Production Designer Amy Williams Recreates Jens Quistgaard's Beckoning Path for Anne Hathaway Thriller Verity

Key facts

• Beckoning Path in Armonk, New York, was designed in the 1960s by Jens Quistgaard, a founder of Scandinavian Modern and longtime chief designer for Dansk.
• The estate serves as the marquee location for the Anne Hathaway thriller Verity, adapted from Colleen Hoover's bestseller.
• Dakota Johnson plays ghostwriter Lowen Ashleigh and drops a Quistgaard tea mug in the film's trailer.
• New York firm BarlisWedlick recently reimagined the home as a private wellness retreat.
• Production designer Amy Williams built most interiors on soundstages, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright homes for Verity's pink office with a conversation pit and octagonal skylight.
• An Eero Saarinen Womb Chair and ottoman were selected with set decorator Kendall Anderson; Verity's 1970s Mezzaluna steel desk by Leon Rosen for The Pace Collection has a pale pink leather top and mirrored surroundings.
• The living room's custom sofa, inspired by a Harvey Probber Cubo sectional, is upholstered in Schumacher's Rocky Performance velvet in Moss; furnishings include Andrianna Shamaris tables, 1940s cherry floor lamps attributed to Pierre Guariche, and a rare "Tilting Wing" mahogany piano by Nico Rippen for Lindner.
• Director Michael Showalter sent a photo of his Greenwich Hotel headboard, leading to an edible balsa-wood headboard ledge stained with food coloring that Hathaway, Johnson, and Williams each bit for scenes.