STUDIOLO
WELCOME TO
ABOUT RICHARD
RICHARD SHAPIRO, A LIFELONG DEVOTEE OF THE ARTS, HAS OVER THE YEARS PLAYED SEVERAL INTERTWINING ROLES IN THE PURSUIT OF HIS PASSIONS.
FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, HE HAS PRESIDED OVER HIS EPONYMOUS GALLERY, RICHARD SHAPIRO STUDIOLO, SPECIALIZING PRIMARILY IN FINE FURNITURE AND DESIGN FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, AS WELL AS STUDIOLO, THE FIFTY-PIECE COLLECTION OF HIS OWN DESIGN.HIS INTERIORS HAVE GRACED THE PAGES AND COVERS OF MANY BOOKS AND MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DWELLING PUBLICATIONS
INTERIOR DESIGN
RATHER THAN A ROTE DESIGN PROCESS, I TRY TO IMBUE MY CLIENT'S INTERIORS WITH PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION THAT SPEAKS TO WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM....
T H E B O O K
PAST PERFECT IS MY FORTY YEAR PERSONAL ODDYSEY THROUGH THE WORLDS OF DESIGN, GARDENS AND ARCHITECTURE….TRULY AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY….I HOPE YOU FIND INSPIRATION IN ITS PAGES.
GARDENS
WHETHER EXPANSIVE OR MODEST, MY AIM IS FOR ROBUST AND PERSONAL LANDSCAPES, RIFE WITH IDIOSYNCRACY AND DRAMA