A Rare Look Inside Doris Duke’s Shangri La Home in Hawaii Inline

  • This image may contain Plant Flagstone Tree Garden Outdoors Hot Tub Tub Jacuzzi and Building
    Photo: Courtesy of Mieke ten Have
    1/5

    A enormous Iranian tile mosaic, custom-made in 1938, serves as a focal point for the main courtyard and mixes with original seventeenth-century tiles. Particularly striking are a set depicting a coterie of ibexes, tigers, and gazelles.

  • This image may contain Grass Plant Summer Outdoors Housing Villa House Building Arecaceae Tree and Palm Tree
    Photo: Courtesy of Mieke ten Have
    2/5

    Chehel Sotoun inspired Duke s "Playhouse,” whose columns were intended to multiply in the viewer s eyes by the facing pool. In her day, a diving board equipped with hydraulics rose 30 feet.

  • This image may contain Lamp Chandelier Furniture Interior Design Indoors Living Room Room Table Couch and Lobby
    Photo: Courtesy of Mieke ten Have
    3/5

    To complete the look of a Mughal tent, 453 yards of striped blue fabric were custom-made in India. A rare red and green Baccarat chandelier from the 1840s, created initially for Indian export, hangs from the tent s center like an extravagant jewel.

  • Image may contain Room Living Room Indoors Furniture Couch Lobby Chair Flooring Rug and Wood
    Photo: Courtesy of Mieke ten Have
    4/5

    Moorish works of art take center stage in the living room. Architectural elements including a coffered ceiling and inscribed frieze were made in Morocco, while original Dorothy Liebes fabric covers the sofas.

  • Image may contain Garden Outdoors Water Flagstone Arbour and Plant
    5/5

    The Mughal garden serves as a small-scale replica of the royal gardens Duke encountered in Agra and Delhi. White stone parterres guard citrus, poinsettias, caladium, and cypress trees.