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lounge: a dazzling 17th-century screen, hand- tooled in Spanish leather and touched in gilt, dense with gold birds and florals. Pittman found it years ago squeezed into a dusty Southern California warehouse and had it restored. She's careful not to let the house tip into a period piece: An Italian Fortuny light fixture hangs over a black carved four-poster bed in one guest room — a deliberate departure from expectation. "I don't like a house with a theme," Pittman says. "I like a concept. It's like a good outfit: You don't need the fringe, the boots, and the hat all at once." Clockwise from above: On the upstairs landing, the custom leaded-glass windows were a collaboration between Larry Boerder and Noel Pittman, made by Stained Glass Unlimited. Paul Ferrante light fixture. In the upstairs hall, a red-velvet Dennis & Leen bench. In the guest bedroom, an antique Portuguese bed reproduction. Fortuny pendant light and floor lamp. Moroccan zellige floor tiles from Mosaic House, NY. 19th-century Moorish chair. Kingston Brass fixture. Kohler tub. Opposite page: Pair of 16th-century oil paintings of Roman emperors. Sofa in Carolina Irving fabric from James, Syrian inlay table. 138