Photos: The Quiet American
Photographed by Oberto Gili1/10Making the Grounds
Pleached lindens, right, lead up to the front of the 18th-century stone-tavern house.
Photographed by Oberto Gili2/10The Lamb's Club
Romualdez’s close friend Miranda Brooks and her daughter Violette Grey (his goddaughter) shepherd lambs through the boxwood shadow garden.
Photographed by Oberto Gili3/10Creatures of Habit
Romualdez in his study with Jake, one of his Labradoodles.
Photographed by Oberto Gili4/10Darling Buds
Romualdez upholstered the master bedroom and its furnishings in Braquenié’s “Tree of Life” fabric. On display are Brooks’s landscape master plan, center left, a model of a jet Romualdez outfitted for a client, and, right, a portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob G. Cuyp.
Photographed by Oberto Gili5/10Animal Kingdom
Lambs graze behind the house.
Photographed by Oberto Gili6/10Bright Lights
In the living room, a collectsion of prized birds and glass-encased specimens complements Richard Wathen’s fauna-rich oil-on-linen Llareggub, 2009. The custom sofa, covered in Rogers & Goffigon “Peloton” fabric, is from J. Edlin Interiors.
Photographed by Oberto Gili7/10Spare Bedroom
A drawing by Konstantin Kakanias rests on the mantel of a guest room. The bed is dressed in Porthault linens, and the child’s chair is 18th-century American.
Photographed by Oberto Gili8/10Open House
In the dining room, an antique American drop-leaf table and a set of Windsor chairs pair with 17th-century Dutch Delft Peacock china.
Photographed by Oberto Gili9/10Mirror Mirror on the Wall
The Chinese bowl in the entrance hall was a gift from Romualdez’s parents—his father was stationed in Beijing in the 1970s as the Philippines’ ambassador to China. The planked maple floor, like the house, dates to 1779.
Photographed by Oberto Gili10/10A Fine Geometry
The gentle slope of Sawyer Hill plays backdrop to the estate’s formal boxwood garden and hornbeam hedge.