe Astor Court\u2014named for the hotel's founder, John Jacob Astor IV\u2014has an anteroom used for tea and cocktails.\nIn the main dining room, the designers replaced an enormous chandelier in favor of multiple smaller ones, which allow clear views into the hotel's celebrated King Cole bar. Pollack banquette fabric; Jim Thompson chair fabric.\nThe famous Maxfield Parrish mural that hangs in the bar\u2014which had been \"swagged in green velvet,\" Sills notes\u2014was recently restored. Edelman leather on chairs and barstools.\nThe designers redecorated the Cognac Room in shades of ivory and tobacco brown. The sofa and club chair, covered in a Scalamandr\u00E9 fabric, are by Sills Huniford Associates, as are the low table and armchairs. Stark carpet.\n\"We looked at the hotel's archives for inspiration, but we wanted a residential feel,\" Sills says of their designs for the 227 guest rooms and suites.\n\nSoft yellow and cream hues set a restful tone in a guest suite. Wallcovering and drapery stripe and chair and ottoman damask from Kravet.\nA crown-canopied bed offers a sense of intimacy."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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