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Article: Credo of comfort: though she's an expert on style and the history of English interiors, designer and author Ann Gore has decided that rooms marked by "humble elegance" are the ones she likes best. (Tea with Ann Gore).
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- Victoria
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- May 1, 2003
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IT'S PERFECT BLISS, SITTING ON A PAINTED Regency sofa and contemplating the design of a Chinese export teapot. It's heaven, drinking a cup of tea by the fire and observing an early I Staffordshire lady. When you get to enjoy all. this--watching the cat plomp herself on the stool, listening to the breeze blowing across a garden surrounded by the Norfolk countryside--and hear Ann 4 Gore tell another anecdote full of charm and animation, you might consider yourself as happy as you'll ever be, here in the quintessential English room.
Ann Gore has one of those well-furnished minds coupled with a manner that immediately draws you in; she's full of knowledge gained over ...
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