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Treasured RETREAT

THE HOUSE IN THE HILLS of northwestern Connecticut is a picture of New England rectitude—white clapboard siding, slate roof, stone chimneys, dormers, and fanlights. It’s all genteel and proper.

But the interiors of the spacious home present a much different story. The rooms are a cornucopia of vibrant colors and Asian art and European decorative pieces. The weekend home of a Manhattan-based rare books and prints dealer and his wife, who specializes in arranging exotic trips to Asia, it came together

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