Decorating legend Mario Buatta, known affectionately as the Prince of Chintz, passed away on Monday at the age of 82. I asked colleagues, clients, and fellow designers to share their memories of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funeral services for interior designer Mario Buatta will be held Saturday, which would have been his 83rd birthday, at Sacred ...

Mario Buatta, the acclaimed New York interior designer known as “the Prince of Chintz,” whose cozy, clubby rooms defined the Americanized version of the English country look, died Oct. 15 at a ...

It’s already been dubbed the “Super Mario” sale: The trove of objects belonging to the late designer Mario Buatta exceeded all expectations when it hit the block at Sotheby’s on January 23 and 24.

Spanning more than five decades, the love affair between Architectural Digest and Mario Buatta was legendary. Ever since his first AD feature appeared in the May/June 1974 issue, there was no place he ...

One morning late last month, the 71-year-old decorator Mario Buatta sat in the audience at a lecture given by a Domino editor. He listened as she chronicled the rise, fall, and resurgence of chintz, ...

AD PRO members enjoy exclusive benefits. Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month. The hubbub of activity and moving parts are all in preparation for an exhibition of Mario Buatta's ...

“The average auction for a sale like this has between 250 to 300 lots,” says Dennis Harrington, head of English and European furniture at Sotheby’s. “Mario Buatta has over a thousand.” In life, ...

When Sotheby’s unveiled the contents of interior design legend Mario Buatta’s auction, "Mario Buatta Prince of Interiors,” we were given a glimpse into the magical worlds he had conjured throughout ...

No room should ever look like it's been decorated by a decorator. At least not according to Mario Buatta, "prince of chintz," who's been in the trade since 1959. "You don't want a house where a ...

After 22 hours of bidding, the blockbuster Sotheby’s auction live-streamed by the design faithful over lunch, dinner and late-night cocktails came to a close with a final gavel. The personal ...

The fabulous life of interior decorator Mario Buatta will be celebrated on Jan. 21 at the Park Avenue Armory during The Winter Show, which he so dearly loved and chaired for many years. The Buatta ...