“A Design Masterpiece”, the theme for the 38th Annual Mansions & Millionaires Designers’ Showcase is an understatement. This is an exhibition in art, architecture, design, landscaping, and fashion like no other Show House I have seen. The house, an Italianate Villa of perfect proportion, is located on the Northern Shore of Long Island’s “Gold Coast”. Built in 1915 for tycoon Henry Sanderson by legendary architectural firm Hunt & Hunt, this Show House contains a Rodin sculpture, della Robbia reliefs, antique carved doors, imported Yorkshire stone walls, delicate ironwork, intricate plaster ceilings, a cantilevered grand stairway, and it’s own “duomo”. Sitting within 24 groomed acres, landscaped by Olmstead Brothers (landscapers of New York’s Central Park), this stucco mansion is a symbol of a bygone era of privilege, fortune and excess. That’s the framework that houses exquisite design and décor punctuated with historic themes, whimsical playrooms, grand living spaces, modern sensibility and pure luxury.

We will be reporting on the designers, the details, the rooms, the “real-life “ design solutions, and all of the items for sale in this house. Don’t miss our coverage!

PARTICULARS
DATES: Saturday, October 3 thru Sunday, November 15

TIMES: Tuesday thru Friday, 10:30AM – 4:00PM
Saturday, Sunday and Columbus Day, 11:30AM – 5:00PM
Closed Mondays except Columbus Day, October 12

PLACE: La Selva
187 Oyster Bay Road
Mill Neck, NY

DIRECTIONS:
• LIE (Rte.495) to exit 41N, Rte. 107, take 107 North to Rte. 25A (Northern Blvd.), turn right.

• (East) on 25A to Wolver Hollow Road (at Police Station). Turn left onto Wolver Hollow road to end.

• Turn right onto Chicken Valley Road. At blinking yellow light turn right onto Oyster Bay Road. Follow signs to La Selva, entrance on right.

BENEFICIARY: Mentoring Partnership of Long Island

PRICES: General admission $30, Senior Citizens $28
Children (12 and under) $7
Children under 3 years must be carried.
No strollers

GROUPS: $26 per person (Minimum group size 20 persons)

LUNCH: On site – Villa Café

BOUTIQUES: On site – Hall of Boutiques

Explore The magnificence of La Selva, a Mediterranean Villa patterned after an Italian Palace which measures approximately 15,000 square feet of Renaissance
beauty.

Enrich Your design information through conversations with the interior designers and volunteer stewards.

Discover A unique array of accessories, decorations and furnishings at the exclusive Designers’ Showcase® within boutiques and a new feature called a Designers’ Co-op.

Savor The moment at Designers’ Showcase® while refreshing yourself with a light luncheon, prepared by culinary chefs from Messima Market.

Visualize Room settings of many styles. Picture yourself enjoying one just like it in
your own home.

Benefit The Mentoring Partnership of Long Island, a 501c3 charitable organization, while having a wonderful day’s vacation, presented for your pleasure by Mansions & Millionaires®.

Four Great Reasons to Visit Designers’ Showcase® 2009

1. This special yearly event offers you the rare opportunity to visit a private Long Island mansion not open to the public on a regular basis. La Selva is a remarkable Mediterranean style villa, chock full of history and artistic details.
2. Unlike other historic home tours, it allows you the time to wander on your own at your own pace, while room stewards, who are available in all areas of the mansion offer you additional information. We have a group of specially trained docents who will enrich your visit by imparting information on architecture and interior design. This service is for groups of 20 or more at a special rate.
3. It can also be an inspirational day for you. You will view the creativity of nearly 40 interior designers who have been inspired to great artistic achievement.
4. 2009 Designers’ Showcase® at La Selva is full of many stately qualities. There are many bed chambers en suite, a grand salon measuring 57’ x 26’, an outstanding three story rotunda, formal dining room, library, sitting rooms and those luxuries found in today’s life style. This mansion on 25 acres of rolling hills and dales is one of the most outstanding on Long Island where two historic figures in architecture and landscaping have left their mark.

GROUP TOUR INFORMATION
The year 2009 will bring an exciting Designers’ Showcase® event to the public, beginning October 3 thru November 15, closed on Mondays except Oct. 12, Columbus Day. We would like you to have the information in advance so that you will have enough lead-time to plan a terrific day for your group. The group fee will be $26.00 per person, which includes tax. This is a $4.00 discount on the per person general admission rate. Proceeds will benefit The Mentoring Partnership of Long Island.

Let us share some of the delights of the day with you. The name of the mansion you will be viewing is called La Selva, located on a scenic estate of 25 acres in the exclusive village of Upper Brookville, affording a vista of rolling terrain, woodlands and gardens.

La Selva, a circa 1915 villa built in the Mediterranean style was designed by the international firm of Hunt & Hunt. The estate grounds were designed by the renowned firm of Olmstead Bros. This splendid residence will be home to over 35 interior designers each designing an area and your group will visit all of them. There will be a convenient spring luncheon of sandwiches and salads in “The Villa Café.” Boutiques featuring those little treasures for which a Mansions & Millionaires® Designers’ Showcase® is so well known will be available adjacent to the luncheon facility. It will be a memorable day.

The minimum number to book a group tour is 20 attendees. Bookings become valid when paid in full and reserved in advance of the date of arrival. Docents will guide your group through the mansion in sections of 8-10 persons and will provide information on architecture, beneficiary and design. There is no docent service on Saturdays or Sundays, when only self-guided tours are available. Please allow a minimum of one and one-half hours for your tour or, if you wish, you may follow the complimentary directory and proceed at your own pace. Call Mansions & Millionaires at 516 671-1313 for further information. The not-for-profit beneficiary The Mentoring Partnership of Long Island devotes itself to the improvement of youth who benefit from a caring adult mentor. Payment must accompany the reservation form (see enclosed separate sheet). Tickets will be mailed on the same day as received or held for arrival date. Please indicate which method you prefer.

• $520.00 due on reservation (20 persons minimum)
• Tickets must be paid for prior to arrival
• Additional attendees may be added prior to day of arrival ($26.00 each)
• Attendees added on day of arrival pay the general admission fee ($30.00 each)
• Group participants will meet in the front circle of the Mansion, weather permitting
• Orientation will be held there and group divided
• Group leader (1) is an admission guest of Designers’ Showcase®
• Catalogue and parking complimentary

History
La Selva is the name given to an extraordinary forty (40) room Mediterranean style mansion located in the village of Upper Brookville, Long Island. The villa was built in 1915 on the crest of almost twenty-five acres that created the estate. The acreage was beautifully groomed and planted by the prestigious landscape firm of Olmstead Bros.

The renowned architectural firm of Hunt & Hunt was retained by the original owner, Henry Sanderson to design and build a villa for use as the family’s country home. Henry Sanderson was a major figure in banking, railways (Fifth Ave. Coach Lines) and electric lighting. Joseph Hunt, son of Richard Morris Hunt, the founder of the well-known architectural firm of Hunt & Hunt became the primary architect for the Sanderson family. The villa design proposed by Joseph
Hunt, the architect, featured several unique innovations:

• Thirty degree angled wings, sometimes known as a butterfly entrance welcomed each visitor as if in an embrace and directed them to the central entrance.
• The exterior walls were surfaced in a stucco and pebble-dash technique that added texture to the Mediterranean style exteriors.
• Brown terra-cotta tile completed the exterior roofing. Chimney stacks topped in terra cotta created additional interest as they punctuated the roofline.
• The roof was installed with a deep overhang to prevent the sun from penetrating the
interiors.
• Doorways and windows were delicately trimmed and detailed in Renaissance style.

La Selva, meaning woods was the name given to the Sanderson’s home. The approach to this highly styled mansion wanders through a cluster of pine trees and concludes in front of the mansion. Within the interiors are extraordinary works of art where craftsmen from Europe and the United States detailed the rooms with carvings, intricate plaster ceilings, delicate iron grillwork and rare stone embossing. The philosophy of eclecticism practiced by the original owners in the design of this estate (the belief that one could create a new whole by bringing together fragments from other times and places) is true elegance at its zenith. From the vestibule, across an expansive hallway to the loggia, each room defines detail and drama and contains many artifacts centuries old.

La Selva became a true summer residence although built for year-round living. The Sanderson family used La Selva for approximately three months out of the year, while the staff remained for the full year. Stately carved wooden doors with deeply embossed hardware and iron-gated panels complete the interior picture. Most of the first floor interior walls are of imported Yorkshire stone, helping to keep the residence at a proper temperature all year long.

One of the most memorable sights on the interior is the main rotunda stair-hall, a circular space of over two stories with an outstanding sweeping curved staircase of stone. Delicate ironwork spirals along the edge of this sculptural centerpiece of the mansion. A sunken living room only a few steps down creates additional architectural interest. The original furnishings were artifacts from the early Italian Renaissance. The floors are exquisitely paved in marble patterns with a special red Levanto marble installed as a border in the dining hall. In the breakfast room a domed plaster filigree ceiling in the classic mode once again changes the mood. Many architecturally significant bedroom suites are on the second level. This home is a perfect canvas for the prominent interior designers who will be featured in this outstanding Mansions & Millionaires® Designers’ Showcase®.

Frederick S. Wheeler, the president of American Can Company purchased the mansion from the Sanderson’s in 1927. In 1960 Mr. Wheeler sold the property, mansion and all out buildings on the 25 acres to the Glen Cove Hospital. It was then sold to the Catholic Church, who maintained it as the Franciscan Monastery and Retreat House.

Remaining on its original acreage since 1915, La Selva is currently in private hands and is available for sale through Daniel Gale/Sotheby’s.

This Designers’ Showcase® 2009 is a rare opportunity for those interested in Long Island Gold Coast History to view an outstanding mansion by two historic giants of the past.

1. Hunt & Hunt, architectural firm - A Beaux Arts American leader in architecture.
2. Olmstead Bros. – Holds a pedigree of renown in Landscape planning both residential and parks (Central Park, The White House and locally, Planting Fields, etc.).

Exemplary interior design by notable interior design firms will be participating in Designers’ Showcase® 2009. For further information call 516 624-2300.