Now Unloading | David Barrett's Treasure Trove

Courtesy of Tepper Galleries A town house living room designed by David Barrett.

Before the (valanced) window closes on Thursday, when Tepper Galleries begins to auction off 1,103 lots from the estate of David Barrett, you can still dine out on a top New York decorator's tricks of the trade. Barrett's heyday was probably in the 1960s and ’70s, although he worked right up to his death last year at the age of 85. Still, from the boiserie panels to the animal skin rugs, from the Rococo