Smith named it "Villa Zorayda", after one of the princesses in Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra. The building and part of Franklin Smith's art and antique collection were sold to Abraham Mussallem, a rug and antiquities merchant originally from Syria, in 1913.
Smith named his villa "Villa Zorayda", after a princess from Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra. The building and part of Franklin Smith's art collection were sold to Abraham Mussallem, a rug and antiquities dealer from Syria, in 1913.