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Wynn Las Vegas - 2016 - Issue 2 - Fall

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78 Such a considered approach to a choice as basic as color is typical of Thomas and his team. "We wanted to do a contemporary, Wynn version of chinoiserie, where even the most intimate moment was inspired by the best of Chinese design through history," explains Alex Woogmas- ter, Creative Director at Wynn Design & Development and one of the leads on the Wynn Palace design team. One such instance occurs in the doorway pediments around the hotel. Casual observers likely won't notice that each features a stylized interpretation of the detail- ing on a fretwork screen that Thomas and Woogmaster chanced upon while strolling around the Imperial Palace in Beijing. The bas relief sculptures of a deer and a pine tree on the walls above each bedroom's headboard are equally subtle yet inspired: Describe the scene in Manda- rin and the words also mean "prosperity and longevity." The quatrefoil, a heraldic mainstay that evokes both me- dieval palace courts in Europe and the four-leaf clover, a global symbol of good fortune, is a recurring motif in every room, on custom-made headboards, light fix- The quatrefoil, a global symbol of good fortune, is a recurring motif in every room. The Garden Villas open onto spectacular private backyards, each with a pool that stretches 150 feet from the living room. Guests of the Garden Villas can entertain in their own private billiards room. Every feature in the Penthouse Villas is custom-made, from the embroidered and painted screen behind the bed to a lacquered footrest that conceals a television. PhotograPhy by roger Davies

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