Scott Salvator

{{short description|American interior designer}}

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| name = Scott Salvator

| image = Scott michael portrait.jpg

| caption = Salvator, pictured with Michael Zabriskie

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| birth_place = Rome, New York

| website = {{URL|https://www.scottsalvator.com/}}

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Scott Salvator is an American interior designer.

Early life

Salvator was born in Rome, New York and raised in Lawrenceville, NJ.{{Cite book|title=New York Interior Design 1935-1985: Masters of Modernism|last=Gura|first=Judith|publisher=Acanthus Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-926494-52-7|location=New York|pages=285|via=ISSU}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/garden/trade-secrets-hard-facts-about-the-soft-stuff.html|title=Trade Secrets; Hard Facts About the Soft Stuff|date=December 12, 2008|work=The New York Times|agency=The New York Times|last1=Hamilton|first1=William|access-date=24 January 2017}} He began his education in building and design by joining his grandfather's businesses in construction and historic preservation in Princeton, N.J.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} He was responsible for the first total renovation of the Café Carlyle in New York's Carlyle Hotel,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/the-carlyle-new-york/media/press-kit/Hotel-Fact-Sheet|title=The Carlyle NYC {{!}} Luxury Hotel Upper East Side|website=www.rosewoodhotels.com|access-date=2017-01-31}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/decorator-series/2007/scott-salvator|title=Scott Salvator|date=2007-12-14|newspaper=New York Social Diary|language=en|access-date=2017-01-26}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.interiordesign.net/projects/9317-the-surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top-lauren-rottet-revives-an-upper-east-side-classic/|title=The Surrey With the Fringe on Top: Lauren Rottet Revives An Upper East Side Classic|date=2010-02-01|newspaper=Interior Design|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}} The Ardsley Building's art deco lobby, as well as the Ritz Tower.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/arts/music/18carl.html?n=Top/Reference/Times|title=Wiping The Stains Off a Bit of Old New York Glamour|date=September 18, 2007|work=The New York Times|last1=Ryzik|first1=Melena|access-date=25 January 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/3519|title=Scott Salvator|date=December 14, 2007|publisher=New York Social Diary|last2=Ballen|first2=Sian|agency=New York Social Diary|last1=Hauge|first1=Lesley|access-date=24 January 2017}} As a design associate to Mario Buatta,{{cite book|title=Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration|last2=Evans Eerdmans|first2=Emily|last3=Rense|first3=Paige|date=October 8, 2013|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=978-0-8478-4072-4|location=New York|page=107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117|last1=Buatta|first1=Mario}} Salvator and Mark Hampton worked on the restoration of Blair House, the President's Guest House.

Salvator was named one of America's Top 100 Designers by House Beautiful magazine for eight consecutive years and was admitted to the New York Design Center Hall of Fame in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://godesigngo.com/product-pick/new-product-showcase/event-recap-hall-of-fame-gala/|title=Go Design Go » Event Recap: Hall of Fame Gala|website=godesigngo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-26}} He is a lecturer and panelist at New York's National Academy of Design. He has worked on numerous charity show houses,{{Cite news|url=http://cjdellatore.com/master-class-scott-salvator/|title=Master Class: Scott Salvator|date=2013-06-21|newspaper=cj dellatore|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-31}} including several for New York City's Kips Bay Show House.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/garden/trade-secrets-hard-facts-about-the-soft-stuff.html|title=TRADE SECRETS; Hard Facts About the Soft Stuff|last=Hamilton|first=William L.|date=2002-12-12|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/bathrooms/tips/g134/2007-kips-bay-scott-salvator/?slide=2|title=Kipp's Bay 2007: Scott Salvator|website=House Beautiful|publisher=Hearst|last1=Ennis|first1=Phillip|date=24 April 2007|access-date=25 January 2017}} and has been featured in Architectural Digest,{{cite journal|date=December 2010|title=A Modern Classic: Design Center Chief Charles S. Cohen and His Wife, Clo, Mingle Old and New at Their Connecticut Estate|journal=Architectural Digest|page=115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125|last1=Loring|first1=John}} House Beautiful{{cite journal|last2=Duffley|first2=Colleen|last3=Sperduto|first3=Doretta|date=April 2004|title=High Style: Designer Scott Salvator Creates a Glamorous Aerie From Three Combined Suites in Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland Hotel|journal=House Beautiful|page=84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91|last1=Loos|first1=Ted}} and Elle Decor.{{cite journal|last2=Sverbeyeff|first2=Elizabeth|last3=Estersohn|first3=Pieter|date=April–May 1996|title=How Un-Park Avenue: An Aristocratic Art Dealer and His Idiosyncratic Collection|journal=Elle Decor|page=Cover, 26, 212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219|last1=Wilkie|first1=Angus}}{{Cite book|title=New York Interior Design 1935-1985: Masters of Modernism|last=Gura|first=Judith|publisher=Acanthus Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-926494-52-7|location=New York|pages=285|via=ISSU}}{{cite book|url=http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847848904|title=Interior Design Master Class: 100 Lessons from America's Finest Designers on the Art of Decoration|date=October 11, 2016|publisher=Rizzoli|location=New York|page=Cover, 54, 55|last1=Dellatore|first1=Carl}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.franklinreport.com/ReportCard.aspx?v=170|title=Scott Salvator : New York City Interior Designers & Decorators - Report Card FranklinReport.com|website=www.franklinreport.com|access-date=2017-01-26}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/charles-s-cohens-perfectionist-real-estate-portfolio-1443102745|title=Charles S. Cohen's Perfectionist Real-Estate Portfolio The billionaire has four very different homes across the U.S. But one thing they have in common: They're all meticulously planned and executed.|website=The Wall Street Journal|last1=Keates|first1=Nancy|date=24 September 2015|access-date=25 January 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/garden/trade-secrets-hard-facts-about-the-soft-stuff.html|title=TRADE SECRETS; Hard Facts About the Soft Stuff|last=Hamilton|first=William L.|date=2002-12-12|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-26}}

He began his education in building and design by joining his grandfather's businesses in construction and historic preservation in Princeton, N.J. He holds degrees in accounting and law, is a member of the Bar in three jurisdictions. He also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design for interior design.

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