Anniversary

In keeping with the benefit's "One Thousand Nights and One Night: Sleeping Nights of Sheherazade" theme, artist Eric Parnes, whose antique Islamic Indo-Persian helmets peppered the silent auction area as well as the entrance to dinner, also oversaw the design of the tables themselves. Linens in bright pops of color were accented with 210 genie lamps, each surrounded by coins with an antique finish. "I play off the garishness but like to keep a sense of minimalism," he said.