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71 fruits, boxes of bugs, tramp art, animal and face masks, naïf paintings of ani- mals, and dozens of faux bois pitchers made in Eastern Europe. Before switching to interior design at age 39, Jeanmard was a graphic de- signer and illustrator — his claim to fame is Blue Bell's longtime logo, he says. In 2012, he started making art- work again — paper collages mainly, which are shown at Moody Gallery. He's published a book of figurative collages, Paper People, and last year mounted a show of works in London at Rebecca Hossack gallery. His own artwork is throughout the house, along with works by prominent artists such as Saul Steinberg and Ivan Chermayeff. Herbert Wells bequeathed to Jeanmard a Robert Rauschenberg piece from his cardboard series, which he had hung with some of his own works until he decided it was too presumptuous, so he moved it to a wall of its own. Jeanmard is fascinated by paper products — "I like to see the hand in work," he says — and has project drawers full of papers he's Above a custom straw headboard in the master bedroom hangs an Indonesian leather tiger puppet discovered on a trip to San Francisco. The custom shades are Pindler linen. Thibaut grass-cloth wall covering. Victorian table. Custom armchairs. Schumacher woven pillows. A pair of primitive paintings and a paper collage he made in 2009 hang above a table from Area. The lamp, a garage-sale find, has a base carved to look like a stack of books. English wooden tea caddy. "I LOVE BUTCHER PAPER. I JOKE THAT I WANT TO BE BURIED IN KRAFT PAPER." — Jerry Jeanmard