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81 Jean-Louis Deniot, Becca Cason Thrash Susan Sarofim, Aaron Laine Payton Burgos, Rajani Alvarado Madelon Devaney Teri Pugh, Amy McAnally Suzanne Duin, Devin Babbitt Taylor Eichenwald Gabriela Fenton, Shannon Mann Kandice Eiskant Dennis Brackeen, Juan Vazquez Neill & Ruth Davis, Katy B. Olson T he following night — the finale for Texas Design Week Houston — design fans who weren't already smitten with the charming and immensely talented Jean-Louis Deniot soon became disciples as the modern master of French interiors shared insights about his craft to a standing-room-only crowd. Sponsored by New Orleans Auction Galleries and owner Susan Sarofim, it was a full-circle experience with the event hosted at The Susan and Fayez Sarofim House on River Oaks Boulevard. The cocktail fête, book signing, and salon talk, moderated by textile designer and interiors author Carl Dellatore, was held in the great room in the midst of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Donald Sultan, and Robert Rauschenberg paintings, overlooking the gardens and pool with tables set for an al fresco Southern supper from City Kitchen. The architect/interior designer with movie-star good looks told his admirers, "I never get the impression that I am working. It's a passion. I didn't know someone could pay me to have fun." That fun has extended across the continents with his work recorded in his book, Jean-Louis Deniot: Interiors (Rizzoli), which was a sellout that evening. By Shelby Hodge. Photography Emile C. Browne. MASTERMINDS AT JEAN-LOUIS DENIOT: Lori Sarofim, Cornelia and Meredith Long, Deniot's great friend Becca Cason Thrash and husband John Thrash, Dean Rhys-Morgan, Suzanne Duin, Dennis Brackeen, Jenna McPhail, Ben Johnston, Sara Dodd, Ann Wolf, Carol Isaak Barden, LeTricia Wilbanks, Ruth and Neill Davis, AD PRO's Katy B. Olson, Melinda James, Alice and Keith Mosing, Liz Glanville, Ben Wakefield, Shannon Mann, Rasha Nasreddin Domloj and Hachem Domloj, Alina Garcia, Joann and Bill Crassas, Rebecca Moss and Taylor Eichenwald of New Orleans Auction Galleries, and Chateau Domingue's Ruth Gay, Mercedes Palacios, and Mandie Huebner. Thank you to TXDW sponsor Bosch Group, host and sponsor New Orleans Auction Galleries, and the evening's keynote sponsor, Chateau Domingue. Ruth Gay (continued on page 82) Cornelia Long