A Newport Summer Book Options:Signed With A Personal Note the late Carleton Varney

the late Carleton Varney

Behind the hedgerows and beyond the wrought iron gates

lies a whimsical world as imagined through Nick Mele’s lens

always ready for a roll of the dice or a well-played hand

The images intertwine gilded age glamour and modern eccentricity

A Newport Summer Book Options:Signed With A Personal Note the late Carleton VarneyAn intimate love letter to summertime in Newport, Rhode Island, from photographer Nick Mele, the modern day Slim Aarons, and interior designer Ruthie Sommers. Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the last bastions of American high society. The grand Gilded Age houses that top its oceanside cliffs and line storied Bellevue Avenue are largely untouched by contemporary renovation and taste, and family heirlooms are passed down from generation to generation