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Article: Carribean Sanctuary: West Indian antiques and island elegance enliven the St. Croix hideaway of connoisseur Michael Connors.
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- House Beautiful
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- July 1, 2003
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"IT'S MY PRIVATE SANCTUARY, AN escape from the stresses of the city," says Michael Connors of his tropics-inspired apartment on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix.
Connors, a Manhattan-based connoisseur, collector, and dealer in West Indian antiques and fine art, succumbed to the tropical charms of the Caribbean more than three decades ago while teaching a fine arts course there. But it was his discovery of the elegant colonial furniture built by indigenous craftsmen during the 18th and 19th centuries in St. Croix, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua, and other islands of the West Indies that led to his lasting love affair with the region.
The three-room ...